Scott J. Luhmann, MD

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Spine Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Spine Surgery - Orthopedic

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Areas of Clinical Interest
Pediatric reconstructive spine surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine; Primary and revision complex, pediatric spinal deformities (scoliosis, kyphosis and spondylolisthesis); Pathology of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (spinal tumors, fractures, and congenital disorders); Complex, revision spinal reconstructive surgery; Neuromuscular scoliosis

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2009-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Luhmann SJ, Oda JE, O'Donnell J, Keeler KA, Schoenecker PL, Dobbs MB, Gordon JE. "An analysis of suboptimal outcomes of medial malleolus fractures in skeletally immature children." Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2012 Mar;41(3):113-6.

Wall L, O'Donnell JC, Schoenecker PL, Keeler KA, Dobbs MB, Luhmann SJ, Gordon JE. "Titanium elastic nailing radius and ulna fractures in adolescents." J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012 Sep;21(5):482-8.

Luhmann SJ, Lenke LG, Erickson M, Bridwell KH, Richards BS. "Correction of moderate (<70 degrees) Lenke 1A and 2A curve patterns: comparison of hybrid and all-pedicle screw systems at 2-year follow-up." J Pediatr Orthop. 2012 Apr-May;32(3):253-8.

"McKeon KE, O'Donnell JC, Bashyal R, Hou CC, Luhmann SJ, Dobbs MB, Gordon JE." J Pediatr Orthop. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):e1-5.

Luhmann SJ, O'Donnell JC, Fuhrhop S. "Outcomes after patellar realignment surgery for recurrent patellar instability dislocations: a minimum 3-year follow-up study of children and adolescents." J Pediatr Orthop. 2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):65-71.

Thuet ED, Winscher JC, Padberg AM, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Dobbs MB, Schootman M, Luhmann SJ. "Validity and reliability of intraoperative monitoring in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a 23-year experience of 3436 surgical cases." Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Sep 15;35(20):1880-6.

Bashyal RK, Chu JY, Schoenecker PL, Dobbs MB, Luhmann SJ, Gordon JE. "Complications after pinning of supracondylar distal humerus fractures." J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Oct- Nov;29(7):704-8.

Chen RC, Schoenecker PL, Dobbs MB, Luhmann SJ, Szymanski DA, Gordon JE. "Urgent reduction, fixation, and arthrotomy for unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis." J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Oct-Nov;29(7):687-94.

Luhmann SJ, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Schootman M. "Revision surgery after primary spine fusion for idiopathic scoliosis." Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 15;34(20):2191-7.

Keeler KA, Dart B, Luhmann SJ, Schoenecker PL, Ortman MR, Dobbs MB, Gordon JE. "Antegrade intramedullary nailing of pediatric femoral fractures using an interlocking pediatric femoral nail and a lateral trochanteric entry point." J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Jun; 29(4):345-51.

Garg S, Dobbs MB, Schoenecker PL, Luhmann SJ, Gordon JE. "Surgical treatment of traumatic pediatric humeral diaphyseal fractures with titanium elastic nails." J Child Orthop. 2009 Apr;3(2):121-7.

Luhmann SJ, Lenke LG, Kim YJ, Bridwell KH, Schootman M. "Financial analysis of circumferential fusion versus posterior-only with thoracic pedicle screw constructs for main thoracic idiopathic curves between 70 degrees and 100 degrees." J Child Orthop. 2008 Mar;2(2):105-12.

Luhmann SJ, Schoenecker PL, Dobbs MB, Eric Gordon J. "Adolescent patellofemoral pain: implicating the medial patellofemoral ligament as the main pain generator." J Child Orthop. 2008 Aug;2(4):269-77. Epub 2008 Jun 11.

Gordon JE, Chen RC, Dobbs MB, Luhmann SJ, Rich MM, Schoenecker PL. "Interobserver and intraobserver reliability in the evaluation of mechanical axis deviation." J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Apr-May;29(3):281-4.

Gurnett CA, Alaee F, Bowcock A, Kruse L, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Kuklo T, Luhmann SJ, Dobbs MB. "Genetic linkage localizes an adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and pectus excavatum gene to chromosome 18 q." Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Jan 15;34(2):E94-100.

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