Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Cedars Sinai
University of Southern California
Orthopaedic Surgery
David Skaggs is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is a top medical university. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is ranked 8/52 in Research/PrimaryCare. He has 30 awards "Whos Who in America", "Top 17 U.S. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons", "50 Spine Surgeons Focusing on Scoliosis Development", "Top 17 U.S Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons", "Southern California Super Doctors", "Best Paper", "First Place, Best Abstract and Poster Award", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Top Doctors in America", "Best Poster", "Best Doctors", "Best Spine Poster", "Who's Who in America", "Best Doctors in America", "Marc A. Asher Clinical Scientific Paper Award", "American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellow", "Traveling Fellowship", "Best Resident Paper", "First Place Resident Research Award", "Young Investigator Award", "Best Resident Research Award", "Second Place Resident Research Award", "Third Place Outstanding Poster Award", "Rosamond Kane Award", "Sandoz Award", "Top MD", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Eagle Scout", "All-American, 400M hurdles" and "Super Doctor". David Skaggs is a published doctor as well. He has 100 publications published. The latest was: Variability of the Anterior Humeral Line in Normal Pediatric Elbows.
Publications
- Variability of the Anterior Humeral Line in Normal Pediatric Elbows.
- A New Classification System to Report Complications in Growing Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Consensus Study.
- Supracondylar humeral Fractures with isolated anterior interosseous nerve injuries: is urgent treatment necessary?
- Location of the vertebral artery at c1 in children: how far out laterally can one safely dissect?
- Development and Initial Validation of the Classification of Early-Onset Scoliosis (C-EOS).
- Early Pelvic Fixation Failure in Neuromuscular Scoliosis.
- Nutritional improvement following growing rod surgery in children with early onset Scoliosis.
- Chronic Lack of Sleep is Associated With Increased Sports Injuries in Adolescent Athletes.
- Screening for hip dysplasia in congenital muscular torticollis: is physical exam enough?
- Comparison of Outcomes Following Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic and Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Does the Surgical First Assistant's Level of Training M...
- Mechanisms and risk factors of brachial plexus injury in the treatment of early-onset Scoliosis with distraction-based growing implants.
- Bilateral proximal femur and femoral head regrowth following proximal femoral resection in a child with spastic cerebral palsy.
- National access to care for children with Fractures.
- A Classification of Growth Friendly Spine Implants.
- Simple Steps to Minimize Spine Infections in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Surgical site infection following spinal instrumentation for Scoliosis: a multicenter analysis of rates, risk factors, and pathogens.
- Ten percent of patients with adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis have variations in the number of thoracic or lumbar vertebrae.
- Evaluating the extent of clinical uncertainty among treatment options for patients with early-onset Scoliosis.
- Intensive care unit versus hospital floor: a comparative study of postoperative management of patients with adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Upper Thoracic pedicle screw loss of fixation causing spinal cord injury: a review of the literature and multicenter case series.
- Clay-shoveler's Fracture equivalent in children.
- Evidence-based Review: Management of Open Pediatric Fractures.
- Spondylolysis is frequently missed by MRI in adolescents with Back pain.
- Access to care for the adolescent anterior cruciate ligament patient with medicaid versus private insurance.
- Perioperative ketorolac use in children undergoing lower extremity osteotomies.
- Pediatric chance Fractures: a multicenter perspective.
- Sacral Facet Fractures in Elite Athletes.
- Orthopedic Surgeons are Less Likely to See Children Now for Fracture Care Compared with 10 Years Ago.
- Growing Rods for Scoliosis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Structural Effects, Complications, and Hospital Stays.
- Growing Rod Fractures: Risk Factors and Opportunities for Prevention.
- Lengthening of dual growing rods and the law of diminishing returns.
- Safety and efficacy of growing rod technique for pediatric congenital spinal Deformities.
- Complications of growing-rod treatment for early-onset scoliosis: analysis of one hundred and forty patients.
- Comparison of Complications among growing spinal implants.
- Complications of ketorolac use in children undergoing operative Fracture care.
- Growing rods for spinal deformity: characterizing consensus and variation in current use.
- Access to care for children with Fractures.
- Risk factors for vascular repair and compartment syndrome in the pulseless supracondylar humerus Fracture in children.
- Distal humerus osteotomy for supracondylar Fracture malunion in children: a study of perioperative complications.
- Weight gain following vertical expandable prosthetic titanium ribs surgery in children with thoracic insufficiency Syndrome.
- The Dega osteotomy: a versatile osteotomy in the treatment of developmental and neuromuscular hip pathology.
- A new classification system predictive of complications in surgically treated pediatric humeral lateral condyle Fractures.
- Neurologic risk in growing rod Spine surgery in early onset scoliosis: is neuromonitoring necessary for all cases?
- Pelvic fixation of growing rods: comparison of constructs.
- Efficacy of intraoperative neurologic monitoring in surgery involving a vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib for early-onset spinal deformity.
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the lumbar Spine.
- Complications of halo use in children.
- Prior treatment of Fracture patients in a tertiary pediatric emergency department: informal referrals from other emergency departments.
- Orthopaedic conditions in the newborn.
