Shay Bess

24.2k citations

468 papers · 14.4k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 59

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.02%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 276
Surgery top 0.02%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment 408
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 366
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy 55
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries 44
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 1%
- Frailty in Older Adults 12
Health Informatics top 2%
Pharmacology top 2%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation 18
Biomedical Engineering
- Medical Imaging and Analysis 30

Co-authors: Virginie Lafage Justin S. Smith Christopher P. Ames Christopher I. Shaffrey Frank J. Schwab Robert A. Hart Douglas C. Burton Richard A. Hostin
Cited by: Pathology and Forensic Medicine Surgery Geriatrics and Gerontology
Journals: The Spine Journal (139 papers)Spine (86 papers)Journal of Neurosurgery Spine (57 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

Shay Bess

440 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

What are hit papers?

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.

2015 Spine
2015 Neurosurgery
2014 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
2013 Spine
2013 Neurosurgery
2013 Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
2012 Neurosurgery
2010 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

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1	A comparative cohort study of surgical approaches for adult spinal deformity at a minimum 2-year follow-up European Spine Journal ·Gregory S. Kazarian,M Hushchyn,Hongda Bao,Alex Soroceanu,Michael P. Kelly,Khaled M. Kebaish,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Douglas C. Burton,Christopher P. Ames,Gregory M. Mundis,Shay Bess,Eric O. Klineberg,سرور ملوک زاده,Frank J. Schwab,Han Jo Kim,(unknown)	2024	0
2	Unsupervised Clustering of Adult Spinal Deformity Patterns Predicts Surgical and Patient-Reported Outcomes Global Spine Journal ·Renaud Lafage,Junho Song,Jonathan Elysée,Mitchell S. Fourman,Justin S. Smith,Christopher P. Ames,Shay Bess,Alan H. Daniels,Munish C. Gupta,Richard A. Hostin,Philip J. York,春兆花田,Gregory M. Mundis,Bassel G. Diebo,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Frank Schwab,Virginie Lafage,Douglas C. Burton,(unknown)	2024	0
3	Evolving concepts in pelvic fixation in adult spinal deformity surgery Seminars in Spine Surgery ·Jay D. Turner,Alexander J. Schüpper,Praveen V. Mummaneni,Juan S. Uribe,Robert K. Eastlack,Gregory M. Mundis,Peter G. Passias,Joseph D. DiDomenico,S. Harrison Farber,Silla Semballa,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Eric O. Klineberg,Alan H. Daniels,Thomas J. Buell,Douglas C. Burton,Jeffrey L. Gum,Lawrence G. Lenke,Shay Bess,Jeffrey P. Mullin	2023	1
4	Patient-reported outcomes measures in adult spinal deformity Seminars in Spine Surgery ·Michael P. Kelly,Justin S. Smith,Peter G. Passias,Jeffrey L. Gum,Shay Bess	2023	0
5	Hip-spine syndrome in adult spinal deformity patients Seminars in Spine Surgery ·Mariah Balmaceno-Criss,Mohammad Daher,王攀,محمد مصطفى الدیب,Farid Hedayati,AsawerK.M. Alfatlawee.,一真上村,Renaud Lafage,Russell J. Bodner,Eric M. Cohen,Thomas J. Barrett,Shay Bess,Virginie Lafage,Bassel G. Diebo,Alan H. Daniels	2023	2
6	Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Patients With Mild Scoliosis and Age-Appropriate Sagittal Alignment With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up Neurospine ·Justin K. Scheer,Justin S. Smith,Peter G. Passias,Han Jo Kim,Shay Bess,Douglas C. Burton,Eric O. Klineberg,Virginie Lafage,Munish C. Gupta,Christopher P. Ames,(unknown)	2023	0
7	Diagnosis-Related Group–Based Payments for Adult Spine Deformity Surgery Significantly Vary across Centers: Results from a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study World Neurosurgery ·Samrat Yeramaneni,Kevin Wang,Jeffrey L. Gum,Breton Line,Amit Jain,Khaled M. Kebaish,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith,Virginie Lafage,Frank J. Schwab,Peter G. Passias,D. Kojo Hamilton,Eric O. Klineberg,Christopher P. Ames,Rashida A Ferrand,Shay Bess,Richard A. Hostin	2022	0
8	Use of rhBMP-2 for adult spinal deformity surgery: patterns of usage and changes over the past decade Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Yoka Lingga Permadoni,Justin S. Smith,Shay Bess,Eric O. Klineberg,Christopher P. Ames,Gregory M. Mundis,Han Jo Kim,Renaud Lafage,Munish C. Gupta,Douglas C. Burton,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Frank J. Schwab,Virginie Lafage,(unknown)	2021	12
9	Predictors of serious, preventable, and costly medical complications in a population of adult spinal deformity patients The Spine Journal ·Haddy Alas,Peter G. Passias,Avery Brown,Katherine E. Pierce,Cole Bortz,Shay Bess,Renaud Lafage,Virginie Lafage,Christopher P. Ames,Douglas C. Burton,D. Kojo Hamilton,Michael P. Kelly,Richard A. Hostin,Brian J. Neuman,Breton Line,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith,Frank J. Schwab,Eric O. Klineberg	2021	7
10	Opioid use prior to surgery is associated with worse preoperative and postoperative patient reported quality of life and decreased surgical cost effectiveness for symptomatic adult spine deformity; A matched cohort analysis North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) ·Breton Line,Shay Bess,Jeffrey L. Gum,Richard A. Hostin,Khaled M. Kebaish,Christopher P. Ames,Douglas C. Burton,Gregory M. Mundis,Robert K. Eastlack,Munish C. Gupta,Eric O. Klineberg,Virginie Lafage,Renaud Lafage,Frank J. Schwab,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith	2021	14
