Nitin Bhatia

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nitin Bhatia is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nitin Bhatia has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Surgery, 48 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nitin Bhatia's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (43 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (32 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (12 papers). Nitin Bhatia is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (43 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (32 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (12 papers). Nitin Bhatia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Japan. Nitin Bhatia's co-authors include Jeffrey C. Wang, Wellington K. Hsu, Edgar G. Dawson, Gary Ghiselli, Yu-Po Lee, S. Samuel Bederman, Ranjan Gupta, Norman Y. Otsuka, Marinis Pirpiris and Bang H. Hoang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer Research and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Nitin Bhatia

83 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION IN THE LUMBAR SPINE

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nitin Bhatia United States	21	1.4k	1.1k	405	208	142	96	1.8k
D. Kojo Hamilton United States	28	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	166 0.4×	244 1.2×	95 0.7×	155	2.3k
Toshinori Sakai Japan	28	2.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 2.8×	343 1.6×	161 1.1×	198	2.9k
Norman Chutkan United States	23	784 0.6×	497 0.5×	187 0.5×	157 0.8×	142 1.0×	54	1.6k
D. McCormack United Kingdom	18	675 0.5×	630 0.6×	507 1.3×	110 0.5×	73 0.5×	64	1.4k
James Dowdell United States	22	1.1k 0.8×	981 0.9×	366 0.9×	213 1.0×	91 0.6×	91	1.6k
Andre Jakoi United States	19	676 0.5×	490 0.5×	239 0.6×	127 0.6×	102 0.7×	42	1.1k
Yoshio Enyo Japan	21	1.0k 0.8×	533 0.5×	590 1.5×	345 1.7×	83 0.6×	42	1.9k
Daniel J. Mazanec United States	16	496 0.4×	673 0.6×	648 1.6×	118 0.6×	70 0.5×	33	1.0k
Lionel N. Metz United States	17	657 0.5×	434 0.4×	215 0.5×	75 0.4×	54 0.4×	38	1.1k
Shota Ikegami Japan	21	872 0.6×	501 0.5×	90 0.2×	176 0.8×	34 0.2×	158	1.5k

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Chan, Justin, Hao‐Hua Wu, Hansen Bow, et al.. (2025). What is the learning curve for endoscopic spine surgery? A comprehensive systematic review. The Spine Journal. 26(3). 438–449.

Kim, Michael, Salah Baz, Christopher Lee, et al.. (2025). Prone lateral lumbar corpectomy: Surgical technique and case series outcomes. Seminars in Spine Surgery. 101192–101192.

Sharma, Abhinav K., Manu Mehta, Michael E. Steinhaus, et al.. (2025). Decompression and fusion for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is associated with higher early morbidity rates and risk of perioperative complications compared with decompression alone: a retrospective study in the United States. Asian Spine Journal. 19(3). 346–354.

Hashmi, Sohaib, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes after Surgical Treatment of Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy in the Geriatric Patient Population: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database 2010–2020. Asian Spine Journal. 18(2). 190–199. 10 indexed citations

Upfill‐Brown, Alexander, Nitin Bhatia, Yu-Po Lee, et al.. (2024). Does obesity and varying body mass index affect the clinical outcomes and safety of biportal endoscopic lumbar decompression? A comparative cohort study. Acta Neurochirurgica. 166(1). 246–246. 3 indexed citations

Chan, Justin, et al.. (2023). A temporal analysis of perioperative complications following COVID-19 infection in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion: When is it safe to proceed?. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 16. 100262–100262. 3 indexed citations

Amin, Alpesh, et al.. (2023). Optimal Use of Advanced Practice Providers at an Academic Medical Center: A First-Year Retrospective Review. Cureus. 15(1). e34475–e34475. 7 indexed citations

Choi, Elliot H., Alvin Y. Chan, Andrew D. Gong, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Minimally Invasive Total versus Subtotal Resection of Spinal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 151. e343–e354. 6 indexed citations

Williams, Sean, et al.. (2021). The efficacy of bactrim in reducing surgical site infections after spine surgery. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 9. 100095–100095. 4 indexed citations

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Anderson, Amanda, et al.. (2020). Major Orthopaedic Conference Abstract Publication: An Analysis of Abstracts Accepted for the AAOS Annual Meetings Between 2014 and 2017. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 29(12). e601–e608. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Young, et al.. (2019). Impact of Cirrhosis on Morbidity and Mortality After Spinal Fusion. Global Spine Journal. 10(7). 851–855. 4 indexed citations

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Bhatia, Nitin, Timur Urakov, Jordan A. Gruskay, et al.. (2019). Establishing validity of the fundamentals of spinal surgery (FOSS) simulator as a teaching tool for orthopedic and neurosurgical trainees. The Spine Journal. 20(4). 580–589. 5 indexed citations

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Bhatia, Nitin, et al.. (2019). Selection pressures of vancomycin powder use in spine surgery: a meta-analysis. The Spine Journal. 19(6). 1076–1084. 73 indexed citations

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Bhatia, Nitin, et al.. (2015). Posterior cervical laminoplasty in the North American Population: A minimum of two year follow-up. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 138. 165–168. 5 indexed citations

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Bederman, S. Samuel, et al.. (2013). Robotic Guidance for S2-Alar-Iliac Screws in Spinal Deformity Correction. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 30(1). E49–E53. 54 indexed citations

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Bederman, S. Samuel, et al.. (2012). Use of Lateral Access in the Treatment of the Revision Spine Patient. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2012. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Sakai, Toshinori, Ramez N. Eskander, Yi Guo, et al.. (2011). Flavokawain B, a kava chalcone, induces apoptosis in synovial sarcoma cell lines. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 30(7). 1045–1050. 48 indexed citations

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Wahba, George, Nitin Bhatia, Christopher Bui, Kenneth Lee, & Thay Q. Lee. (2010). Biomechanical Evaluation of Short-Segment Posterior Instrumentation With and Without Crosslinks in a Human Cadaveric Unstable Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture Model. Spine. 35(3). 278–285. 44 indexed citations

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Rasouli, Alexandre, et al.. (2006). Transplantation of Preconditioned Schwann Cells in Peripheral Nerve Grafts After Contusion in the Adult Spinal Cord. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 88(11). 2400–2410. 18 indexed citations

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Navarro, Ramón, et al.. (2005). The Role of the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Flap for Esophageal Fistula Repair in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery. Spine. 30(20). E617–E622. 62 indexed citations

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