Publications

As a sought after physician, researcher and teacher, it is not surprising that Prof. Dr. Bertagnoli, has become a prolific author with a total impact factor of 28.3. Please review the list of some of his publications below.

Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine

Editorial Board: Yue, Bertagnoli, McAfee, An
Chapter Contributions: Lumbar Lateral ALPA, Coflex, Interspineous Implants, Autologous Chondrocte Disc Transplant (ACDT): Early Results, Multilevel Disc Arthroplasty

ISBN 978-14160-3994-5

El Dolor (Spanish) / Rückenschmerz (German)

Author: Rudolf Bertagnoli Dr.med.univ.
Bestseller in Spanish and German

Total Disc Replacement

Authors: Rudolf Bertagnoli Dr.med.univ., R. Marnay, MD
Published by Spine Solutions 2003

Total Disc Replacement

Authors: Rudolf Bertagnoli, Dr. med. Univ., R. Marnay MD
Published by Synthes 2005 - 2nd edition

Nonfusion Technologies in Spine Surgery (2007)

Chapter Contributions: Motion Preservation, Disc Replacement for the Lumbar, Degenerative Disorders with the ProDisc L Prosthesis

 

Chapter Contributions in Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology

Vol I Fundamentals:
Authors: M. Cunningham; F. Girardi; R. Bertagnoli; Viscogliosi: Nucleus Arthroplasty
Authors: R. Bertagnoli; F. Girardi; R. Davis:
Nucleus Replacement, Complications and Salvage Procedures

Vol II Biomechanics Development
Authors: F.Girardi; A. Smama; Cammissa F.; R. Bertagnoli
Integration of Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology into the Continuum of Care

Vol III Surgical Techniques & Technologies
Authors: A. Sama; R. Bertagnoli; F. Girardi:
Examination, Radiologic and Diagnostic Evaluation and Patient Selection

Orthopedic Clinics Of North America Nonfusion Technology in Spinal Surgery (2005)

Guest Editor: R. Bertagnoli, Dr. med. Univ.
Contributing Chapter: Lumabr Partial Disc Replacement

Progress in Neural Surgery Vol. 16 2003: Advances in Spinal Stabilization

Contributing Chapter: Interbody Carbon Fibre

Spinal Restabilization Procedures (2002)

Contributing Chapter: Review of Modern Treatment Options for Degenerative Disc Disease

Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine

Contributing Chapter: Indications for Total Lumbar Disk Replacement

Original Publications

Adjacent Segment Syndrome
The Spine Journal 2 (2002): 460-453
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Artificial Intervertebral Discs and Beyond: A North American Spine Society Annual Meeting Symposium
The Spine Journal 2 (2002): 460-453
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Non Fusion Arthroplasty (2004)
SpineLine
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Lumbar Partial Disc Replacement
Ortop Clin N Am 36 (2005): 341 - 347
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Early Results After ProDisc C Cervical Disc Replacement
J Neurosurg: Spine 2 (2005): 403 - 410
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Cervical Total Disc Replacement, Part Two: Clinical Results
Orthop Clin N Am 36 (2005): 355 - 362
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Hybrid Constructs Orthop Clin N Am 36 (2005) : 379 - 388
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The Treatment of Disabling Single Level Lumbar Discogenic Low Back Pain with Total Disc Arthroplasty Utilizing the Prodisc Prosthesis
Spine Vol 30 No.19 (2005): 2230 - 2236
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The Treatment of Disabling Multilevel Lumbar Discogenic Back Pain with Total Disc Arthroplasty Utilizing the ProDisc Prosthesis
Spine Vol 30 No.19 (2005): 2192 - 2199
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Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty in Patients Older Than 60 Years of Age: A Prospective Study of the ProDisc Prosthesis with 2-year Minimum Follow-up
J Neurosurg Spine 4 (2006): 85 - 90
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Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty Utilizing the Prodisc Prosthesis in Smokers versus Nonsmokers: A Prospective Study with 2-year Minimum Follow-up
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Publications since 2007

Bertagnoli R; Meisel H; Reinhardt A; Weber F;Libera J; Herdmann O; Josimovic-Alasevic O.
Eurodisc Study- Assessment of efficacy and safety of sequestromy plus autologuous disc chondrocytes-second analysis
of a subgroup Spine J 2007; 7 (5): 56S-57S

Bertagnoli R; Yue J.
Cervical disc arthroplasty in DDD with the the ProDisc C Prosthesis Spine J 2007; 7 (5): 89S

Bertagnoli R; Yue J.
Motion preservation in lumbar DDD with the ProDisc L Prosthesis: 2 - 5 years results Spine J 2007; 7 (5): 89S-90S

Bertagnoli R.
Coflex interspineous implant: Motion preservation treatment in lumbar degenerative stenosis patients – minimum 1 year results Spine J 2006 6 (5) 143S

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Kershaw T; Shah RV, Pfeiffer F; Fenk-Mayer A, Nanieva R; Karg A; DS. Husted and Emerson JW.
Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty Utilizing the ProDisc Prosthesis in Smokers versus Non-Smokers:
A Prospective Study with 2 Year Minimum Follow-Up.
Spine 2006; 31(9): 992-7.