- Shortening of growing-rod spinal instrumentation reverses cardiac failure in child with Marfan Syndrome and scoliosis. A case report.
- Aprotinin in pediatric neuromuscular Scoliosis surgery.
- Is research presented at the Scoliosis research society annual meeting influenced by industry funding?
- Use of a noninvasive halo in children.
- Incidence of occult fracture in children with acute Ankle injuries.
- Supracondylar humeral Fractures in children.
- Health-related quality of life in children with thoracic insufficiency Syndrome.
- How safe is the operative treatment of Gartland type 2 supracondylar humerus Fractures in children?
- Management of infection after instrumented posterior Spine fusion in pediatric scoliosis.
- Temporary internal distraction as an aid to correction of severe Scoliosis. Surgical technique.
- Compartment Syndrome of the thigh in an infant: a case report.
- Loss of pin fixation in displaced supracondylar humeral Fractures in children: causes and prevention.
- Treatment of hip Dislocation in Kabuki syndrome: a report of three hips in two patients.
- Insurance status and delay in orthotic treatment in children.
- Causes of intoeing Gait in children with cerebral palsy.
- Cobalt chromium sublaminar wires for spinal deformity surgery.
- Temporary internal distraction as an aid to correction of severe Scoliosis.
- Consultation with the specialist: adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Use of flexible intramedullary nails in pediatric femur Fractures.
- Access to orthopaedic care for children with medicaid versus private insurance: results of a national survey.
- Back pain and Backpacks in school children.
- Pediatric polytrauma management.
- Towards a National Pediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma Outcomes Registry: the Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Research Group (POTORG) experience.
- Pearls and pitfalls in the evaluation of pediatric congenital and developmental disorders.
- Comparison of the volume of scoliosis surgery between Spine and pediatric orthopaedic fellowship-trained surgeons in New York and California.
- Open Fractures in children. Principles of evaluation and management.
- Preoperative predictors of prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation in children following Scoliosis repair.
- The effect of Scoliosis surgery on lung function in the immediate postoperative period.
- Pelvic Fractures in children: an exploration of practice patterns and patient outcomes.
- Access to urologic care for children in California: Medicaid versus private insurance.
- The contribution of hospital volume, payer status, and other factors on the surgical outcomes of Scoliosis patients: a review of 3,606 cases in the State of California.
- The effect of surgical delay on acute infection following 554 open Fractures in children.
- Results of tibial rotational osteotomy without concomitant fibular osteotomy in children with cerebral palsy.
- Botulinum toxin as an adjunct to serial casting treatment in children with cerebral palsy.
- Preoperative polysomnograms and infant pulmonary function tests do not predict prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation in children following Scoliosis repair.
- Re: Kakushima M, Miyamoto K, Shimizu K. The effect of leg length discrepancy on spinal motion during Gait: three-dimensional analysis in healthy volunteers. Spine. 200...
- Effect of surgical delay on perioperative complications and need for open reduction in supracondylar humerus Fractures in children.
- Changes in Pelvic rotation after soft tissue and bony surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
- Lateral-entry pin fixation in the management of supracondylar Fractures in children.
- Report on the 2002 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Traveling Fellowship.
- Iatrogenic intraspinal epidermoid tumor: two cases and a review of the literature.
- Less access to care for children with Medicaid.
- Delayed neurologic injury due to bone graft migration into the spinal canal following Scoliosis surgery.
- Comparison of proximal and distal rotational femoral osteotomy in children with cerebral palsy.
- The surgical management of pediatric Fractures of the lower extremity.
- Thoracoscopic anterior spinal release and fusion: evolution of a faster, improved approach.
- Fracture stability after pinning of displaced supracondylar distal humerus Fractures in children.
- Orthopaedic manifestations of neurofibromatosis in children: an update.
- Quality of evaluation and management of children requiring timely orthopaedic surgery before admission to a tertiary pediatric facility.
- Growth arrest of the distal radius following a metaphyseal Fracture: case report and review of the literature.
Schools
Columbia University College Of Physicians and Surgeons
Ny and Presby Hp Columbia Campus
California Orthopaedic Association
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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- Joint Drainage
- Resection or Ablation of Bone Tumor, Partial or Complete Resection of Bone, Debridement of Bone
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Conditions Treated
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Access Plus Savenet
- Basic PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Delta Health System
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Humana
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Whos Who in America
- Top 17 U.S. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons
- 50 Spine Surgeons Focusing on Scoliosis Development
- Top 17 U.S Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons
- Southern California Super Doctors
- Best Paper
- First Place, Best Abstract and Poster Award
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Top Doctors in America
- Best Poster
- Best Doctors
- Best Spine Poster
- Who's Who in America
- Best Doctors in America
- Marc A. Asher Clinical Scientific Paper Award
- American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellow
- Traveling Fellowship
- Best Resident Paper
- First Place Resident Research Award
- Young Investigator Award
- Best Resident Research Award
- Second Place Resident Research Award
- Third Place Outstanding Poster Award
- Rosamond Kane Award
- Sandoz Award
- Top MD
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Eagle Scout
- All-American, 400M hurdles
- Super Doctor
Education
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Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
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New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus
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Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Hospital
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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