Matthew S. Galetta

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 767 citations indexed

About

Matthew S. Galetta is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew S. Galetta has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 767 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Matthew S. Galetta's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (36 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (27 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (19 papers). Matthew S. Galetta is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (36 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (27 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (19 papers). Matthew S. Galetta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Matthew S. Galetta's co-authors include Gregory D. Schroeder, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler, Taolin Fang, Kristen Nicholson, Liam Kane, Srikanth N. Divi, Mark F. Kurd and Alan S. Hilibrand and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Journal of the Neurological Sciences and Patient Education and Counseling.

In The Last Decade

Matthew S. Galetta

60 papers receiving 760 citations

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2020 228 citations Taolin Fang, Matthew S. Galetta et al. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication profile →

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Richard Menger United States

Alexandra Paúl United States

Cara L. Sedney United States

Jeremy Steinberger United States

Kristen Nicholson United States

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Perry A. Ball United States

Steven Overman United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Galetta, Matthew S., et al.. (2025). When Does the Construct Need to Extend further Into the Thoracic Spine in Patients Undergoing Correction for Cervical Deformity?. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 39(2). E81–E85.

Lebovic, Jordan, Matthew S. Galetta, Zeeshan M. Sardar, et al.. (2025). Enabling technology in adult spinal deformity. Spine Deformity. 13(5). 1547–1561. 2 indexed citations

Galetta, Matthew S., et al.. (2024). P89. Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols in adult spinal deformity corrective surgery utilizing three-column osteotomies. The Spine Journal. 24(9). S105–S106. 1 indexed citations

Galetta, Matthew S., Nima Alan, Renaud Lafage, et al.. (2024). Durability of substantial clinical benefit leading to optimal outcomes in adult spinal deformity corrective surgery: a minimum 5-year analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 41(6). 765–773. 1 indexed citations

Tretiakov, Peter, Matthew S. Galetta, John H. Shin, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols on Outcomes Following Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery. Global Spine Journal. 15(3). 1544–1551. 4 indexed citations

Williamson, Tyler K., et al.. (2024). Is It Possible for Patients with Early Distal Junctional Kyphosis following Adult Cervical Deformity Corrective Surgery to Achieve Similar Outcomes to Their Unaffected Counterparts? An Analysis of Recovery Kinetics. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(11). 3246–3246. 1 indexed citations

Tretiakov, Peter, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Impact of Radiographic Realignment on Adult Spinal Deformity Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Pain at Presentation. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(12). 3543–3543.

Charalambous, Lefko T., et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Pain Management in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Review of Contemporary Approaches. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(22). 6819–6819. 2 indexed citations

Uzosike, Akachimere, Abhinav Sharma, Matthew S. Galetta, et al.. (2024). Treatment of adult spine deformity: A retrospective comparison of bone morphogenic protein and bone marrow aspirate with bone allograft. Acta Neurochirurgica. 166(1). 448–448. 2 indexed citations

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Galetta, Matthew S., et al.. (2023). Reoperation Rates Due to Adjacent Segment Disease Following Primary 1 to 2-Level Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Spine. 48(18). 1295–1299. 7 indexed citations

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Galetta, Matthew S., et al.. (2023). Post-Operative Physical Therapy Following Cervical Spine Surgery: Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes. Cureus. 15(6). e40559–e40559.

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Goyal, Dhruv K.C., Ryan Sutton, Srikanth N. Divi, et al.. (2021). Lumbar Pedicle Morphology and Vertebral Dimensions in Isthmic and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis—A Comparative Study. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 15(2). 243–250. 4 indexed citations

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Divi, Srikanth N., Dhruv K.C. Goyal, Matthew S. Galetta, et al.. (2020). Are Patient Outcomes Affected by the Presence of a Fellow or Resident in Lumbar Decompression Surgery?. Spine. 46(1). 35–40. 7 indexed citations

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Stull, Justin D., Srikanth N. Divi, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, et al.. (2020). Preoperative Mental Health Component Scoring Is Related to Patient Reported Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion. Spine. 45(12). 798–803. 33 indexed citations

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Galetta, Matthew S., Christopher K. Kepler, Srikanth N. Divi, et al.. (2019). Consensus on Wound Care of SSI in Spine Surgery. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 33(5). E206–E212. 3 indexed citations

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Divi, Srikanth N., Dhruv K.C. Goyal, John J. Mangan, et al.. (2019). Are Outcomes of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Influenced by Presurgical Depression Symptoms on the Mental Component Score of the Short Form-12 Survey?. Spine. 45(3). 201–207. 29 indexed citations

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Mangan, John J., Kristen Nicholson, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, et al.. (2019). Is Wearable Technology Part of the Future of Orthopedic Health Care?. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 33(3). 99–101. 11 indexed citations

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Galetta, Matthew S., Heeren Makanji, John Strony, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, & Mark F. Kurd. (2019). Changing reimbursement models and private equity ownership in spine surgery. Annals of Translational Medicine. 7(S5). S166–S166. 6 indexed citations

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Hernandez, Christopher, Matthew S. Galetta, Lisena Hasanaj, et al.. (2019). MULES on the sidelines: A vision-based assessment tool for sports-related concussion. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 402. 52–56. 8 indexed citations

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Boody, Barrett S., Alan S. Hilibrand, Justin D. Stull, et al.. (2018). Longer Preoperative Duration of Symptoms Negatively Affects Health-related Quality of Life After Surgery for Cervical Radiculopathy. Spine. 44(10). 685–690. 18 indexed citations

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