Dr. Mark Dekutoski, MD, FAAOS

Expert Publications

• Predictors of blood transfusions in spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery.
• Use of the surgical blood order equation in spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery.
• Surgical treatment of Scheuermann's disease with segmental compression instrumentation.
• The accuracy of coagulation tests during spinal fusion and instrumentation.
• Incidence of childhood distal forearm fractures over 30 years: a population-based study.
• Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the vertebral column.
• Use of minimally invasive surgical techniques in the management of thoracolumbar trauma: current concepts.
• The role of vascularized bone grafts in spine surgery.
• Same-segment and adjacent-segment disease following posterior cervical foraminotomy.
• Adjacent segment disease after instrumented fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: review of current trends and controversies.
• C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and orthopedic implant infection.
• Does minimal access tubular assisted spine surgery increase or decrease complications in spinal decompression or fusion?
• Treatment of a thoracic dural-pleural fistula with a vascularized omental flap: a case report.
• Minimally invasive treatment of spinal metastases: techniques.
• Multiple noncontiguous spinal fractures and occipitocervical dislocation in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis treated with a hybrid open and percutaneous spinal fixation technique: a case report.

Media Releases

Get to know Dr. Mark Dekutoski, MD, an orthopedic surgeon serving Destin, Florida. 

Dr. Dekutoski is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon serving Destin and the surrounding communities at Costal Neurosurgery and Spine. 

Costal Neurosurgery and Spine offers a modern approach to back and neck pain in the panhandle by utilizing our physicians in a collaborative, effective, and efficient way. Their team aspires to exemplify six core values to themselves, each other, and the community they serve including inspiration, discipline, accountability, transparency, alignment, and results. 

Dr. Dekutoski received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) at Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1986. He went on to complete a residency in orthopedic surgery at the Fairview University Medical Center. As an orthopedic surgeon, Dekutoski specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases, and disorders of the body’s musculoskeletal system. His area of expertise is the spine. 

Dr. Dekutoski is board certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS). The ABOS a private, voluntary, nonprofit, autonomous organization, the ABOS exists to serve the best interest of the public and the medical profession by establishing educational standards for orthopaedic residents and by evaluating the initial and continuing qualifications and competence of orthopaedic surgeons. For this purpose, the Board reviews the credentials and practices of voluntary candidates and issues certificates as appropriate. 

Dr. Dekutoski has published numerous papers regarding spinal surgery. 

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