11	Development of a Preoperative Adult Spinal Deformity Comorbidity Score That Correlates With Common Quality and Value Metrics: Length of Stay, Major Complications, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Global Spine Journal ·Daniel M. Sciubba,Amit Jain,Khaled M. Kebaish,Brian J. Neuman,Alan H. Daniels,Peter G. Passias,Han Jo Kim,Themistocles S. Protopsaltis,Justin K. Scheer,Justin S. Smith,Marco Di Filippo,Shay Bess,Eric O. Klineberg,Christopher P. Ames,(unknown)	2019	16
12	An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Emily Miller,Brian J. Neuman,Amit Jain,Alan H. Daniels,Tamir Ailon,Daniel M. Sciubba,Khaled M. Kebaish,Virginie Lafage,Justin K. Scheer,Justin S. Smith,Shay Bess,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Christopher P. Ames,(unknown)	2017	121
13	Potential of predictive computer models for preoperative patient selection to enhance overall quality-adjusted life years gained at 2-year follow-up: a simulation in 234 patients with adult spinal deformity Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Tae-Min Oh,Justin K. Scheer,Justin S. Smith,Richard A. Hostin,Chessie Robinson,Jeffrey L. Gum,Frank J. Schwab,Robert A. Hart,Virginie Lafage,Douglas C. Burton,Shay Bess,Themistocles S. Protopsaltis,Eric O. Klineberg,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Christopher P. Ames,(unknown)	2017	26
14	Male sex may not be associated with worse outcomes in primary all-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: a multicenter analysis Neurosurgical FOCUS ·David B. Bumpass,Lawrence G. Lenke,Jeffrey L. Gum,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith,Christopher P. Ames,Shay Bess,Brian J. Neuman,Eric O. Klineberg,Gregory M. Mundis,Frank Schwab,Virginie Lafage,Han Jo Kim,Douglas C. Burton,Khaled M. Kebaish,Richard A. Hostin,Renaud Lafage,Michael P. Kelly,(unknown)	2017	10
15	Complication Rates and Maintenance of Correction After 3-Column Osteotomy in the Elderly: Report of 55 Patients With 2-Year Follow-up Neurosurgery ·Vincent Challier,Jensen K. Henry,Shian Liu,Christopher P. Ames,Khaled M. Kebaish,Ibrahim Obeid,Richard A. Hostin,Munish C. Gupta,Oheneba Boachie–Adjei,Justin S. Smith,Gregory M. Mundis,Shay Bess,Frank J. Schwab,Virginie Lafage,(unknown)	2017	4
16	Preoperative functional status as a predictor of short-term outcome in adult spinal deformity surgery Journal of Clinical Neuroscience ·Rafael De la Garza Ramos,C. Rory Goodwin,Benjamin D. Elder,Akwasi Boah,Emily Miller,Amit Jain,Eric O. Klineberg,Christopher P. Ames,Brian J. Neuman,Khaled M. Kebaish,Virginie Lafage,Frank J. Schwab,Shay Bess,Daniel M. Sciubba	2017	15
17	Clinical Improvement Through Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity: What Can Be Expected and Who Is Likely to Benefit Most? Spine Deformity ·Bertrand Moal,Virginie Lafage,Justin S. Smith,Christopher P. Ames,Gregory M. Mundis,Jamie S. Terran,Eric O. Klineberg,Robert A. Hart,Oheneba Boachie–Adjei,Shay Bess,Wafa Skalli,Frank J. Schwab	2015	22
18	Complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: an analysis of minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Juan S. Uribe,Armen R. Deukmedjian,Praveen V. Mummaneni,Kai-Ming Fu,Gregory M. Mundis,David O. Okonkwo,Adam S. Kanter,Robert K. Eastlack,Michael Y. Wang,Neel Anand,Richard G. Fessler,Frank La Marca,Paul Park,Virginie Lafage,Vedat Deviren,Shay Bess,Christopher I. Shaffrey	2014	108
19	Clinical improvement through nonoperative treatment of adult spinal deformity: who is likely to benefit? Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Kseniya Slobodyanyuk,Caroline E. Poorman,Justin S. Smith,Themistocles S. Protopsaltis,Richard A. Hostin,Shay Bess,Gregory M. Mundis,Frank J. Schwab,Virginie Lafage	2014	25
20	Radiographical Spinopelvic Parameters and Disability in the Setting of Adult Spinal Deformitybreakdown → Spine ·Frank J. Schwab,Benjamin Blondel,Shay Bess,Richard A. Hostin,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith,Oheneba Boachie–Adjei,Douglas C. Burton,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Gregory M. Mundis,Christopher P. Ames,Khaled M. Kebaish,Robert A. Hart,Jean-Pierre Farcy,Virginie Lafage	2013	756

About Shay Bess

Shay Bess is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry, having authored 468 papers that have together received 14.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (408 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (366 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (276 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (55 papers), Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (44 papers), Medical Imaging and Analysis (30 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (18 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (9.3k citations), Surgery (13.6k citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (313 citations), Health Informatics (51 citations) and Pharmacology (493 citations). Shay Bess has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Christopher P. Ames, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Frank J. Schwab, Robert A. Hart, Douglas C. Burton, Richard A. Hostin, Eric O. Klineberg and Gregory M. Mundis. Their work appears in journals such as The Spine Journal, Spine, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, Spine Deformity and Neurosurgery.

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