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Fenk-Mayer A; Eerulkar J and Emerson JW.
Treatment of symptomatic adjacent-segment degeneration after lumbar fusion with total disc arthroplasty by using the ProDisc prosthesis:
a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow up.
J Neurosurg: Spine 2006; 4:91-7.

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Nanieva R; Fenk-Mayer A; Husted DS; Shah RV and Emerson JW.
Lumbar total disc arthroplasty in patients older than 60 years of age: a prospective study of the ProDisc prosthesis with 2-year minimum follow-up period.
J Neurosurg: Spine 2006; 4: 85-90

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Shah RV; Nanieva R; Pfeiffer F; Fenk–Mayer A; Kershaw T and Husted S.
The treatment of disabling single-level lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the Prodisc prosthesis:
a prospective study with 2 year minimum follow-up. Spine 2005; 30;19: 2230-6.

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Shah RV; Nanieva R; Pfeiffer F; Fenk–Mayer A; Kershaw T and Husted S.
The treatment of disabling multi-level lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the Prodisc prosthesis:
a prospective study with 2 year minimum follow-up. Spine 2005; 30;19: 2192-9.

Bertagnoli R; Sabatino CT; Edwards J; Gontarz G; Prewett A; Parsons J.
Mechanical testing of a novel hydrogel nucleus replacement implant.
Spine J 2005; 5(6):672-681.

Bertagnoli R; Karg A; Voigt S.
Lumbar partial disc replacement. Orthop Clin N Am 2005; 36 (3):341-7

Bertagnoli R; Duggal N; Gwynedd EP; Wigfield CC; Gill SS; Karg A; Voigt S.
Cervical total disc replacement, Part two: Clinical results.
Orthop Clin N Am 2005; 36 (3):355-362

Bertagnoli R; Tropiano R; Zigler J; Karg A; Voigt S. Hybrid constructs.
Orthop Clin N Am 2005; 36 (3):379-388.

Bertagnoli R; Zigler J; Karg A; Voigt S.
Complications and strategies for revision surgery in total disc replacement. Orthop Clin N Am 2005; 36 (3):389-395.

Bertagnoli R; Yue J; Pfeiffer F; Fenk-Mayer A; Lawrence JP; Kershaw T; Nanieva R.
Early results after Prodisc-C cervical disc replacement.
J Neurosurg: Spine 2005; 2: 403-410.

Bertagnoli R. Disc surgery in motion.
SpineLine 2004; 6:23-28.

Bertagnoli R and Vazquez RJ.
The AnteroLateral transPsoatic Approach (ALPA): a new technique for implanting prosthetic disc-nucleus devices.
J Spinal Disord Tech 2003; 16(4):398-404.

Bertagnoli R. Osteoinductive bone regeneration substance Colloss in spinal fusion
Eur Spine J 2002; 11: 189-190

Bertagnoli R and Kumar S.
Indications for full prosthetic disc arthroplasty: a correlation of clinical outcome against a variety of indications.
Eur Spine J 2002; 11 Suppl 2:S131-6.

Bertagnoli R and Schönmayr R. Surgical and clinical results with the PDN prosthetic disc-nucleus device.
Eur Spine J 2002; Oct;11 Suppl 2:S143-8.

Bertagnoli R. Indikationen für die rekonstruktive Wirbelsäulenchirurgie.
Implant Ausgabe 1/02; 5-7

Bertagnoli R. Continuum of care in degenerative disc disease.
Back Up 1 - 2001

Publications as Coauthor

Rabin D; Bertagnoli R; Whorton R; Gwynedd EP; Duggal N. Saggital balance influences range of motion: An in vivo study with the Prodisc C
Spine J 2009 9(2): 128-133

Yue J; Bertagnoli R; Jamarillo J; Oetgen M. Does vertebral endplate morphoplogy influence clinical and radiographic outcomes in lumbar disc arthroplasty? An initial assessment of a novel classification system of lumbar endplate morphology.
Spine J 2007 7(5): 98S-99S

Yue J; Bertagnoli R; Fenk-Mayer A; Lee J; Kirk J; Karg A; Mc Rae M. The treatment of symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration after cervical fusion with 2 year follow-up.
Spine J 2006 6 (5) 44S

