Rodrigo Amaral

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rodrigo Amaral is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodrigo Amaral has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Surgery, 41 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 17 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Rodrigo Amaral's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (20 papers). Rodrigo Amaral is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (20 papers). Rodrigo Amaral collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Rodrigo Amaral's co-authors include Luiz Pimenta, Luís Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira, Etevaldo Coutinho, Nitamar Abdala, Rubens Jensen, Jeffrey D. Coe, Neel Anand, Robert A. Hart and Per D. Trobisch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Spine and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

In The Last Decade

Rodrigo Amaral

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Radiographic and clinical evaluation of cage subsidence after stand-alone lateral interbody fusion

2013 341 citations Luís Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rodrigo Amaral United States	19	1.2k	1.2k	412	219	16	47	1.3k
Etevaldo Coutinho Brazil	13	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	513 1.2×	231 1.1×	9 0.6×	35	1.3k
Leonardo Oliveira United States	13	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	492 1.2×	220 1.0×	6 0.4×	28	1.2k
Richard A. Hynes United States	12	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	417 1.0×	250 1.1×	6 0.4×	18	1.4k
Joong Won Ha South Korea	12	702 0.6×	649 0.5×	213 0.5×	141 0.6×	12 0.8×	43	796
Antoine Tohmeh United States	13	979 0.8×	969 0.8×	286 0.7×	148 0.7×	4 0.3×	22	1.0k
Vincent Challier United States	18	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	101 0.2×	99 0.5×	17 1.1×	50	1.6k
Vit Kotheeranurak Thailand	17	694 0.6×	727 0.6×	244 0.6×	183 0.8×	9 0.6×	70	855
Fumihiro Oha Japan	15	730 0.6×	619 0.5×	207 0.5×	101 0.5×	28 1.8×	39	825
Andreas Korge Germany	17	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	554 1.3×	242 1.1×	7 0.4×	39	1.4k
Dong Chan Lee South Korea	17	918 0.8×	866 0.7×	204 0.5×	119 0.5×	6 0.4×	50	994

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Guiroy, Alfredo, et al.. (2025). Advances in Lateral Interbody Fusion and Single Position Surgery. Neurosurgery. 96(3S). S9–S16.

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the use of tranexamic acid in the postoperative period in patients with scoliosis undergoing posterior fusion. Neurosurgical Review. 47(1). 416–416. 1 indexed citations

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2024). L4-L5 anatomy classification system for lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Neurosurgical Review. 47(1). 529–529.

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Lateral versus posterior approaches to treat degenerative lumbar pathologies–systematic review and meta-analysis of recent literature. European Spine Journal. 32(5). 1655–1677. 13 indexed citations

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Comparison of segmental lordosis gain of prone transpsoas (PTP) vs. lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 143(9). 5485–5490. 10 indexed citations

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2022). COMPARISON OF PSOAS MORPHOLOGY AND LUMBAR LORDOSIS IN DIFFERENT POSTURES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 1 indexed citations

Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2022). Minimally invasive versus open surgery for degenerative lumbar pathologies:a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Spine Journal. 31(10). 2502–2526. 29 indexed citations

Alamin, Todd F., Rodrigo Amaral, Roberto Díaz, et al.. (2022). Need of vascular surgeon and comparison of value for anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) in lateral decubitus: Delphi consensus. European Spine Journal. 31(9). 2270–2278. 3 indexed citations

Pimenta, Luiz, et al.. (2021). Single-Position Prone Transpsoas Lateral Interbody Fusion Including L4L5: Early Postoperative Outcomes. World Neurosurgery. 149. e664–e668. 23 indexed citations

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Ditty, Benjamin J., et al.. (2021). Initial multi-centre clinical experience with prone transpsoas lateral interbody fusion: Feasibility, perioperative outcomes, and lessons learned. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 6. 100056–100056. 19 indexed citations

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Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2020). Parafusos pediculares e violação facetária – A importância do ângulo entre a faceta e o parafuso. Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia. 55(5). 642–648. 1 indexed citations

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Pimenta, Luiz, et al.. (2020). The prone transpsoas technique: preliminary radiographic results of a multicenter experience. European Spine Journal. 30(1). 108–113. 43 indexed citations

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Pimenta, Luiz, Antoine Tohmeh, David Jones, et al.. (2018). Rational decision making in a wide scenario of different minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion approaches and devices. Journal of Spine Surgery. 4(1). 142–155. 20 indexed citations

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Pimenta, Luiz, et al.. (2018). Elastomeric Lumbar Total Disc Replacement: Clinical and Radiological Results With Minimum 84 Months Follow-Up. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 12(1). 49–57. 8 indexed citations

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Scheer, Justin K., Shayan Fakurnejad, Darryl Lau, et al.. (2015). Results of the 2014 SRS Survey on PJK/PJF. Spine. 40(11). 829–840. 47 indexed citations

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Lau, Darryl, Allan Clark, Justin K. Scheer, et al.. (2014). Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure After Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine. 39(25). 2093–2102. 218 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Leonardo, et al.. (2013). Is the Lateral Transpsoas Approach Feasible for the Treatment of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 472(6). 1776–1783. 74 indexed citations

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Amaral, Rodrigo, et al.. (2013). Acute Lumbar Burst Fracture Treated by Minimally Invasive Lateral Corpectomy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2013(1). 953897–953897. 18 indexed citations

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Pimenta, Luiz, et al.. (2013). A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes between Stand-Alone Lateral Interbody Lumbar Fusion with either Silicate Calcium Phosphate or rh-BMP2. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery. 74(6). 343–350. 76 indexed citations

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Marchi, Luís, et al.. (2012). Lateral Interbody Fusion for Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain: Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques. Advances in Orthopedics. 2012. 1–7. 33 indexed citations

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