Francis Farhadi, MD, PhD
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Francis.Farhadi@uky.edu
800 Rose St.
Positions
- Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
- Complex & Deformity Spinal Surgery
- CAST Spine Deformity Fellowship Director
College Unit(s)
Research
Active Studies:
- Prospective Evaluation of Mechanomyography Versus Triggered Electromyography for Intraoperative Assessment of Cortical Breaches During Instrumented Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Prospective Follow-up of Patients Undergoing Instrumented Thoracic and Lumbar Arthrodesis Supplemented by the Implanet Jazz System TM.
Team Members:
Selected Publications
- Intraneural Nodular Fasciitis of the Femoral Nerve with A Unique CTNNB1::USP6Gene Fusion: Apropos of a Case and Review of Literature.
- Static Cage Morphology in Short-Segment Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusions Is Associated With Alterations in Foraminal Height But Not Clinical Outcomes.
- Can activated titanium interbody cages accelerate or enhance spinal fusion? a review of the literature and a design for clinical trials.
- Radiographic and clinical outcomes in one- and two-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions: a comparison of bullet versus banana cages.
- Design and feasibility of a double-blind, randomized trial of peri-operative methylnaltrexone for postoperative ileus prevention after adult spinal arthrodesis.
- Baseline parameters and the prediction of treatment failure in patients with intravenous drug use-associated spinal epidural abscesses.
- Perioperative subcutaneous methylnaltrexone does not enhance gastrointestinal recovery after posterior short-segment spinal arthrodesis surgery: a randomized controlled tri
- Safety and efficacy of riluzole in patients undergoing decompressive surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy (CSM-Protect): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, phase 3 trial.
- Role of transforaminal epidural injections or selective nerve root blocks in the management of lumbar radicular syndrome - A narrative, evidence-based review.
- SCING-Spinal Cord Injury Neuroprotection with Glyburide: a pilot, open-label, multicentre, prospective evaluation of oral glyburide in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury in the USA.