Dr. Sigurd Harald Berven MD
Orthopedist
400 Parnassus Ave 3rd Floor San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Sigurd H. Berven has a strong clinical interest in spinal disorders of children and adults. He is interested in pediatric and adult deformity, degenerative conditions of the spine, spinal tumors and ...
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1993
Harvard Medical School 1993
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of fixed sagittal plane deformity: results of the transpedicular wedge resection osteotomy.
- Preparing the adult deformity patient for spinal surgery.
- Lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy.
- The Scoliosis Research Society classification for adult spinal deformity.
- The efficacy of motor evoked potentials in fixed sagittal imbalance deformity correction surgery.
- Extravasation of rhBMP-2 with use of postoperative drains after posterolateral spinal fusion.
- Reoperation after primary fusion for adult spinal deformity: rate, reason, and timing.
- Lumbar scoliosis in postmenopausal women: prevalence and relationship with bone density, age, and body mass index.
- In vivo intervertebral disc characterization using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and T1ρ imaging: association with discography and Oswestry Disability Index and Short Form-36 Health Survey.
- Value-based care in the management of spinal disorders: a systematic review of cost-utility analysis.
- Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: description of surgical and patient-based risk factors for postoperative infection using administrative claims data.
- Readmission rates after decompression surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis among Medicare beneficiaries.
- Hospital readmission after spine fusion for adult spinal deformity.
- Proximal junctional kyphosis and clinical outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery with fusion from the thoracic spine to the sacrum: a comparison of proximal and distal upper instrumented vertebrae.
- Cell based therapies as compared to autologous bone grafts for spinal arthrodesis.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- University California
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