John K. Ratliff

9.5k citations

237 papers · 7.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 47

Impact in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.1%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Surgery top 0.2%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries

Papers in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine 114
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 108
Surgery 149
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 77
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy 40
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment 20
- Management of metastatic bone disease 18
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries 17

Co-authors: Mitchell Maltenfort James S. Harrop Anand Veeravagu Sanjay Yadla Ashwini Sharan Paul R. Cooper Alexander R. Vaccaro Tyler S. Cole
Journals: Spine (22 papers)World Neurosurgery (22 papers)Journal of Neurosurgery Spine (21 papers)The Spine Journal (20 papers)Neurosurgery (18 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland Canada

In The Last Decade

John K. Ratliff

227 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Chronic Opioid Use After Surgery: Implications for Perioperative Management in the Face of the Opioid Epidemic 2017 · 508 citations

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1	Applications and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Spinal Metastasis Imaging: A Systematic Review Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Vivek Sanker, Poorvikha Gowda, Alexander Thaller, Zhikai Li, Philip Heesen, Zekai Qiang, S Hariharan, Emil O. R. Nordin, María José Cavagnaro, John K. Ratliff, Atman Desai	2025	1
2	Artificial Intelligence for Non-Invasive Prediction of Molecular Signatures in Spinal Metastases: A Systematic Review Bioengineering ·Vivek Sanker, Sai Sanikommu, Alexander Thaller, Zhikai Li, Philip Heesen, S Hariharan, Emil O. R. Nordin, María José Cavagnaro, John K. Ratliff, Atman Desai	2025	1
3	Using Machine Learning Models to Identify Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmissions After Posterior Cervical Fusions: A Longitudinal Cohort Study Neurospine ·Aneysis D. Gonzalez-Suarez, Paymon G. Rezaii, Daniel B. Herrick, Seth Tigchelaar, John K. Ratliff, Mirabela Rusu, David Scheinker, Ikchan Jeon, Atman Desai	2024	1
4	Health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed back pain North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) ·Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, Thomas Johnstone, Gabriela D. Ruiz Colón, Yingjie Weng, Ella Nettnin, John K. Ratliff	2024	0
5	Quality and patient safety research in pediatric neurosurgery: a review Child s Nervous System ·Gabriela D. Ruiz Colón, Adela Wu, John K. Ratliff, Laura M. Prolo	2023	3
6	Opioid Usage in Lumbar Disc Herniation Patients with Nonsurgical, Early Surgical, and Late Surgical Treatments World Neurosurgery ·Zeyi Zhou, Michael C. Jin, Michael Rugaard Jensen, Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, Alexander Ren, Ank A Agarwal, Joshua Leaston, John K. Ratliff	2023	2
7	Utilization Trends, Cost, and Payments for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery in Commercial and Medicare-Insured Populations Neurosurgery ·Harsh Wadhwa, Christopher Leung, Matthew Sklar, Christopher P. Ames, Anand Veeravagu, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff, Corinna C. Zygourakis	2022	6
8	External validation of a predictive model of adverse events following spine surgery The Spine Journal ·Parastou Fatemi, Yi Zhang, Summer S. Han, Natasha Purington, Corinna C. Zygourakis, Anand Veeravagu, Atman Desai, Jon Park, Lawrence M. Shuer, John K. Ratliff	2021	5
9	Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Laminoplasty for Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A National Administrative Database Analysis World Neurosurgery ·Harsh Wadhwa, Jigyasa Sharma, Kunal Varshneya, Parastou Fatemi, Jay K. Nathan, Zachary A. Medress, Martin N. Stienen, John K. Ratliff, Anand Veeravagu	2021	17
10	A predictive-modeling based screening tool for prolonged opioid use after surgical management of low back and lower extremity pain The Spine Journal ·Yi Zhang, Parastou Fatemi, Zachary A. Medress, Tej D. Azad, Anand Veeravagu, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff	2020	26
11	Costs and Complications Associated With Resection of Supratentorial Tumors With and Without the Operative Microscope in the United States World Neurosurgery ·Yi Zhang, Michael Zhang, Matthew Lin, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Gordon Li	2020	3
12	Risks, costs, and outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid leaks after pediatric skull fractures: a MarketScan analysis between 2007 and 2015 Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Kunal Varshneya, Adrian Rodrigues, Zachary A. Medress, Martin N. Stienen, Gerald A. Grant, John K. Ratliff, Anand Veeravagu	2019	7
13	Outcomes and Costs Following Ommaya Placement with Thrombocytopenia Among U.S. Patients with Cancer World Neurosurgery ·Michael Zhang, Yi Zhang, Eric Zheng, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Anand Veeravagu, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff, Gordon Li	2019	1
14	Lumboperitoneal and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Demonstrate Comparable Failure and Complication Rates Neurosurgery ·Tej D. Azad, Yi Zhang, Kunal Varshneya, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Gordon Li	2019	27
15	Propensity-matched Comparison of Outcomes and Costs After Macroscopic and Microscopic Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Using a National Longitudinal Database Spine ·Allen L. Ho, Paymon G. Rezaii, Arjun V. Pendharkar, Eric S. Sussman, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Atman Desai	2019	0
16	Outpatient spine surgery: defining the outcomes, value, and barriers to implementation Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Arjun V. Pendharkar, Maryam N. Shahin, Allen L. Ho, Eric S. Sussman, David Purger, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Atman Desai	2018	64
17	Anterior Versus Posterior Approach for Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Disease Spine ·Tyler S. Cole, Anand Veeravagu, Michael Zhang, Tej D. Azad, Atman Desai, John K. Ratliff	2015	54
18	Piriformis Syndrome With Variant Sciatic Nerve Anatomy: A Case Report PM&R ·Emily Kraus, Adam S. Tenforde, Christopher F. Beaulieu, John K. Ratliff, Michael Fredericson	2015	14
19	Acute Lung Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Study World Neurosurgery ·Anand Veeravagu, Yiren Chen, Cassie A. Ludwig, Fred Rincón, Mitchell Maltenfort, Jack Jallo, Omar Choudhri, Gary K. Steinberg, John K. Ratliff	2014	58
20	Root and Spinal Cord Compression from Methylmethacrylate Vertebroplasty Spine ·John K. Ratliff, Tung Nguyen, John D. Heiss	2001	165

About John K. Ratliff

John K. Ratliff is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, having authored 237 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (108 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (77 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (40 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (20 papers), Management of metastatic bone disease (18 papers) and Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (3.6k citations), Surgery (5.0k citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (394 citations), Pharmacology (788 citations) and Neurology (704 citations). John K. Ratliff has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Mitchell Maltenfort, James S. Harrop, Anand Veeravagu, Sanjay Yadla, Ashwini Sharan, Paul R. Cooper, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Tyler S. Cole, Peter G. Campbell and Tej D. Azad. Their work appears in journals such as Spine, World Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, The Spine Journal and Neurosurgery.

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