Ethan Cottrill

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ethan Cottrill is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Cottrill has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Surgery, 35 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ethan Cottrill's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (26 papers) and Management of metastatic bone disease (15 papers). Ethan Cottrill is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (26 papers) and Management of metastatic bone disease (15 papers). Ethan Cottrill collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Lebanon. Ethan Cottrill's co-authors include Zach Pennington, Daniel M. Sciubba, Jeff Ehresman, Daniel Lubelski, Ali Ahmed, Andrew Schilling, Erick M. Westbroek, Majid Khan, Timothy F. Witham and Nicholas Theodore and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Cottrill

78 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Novel MRI-based score for assessment of bone density in o... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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  1. Novel MRI-based score for assessment of bone density in operative spine patients
    2019 172 citations Jeff Ehresman, Zach Pennington et al. The Spine Journal profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ethan Cottrill United States 23 1.2k 785 457 268 81 84 1.6k
Hamza Alizai United States 22 870 0.7× 232 0.3× 578 1.3× 294 1.1× 66 0.8× 42 1.6k
Xuefeng Li China 15 380 0.3× 365 0.5× 160 0.4× 102 0.4× 17 0.2× 45 728
Eveliina Lammentausta Finland 22 671 0.6× 77 0.1× 547 1.2× 290 1.1× 53 0.7× 65 1.6k
Gabby B. Joseph United States 31 1.5k 1.2× 134 0.2× 970 2.1× 837 3.1× 61 0.8× 120 3.0k
Matthew Walker United States 17 1.0k 0.9× 271 0.3× 58 0.1× 40 0.1× 87 1.1× 29 1.3k
Gabrielle Blumenkrantz United States 13 616 0.5× 167 0.2× 608 1.3× 269 1.0× 14 0.2× 15 1.3k
Y. Wakita Japan 6 631 0.5× 215 0.3× 51 0.1× 123 0.5× 57 0.7× 12 1.1k
Wade Wong United States 12 413 0.3× 343 0.4× 47 0.1× 27 0.1× 50 0.6× 21 711
Marian Regan United Kingdom 15 658 0.6× 74 0.1× 197 0.4× 140 0.5× 8 0.1× 20 1.3k
Douglas A. Collins United States 13 239 0.2× 153 0.2× 92 0.2× 159 0.6× 13 0.2× 23 850

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Cottrill

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All Works

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Cottrill, Ethan, et al.. (2024). Gene Therapy and Spinal Fusion: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Available Data. World Neurosurgery. 186. 219–234.e4. 1 indexed citations
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Perdomo‐Pantoja, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and evaluation of a novel vancomycin-infused, biomimetic bone graft using a rat model of spinal implant-associated infection. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 18. 100323–100323. 2 indexed citations
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Yung, Anthony, Ethan Cottrill, Iryna Ivasyk, et al.. (2024). Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols on Outcomes Up to Two Years After Adult Structural Spine Disorder Surgery. Spine. 50(6). 357–367. 5 indexed citations
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Ehresman, Jeff, Zach Pennington, Aladine A. Elsamadicy, et al.. (2021). Fenestrated pedicle screws for thoracolumbar instrumentation in patients with poor bone quality: Case series and systematic review of the literature. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 206. 106675–106675. 11 indexed citations
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Schilling, Andrew, Zach Pennington, Jeff Ehresman, et al.. (2021). Impact of Multidisciplinary Intraoperative Teams on Thirty-Day Complications After Sacral Tumor Resection. World Neurosurgery. 152. e558–e566. 1 indexed citations
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Schilling, Andrew, Jeff Ehresman, Zach Pennington, et al.. (2021). Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Vertebral Bone Quality Score. World Neurosurgery. 154. e277–e282. 24 indexed citations
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Perdomo‐Pantoja, Alexander, Ann Liu, Yike Jin, et al.. (2021). Surgical Decompression for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in Patients with Associated Hypertension: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort and Systematic Review of the Literature. World Neurosurgery. 155. e119–e130. 1 indexed citations
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Feghali, James, Zach Pennington, Andrew M. Hersh, et al.. (2021). Sacrectomy for sacral tumors: perioperative outcomes in a large-volume comprehensive cancer center. The Spine Journal. 21(11). 1908–1919. 4 indexed citations
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Cottrill, Ethan, Zach Pennington, A. Karim Ahmed, et al.. (2020). First Report of Pharmacogenomic Profiling in an Outpatient Spine Setting: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study. World Neurosurgery. 145. e21–e31. 4 indexed citations
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Pennington, Zach, Jeff Ehresman, Daniel Lubelski, et al.. (2020). Assessing underlying bone quality in spine surgery patients: a narrative review of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and alternatives. The Spine Journal. 21(2). 321–331. 61 indexed citations
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Ehresman, Jeff, A. Karim Ahmed, Daniel Lubelski, et al.. (2020). Vertebral Bone Quality Score and Postoperative Lumbar Lordosis Associated with Need for Reoperation After Lumbar Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 140. e247–e252. 50 indexed citations
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Schilling, Andrew, Jeff Ehresman, Sakibul Huq, et al.. (2020). Risk Factors for Wound-Related Complications After Surgery for Primary and Metastatic Spine Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 141. 467–478.e3. 26 indexed citations
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Theodore, Nicholas, Ethan Cottrill, Samuel Kalb, et al.. (2020). Posterior Vertebral Column Subtraction Osteotomy for Recurrent Tethered Cord Syndrome: A Multicenter, Retrospective Analysis. Neurosurgery. 88(3). 637–647. 9 indexed citations
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Pennington, Zach, Jeff Ehresman, Camilo A. Molina, et al.. (2020). A novel predictive model of intraoperative blood loss in patients undergoing elective lumbar surgery for degenerative pathologies. The Spine Journal. 20(12). 1976–1985. 5 indexed citations
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Pennington, Zach, Jeff Ehresman, Erick M. Westbroek, et al.. (2020). Interventions to minimize blood loss and transfusion risk in spine surgery: A narrative review. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 196. 106004–106004. 12 indexed citations
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Ehresman, Jeff, A. Karim Ahmed, Andrew Schilling, et al.. (2019). Preoperative Nutrition Consults Associated with Decreased Postoperative Complication Rate and Decreased Length of Hospital Stay After Spine Metastasis Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 133. e173–e179. 29 indexed citations
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Pennington, Zach, Daniel Lubelski, Erick M. Westbroek, et al.. (2019). Spinal cord float back is not an independent predictor of postoperative C5 palsy in patients undergoing posterior cervical decompression. The Spine Journal. 20(2). 266–275. 14 indexed citations

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