Nicholas Spina

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Spina is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Spina has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 13 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Spina's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (22 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (12 papers). Nicholas Spina is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (22 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (12 papers). Nicholas Spina collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Nicholas Spina's co-authors include Darrel S. Brodke, Brandon D. Lawrence, W. Ryan Spiker, Brook I. Martin, Sohail K. Mirza, Richard J. Bransford, Erik Woelber, Todd J. Blumberg, Carlo Bellabarba and Benjamin J. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Spina

34 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Trends in Lumbar Fusion Procedure Rates and Associated Ho... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Trends in Lumbar Fusion Procedure Rates and Associated Hospital Costs for Degenerative Spinal Diseases in the United States, 2004 to 2015
    2018 605 citations Brook I. Martin, Sohail K. Mirza et al. Spine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Spina United States 13 753 644 291 149 120 40 1.0k
Evan Sheha United States 18 858 1.1× 654 1.0× 209 0.7× 174 1.2× 83 0.7× 98 1.1k
Patrick R. Olson United States 5 828 1.1× 568 0.9× 379 1.3× 76 0.5× 70 0.6× 6 1.1k
Michael C. Gerling United States 20 802 1.1× 548 0.9× 198 0.7× 103 0.7× 82 0.7× 56 1.1k
Jeffrey L. Gum United States 21 1.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.7× 194 0.7× 236 1.6× 79 0.7× 153 1.7k
W. Ryan Spiker United States 20 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 1.7× 587 2.0× 195 1.3× 129 1.1× 59 1.7k
Dennis Vasquez-Montes United States 18 707 0.9× 404 0.6× 102 0.4× 85 0.6× 62 0.5× 71 871
Micheal Raad United States 16 642 0.9× 306 0.5× 109 0.4× 65 0.4× 117 1.0× 103 869
Miranda L. van Hooff Netherlands 20 584 0.8× 463 0.7× 466 1.6× 108 0.7× 30 0.3× 62 1.1k
Eric A. Potts United States 15 553 0.7× 496 0.8× 186 0.6× 128 0.9× 55 0.5× 47 839
Dhruv K.C. Goyal United States 14 453 0.6× 337 0.5× 134 0.5× 61 0.4× 45 0.4× 59 727

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Spina

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Spina

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All Works

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Connelly, James W., Parth Kothari, Nicholas Spina, et al.. (2025). Narrative Review of Perioperative Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Agonists in Spine Surgery. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 39(2). 47–53.
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Rizkalla, James, Joseph A. Weiner, Brandon D. Lawrence, et al.. (2024). Transthyretin amyloidosis in spinal canal stenosis: A systematic review. Journal of Orthopaedics. 53. 133–139. 1 indexed citations
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Turtle, Joel D., Scott Miller, Aaron Yang, et al.. (2022). Considerations for Lumbar Medial Branch Nerve Radiofrequency at Spinal Motion Segments Adjacent to a Fusion Construct. Pain Medicine. 24(2). 165–170.
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Nelson, Richard E., et al.. (2021). Cost analysis of primary single-level lumbar discectomies using the Value Driven Outcomes database in a large academic center. The Spine Journal. 21(8). 1309–1317. 2 indexed citations
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Spina, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). Biomechanical effects of laminectomies in the human lumbar spine: a finite element study. The Spine Journal. 21(1). 150–159. 24 indexed citations
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Tobert, Daniel G., Prokopis Annis, W. Ryan Spiker, et al.. (2020). The impact of the lordosis distribution index on failure after surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity. The Spine Journal. 20(8). 1261–1266. 23 indexed citations
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Porucznik, Christina A., Lisa H. Gren, Jian Guan, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Preoperative Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Postoperative Outcomes in Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disease: 3-Month and 12-Month Results of a Pilot Study. World Neurosurgery. 139. e230–e236. 19 indexed citations
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Owen, Robert J., Darrel S. Brodke, Noah J. Quinlan, et al.. (2020). 43. Preoperative regional erector spinae plane blocks reduce opioid use, increase mobilization, and reduce length of stay following lumbar spine fusion. The Spine Journal. 20(9). S21–S21. 1 indexed citations
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Spina, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Defining Instability in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 32(10). E434–E439. 13 indexed citations
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Brodke, Darrel S., Ashley Neese, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2018). Physical function computer adaptive test outcomes in diabetic lumbar spine surgical patients. The Spine Journal. 19(6). 1048–1056. 8 indexed citations
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Martin, Brook I., Sohail K. Mirza, Nicholas Spina, et al.. (2018). Trends in Lumbar Fusion Procedure Rates and Associated Hospital Costs for Degenerative Spinal Diseases in the United States, 2004 to 2015. Spine. 44(5). 369–376. 605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brodke, Darrel S., et al.. (2018). FEBio finite element models of the human lumbar spine. Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering. 21(6). 444–452. 38 indexed citations
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Blumberg, Todd J., Erik Woelber, Carlo Bellabarba, Richard J. Bransford, & Nicholas Spina. (2017). Predictors of increased cost and length of stay in the treatment of postoperative spine surgical site infection. The Spine Journal. 18(2). 300–306. 84 indexed citations
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Eck, Carola F. van, Nicholas Spina, & Joon Y. Lee. (2016). A novel MRI classification system for congenital functional lumbar spinal stenosis predicts the risk for tandem cervical spinal stenosis. European Spine Journal. 26(2). 368–373. 10 indexed citations
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Spina, Nicholas, Prokopis Annis, Brandon D. Lawrence, et al.. (2015). Acute Proximal Junctional Failure: A T10 UIV is Not as Safe as Thought. The Spine Journal. 15(10). S196–S196. 1 indexed citations
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Spina, Nicholas, et al.. (2001). L’infibulamento endomidollare a fascio nelle fratture diafisarie di omero. 27. 1 indexed citations
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Spina, Nicholas, et al.. (1999). Flexible intramedullary "classical" nailing in childhood: use in fractures of the femur and humerus.. PubMed. 83(3). 277–83. 1 indexed citations

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