Director, Spine Institute of Louisiana Associate Professor, LSU Health

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Pierce D. Nunley, MD

Pierce D. Nunley, MD works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He researched medicine at University of Kansas School of Medicine. Pierce Nunley is also a published doctor. He has 27 paper published. The most recent paper is: The strength and stiffness of thoracic implant anchors in osteoporotic spines. He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery?
Cost Utility Analysis of the Cervical Artificial Disc vs Fusion for the Treatment of 2-Level Symptomatic Degenerative Disc Disease: 5-Year Follow-up.
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of One and Two-level Total Disc Replacement: 4-year Results from a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter IDE Clinical Trial.
Cost-effectiveness of Cervical Total Disc Replacement vs Fusion for the Treatment of 2-Level Symptomatic Degenerative Disc Disease.
Two-level total disc replacement with Mobi-C cervical artificial disc versus anterior discectomy and Fusion: a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter clinical...
Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Cervical Total Disc Replacement versus Anterior Cervical Fusion: Results at 48 Months Follow-up.
Symptomatic adjacent segment disease after Cervical total disc replacement: re-examining the clinical and radiological evidence with established criteria.
Intramedullary space occupying lesion of the Cervical cord: when magnetic resonance imaging is not possible.
Commentary: Advantages of percutaneous pedicle screws in the obese: What is the clinical evidence?
Prospective, randomized, multicenter study of Cervical arthroplasty: 269 patients from the Kineflex|C artificial disc investigational device exemption study with a min...
Factors Affecting the Incidence of Symptomatic Adjacent Level Disease in Cervical Spine after Total Disc Arthroplasty: 2 - 4 Years Follow-Up of 3 Prospective Randomize...
The use of osteo-conductive stem-cells allograft in lumbar interbody Fusion procedures: an alternative to recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein.
Total disc arthroplasty does not affect the incidence of adjacent segment degeneration in Cervical spine: results of 93 patients in three prospective randomized clinic...
Cervical ganglioneuroma in an Adult man: case report and literature review of a rare occurrence.
Implant design may influence delayed heterotopic ossification after total disk arthroplasty in lumbar Spine.
Delayed hyper-reactivity to metal ions after Cervical disc arthroplasty: a case report and literature review.
Choice of plate may affect outcomes for single versus multilevel ACDF: results of a prospective randomized single-blind trial.
Comparison of pressure effects on adjacent disk levels after 2-level lumbar constructs: Fusion, hybrid, and total disk replacement.
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET): a viable alternative to surgery for low Back pain in workers' compensation patients?
Intraspinal meningioma in a 101-year old: should age determine the aggressiveness of intervention?
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) for low Back pain in worker's compensation patients: can it provide a potential answer? Long-term results.
Osteomyelitis of the Cervical spine: a potentially dramatic disease.
Superion(Â®) InterSpinous Spacer for treatment of moderate Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: durable three-year results of a randomized controlled trial.
Arthroscopic management of the arthritic elbow: indications, technique, and results.
The strength and stiffness of thoracic implant anchors in osteoporotic Spines.
Primary osteoblastic osteosarcoma in an elderly female: a case report of perplexing presentation.

Schools

University of Kansas School of Medicine
Louisiana State University
La State University
Dallas Spine Grp
University of Basel Medical Faculty
University Of Kansas

Procedures Preformed

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Conditions Treated

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
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Ataxia
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Doctors Specialties

Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Choice Plus POS II
Assurant Health
Blue Card PPO
Cigna HMO
Cigna PPO
Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
Open Access
Commercial Insurance Company
Coventry Health Care
Coventry Health Care of Louisiana HMO
GEHA
Choice Care PPO
Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
Medicare MCR
MultiPlan PPO
PHCS Network PPO
Choice Plus POS
Navigate HMO
Navigate POS
Options PPO
United Healthcare

Education

Louisiana State University
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Hospital

University Health Shreveport

Drug Facts

NPI NUMBER		1417940750
NPPES Provider LastName		NUNLEY
NPPES Provider FirstName		PIERCE
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		71101
NPPES Provider State		LA
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		335.0
Distinct Opioid Count		3.0
Opioid Claim Count		194.0
Percent Opioid Claims		57.91

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Medicare Facts

National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1417940750
Last Name Of The Provider	NUNLEY
First Name Of The Provider	PIERCE
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