Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery

Murat Pekmezci, MD practices Orthopaedic Surgery. Murat Pekmezci, MD has written publications. He has 28 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Multi-level Corpectomy with Anterior Column Reconstruction and Plating for Subaxial Cervical Osteomyelitis.'

Publications

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• The Economic Impact of Revision Surgery for Proximal Junctional Failure after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Cost Analysis of 57 Operations in A 10-Year Experience ...
• Integrity of "damage control" posterior spinal fusion constructs for poly-trauma patients: A biomechanical investigation.
• Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine in 3161 Patients: A CT-Based Study.
• Cervical spine clearance protocols in level I, II and III trauma centers in California.
• Local intrawound vancomycin powder decreases the risk of surgical site infections in complex adult deformity reconstruction: a cost analysis.
• Retrograde intramedullary nails with distal screws locked to the nail have higher fatigue strength than locking plates in the treatment of supracondylar femoral fractu...
• Cervical Spine Clearance Protocols in Level I Trauma Centers in the United States.
• Reexamination of Pelvic Inlet and Outlet Images Using Three Dimensional Computed Tomography Reconstructions.
• A biomechanical comparison of ipsilateral and contralateral pedicle screw placement for modified triangular osteosynthesis in unstable pelvic Fractures.
• Revision surgery for lumbar pseudarthrosis.
• Are conventional inlet and outlet radiographs obsolete in the evaluation of pelvis Fractures?
• Surgical treatment of thoracic Disc disease via minimally invasive lateral transthoracic trans/retropleural approach: analysis of 33 patients.
• MRI issues for ballistic objects: information obtained at 1.5-, 3- and 7-tesla.
• Armor-Piercing Bullet: 3-T MRI Findings and Identification by a Ferromagnetic Detection System.
• The effect of Fracture pattern stability and post-reduction alignment on implant loading in OTA type 31-A2 proximal femur Fractures.
• Construct Rigidity after Fatigue Loading in Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy with or without Adjacent Interbody Structural Cages.
• Comparison of expandable and fixed interbody cages in a human cadaver corpectomy model, part I: endplate force characteristics.
• Comparison of Expandable and Fixed Interbody Cages in a Human Cadaver Corpectomy Model: Fatigue Characteristics.
• Can a Novel Rectangular Footplate Provide Higher Resistance to Subsidence When Compared to Circular Footplates?: An Ex Vivo Biomechanical Study.
• Biomechanical analysis of revision strategies for rod Fracture in pedicle subtraction osteotomy.
• Minimal invasive anterolateral transthoracic transpleural approach: a novel technique for thoracic Disc herniation. A review of the literature, description of a new su...
• Biomechanical analysis of osteotomy type and rod diameter for treatment of cervicothoracic kyphosis.
• Biomechanical analysis of cervicothoracic junction osteotomy in cadaveric model of Ankylosing spondylitis: effect of rod material and diameter.
• Osseous remodeling after femoral head-Neck junction osteochondroplasty.
• The effect of dilation of immature pedicles on pullout strength of the screws: Part 2: In vivo study.
• Retention of a well-fixed acetabular component in the setting of massive acetabular osteolysis and Pelvic discontinuity. A case report.
• Multi-level Corpectomy with Anterior Column Reconstruction and Plating for Subaxial Cervical Osteomyelitis.

Schools

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• Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
• Elbow Replacement
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated

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• Ankle Fracture
• Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Hospital

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• California Pacific Medical Center
• San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
• UCSF Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1700928371
Last Name Of The Provider	PEKMEZCI
First Name Of The Provider	MURAT
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