Dr. Peter G Passias MD
Orthopedist
Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Peter Passias is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Passias specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Passias tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 2003
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the cervicomedullary angle in a normal adult population.
- Pedicle versus laminar screws: what provides more suitable C2 fixation in congenital C2-3 fusion patients?
- Relationship between the alignment of the occipitoaxial and subaxial cervical spine in patients with congenital atlantoxial dislocations.
- The reversibility of swan neck deformity in chronic atlantoaxial dislocations.
- Combined ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament at C2-3 and invagination of the posterior axis resulting in myelopathy.
- Does atlantoaxial dislocation influence the subaxial cervical spine?
- A review of the diagnosis and treatment of atlantoaxial dislocations.
- Craniocervical instability in the setting of os odontoideum: assessment of cause, presentation, and surgical outcomes in a series of 279 cases.
- Predictors of pain and disability outcomes in one thousand, one hundred and eight patients who underwent lumbar discectomy surgery.
- Magnitude of preoperative cervical lordotic compensation and C2-T3 angle are correlated to increased risk of postoperative sagittal spinal pelvic malalignment in adult thoracolumbar deformity patients at 2-year follow-up.
- Predictors of morbidity and mortality among patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically.
- An Approach to Primary Tumors of the Upper Cervical Spine With Spondylectomy Using a Combined Approach: Our Experience with 19 Cases.
- Predictors of inpatient morbidity and mortality in adult spinal deformity surgery.
- Perioperative Risks Associated with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Based on Surgical Treatment Strategies.
- Selective versus nonselective thoracic fusion in Lenke 1C curves: a meta-analysis of baseline characteristics and postoperative outcomes.
Treatments
- Scoliosis, Spine Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Member American Medical Association
- Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Member North American Spine Society
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital 2008
- Hospital for Special Surgery (Spine Surgery), Clinical Fellowships 2009
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