Joseph V; Sekhon L; Duggal N; Shenouda E; D.Choi; Bertagnoli R; Massicotte E; Fehlings M. Revision strategies for cervical arthroplasty: Results of a multi surgeon international survey Spine J 2006 6 (5) 44S

Yue J; Bertagnoli R; Fenk-Mayer A; Lee J; Kirk J; Karg A; Mc Rae M. The concurrent use of lumbar total disc arthroplasty and adjacent level lumbar fusion: Hybrid lumbar disc arthroplasty – a prospective study.
Spine J 2006 6 (5) 152S

Rousseau MA; Bradford DS; Bertagnoli R; Hu SS; Lotz, J.C., Disc arthroplasty design influences intervertebral kinematics and facet forces.
Spine J, 2006 6(3), 258-266, 2006.

Lehman RA; Vacarro AR; Bertagnoli R; Kuklo TR. Standard and minimally invasive approaches to the spine.
Orthop Clin N Am 2005; 36 (3):281-292.

Palussiere J; Berge J; Gangi A; Cotten A; Pasco A; Bertagnoli R; Jaksche H; Carpeggiani P; Deramond H. Clinical results of an open prospective study of a bis-GMA composite in percutaneous vertebral augmentation.
Eur Spine J 2005 14: 982 - 991

Yue J; Bertagnoli R; Husted D; Shah R; Kershaw T. The treatment of disabling multilevel lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2 year minimum follow-up.
Spine J 2004 6 (5) 49S- 50S

Zelle B; König F; Enderle A; Bertagnoli R and Dorner J. Circumferential fusion of the lumbar and lumbosacral spine using a carbon fiber ALIF cage implant versus autogenous bone graft: a comparative study.
J Spinal Disord Tech 2002;15(5):369-76.

Blumenthal SL; Ohnmeiss DD; Guyer R; Hochschuler S; McAfee P; Garcia R; Salib R; Yuan H; Lee C; Bertagnoli R; Bryan V. Artificial intervertebral discs and beyond: a North American Spine Society annual meeting symposium
Spine J 2002; 2(6):460-3.

Früh HJ; Liebetrau A; Bertagnoli R Fusionsimplantate aus kohlenstoffverstärktem Kunststoff.
Orthopäde 2002 Mai;31(5):454-8.

Bader RJ; Steinhauser E; Rechl H; Mittelmeier W; Bertagnoli R; Gradinger R. Mechanische Untersuchungen von lumbalen interkorporellen Fusionimplantaten.
Orthopäde 2002 Mai;31(5):459-65.

Steinhauser E; Bader R; Rechl H; Bertagnoli R; Mittelmeier W; Gradinger R. Mechanische Untersuchung von interkorporellen Wirbelsäulenimplanten . Besonderheiten und Grenzen einer normgerechten Testung.
Biomed Tech 2001 Nov (11):325-32.

Götz W; Bertagnoli R; Herken R. Struktur und Zusammensetzung der extrazellulären Matrix normaler menschlicher Nuclei pulposi. In: Wilke HJ; Claes LE. (Hrsg). Die traumatische und degenerative Bandscheibe. (Hefte zu "Der Unfallchirurg" ). Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer 1999:Heft 271 3-15.

Götz W; Barnert S; Bertagnoli R; Miosge N; Kresse H; Herken R. Immunohistochemical localization of the small proteoglycans decorin and biglycan in human intervertebral discs.
Cell Tissue Res 1997; 289(1):185-90.

Gratz S; Braun HG; Behr TM; Meller J; Herrmann A; Conrad M; Rathmann D; Bertagnoli R; Willert HG and Becker W. Photopenia in chronic vertebral osteomyelitis with technetium-99m-antigranulocyte antibody (BW 250/183).
J Nucl Med 1997; 38(2):211-6.

Reeh A; Bertagnoli R; W.Götz. Immunohistochemical detection of growth factors in human intervertebral discs. In: Kühnel W, Hrsg. Verhandlungen der Anatomischen Gesellschaft.
Annals of Anatomy Jena, Stuttgart, New York; 1996;178 (suppl):137-138

Bailey SI, Bartolozzi R, Bertagnoli R; Boriani S; van Beurden FA; Cross AT; Friedl HP;Gurr KR; Halm H; Kruls JA; Metz-Stavenhagen P;Schulze KJ. The BWM spinal fixator system. A preliminary report of a 2-year prospective, international multicenter study in a range of indications requiring surgical intervention for bone grafting and pedicle screw fixation.
Spine 1996 21(17):2006-15.

Aharinejad S; Bertagnoli R; Wicke K; Firbas W; Schneider B. Morphometric analysis of vertebrae and intervertebral discs as a basis of disc replacement.
American Journal of Anatomy 1990;189:69-76.