Safdar Khan

Title(s)Professor, MED: Orthopaedic Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    1. Regional and socioeconomic differences in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty utilization: Which patient populations are receiving care? J Orthop. 2026 May; 75:207-211. Dallas-Orr D, Chhokar MS, Zabiba A, Tse S, Khan SN, Deans CF, Meehan JP, Lum ZC. PMID: 41736903; PMCID: PMC12927101.
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    2. Elevated Distressed Community Index Score is Associated With Adverse Outcomes Following Hip Fracture Surgery in the Medicare Population. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2025; 16:21514593251403427. Gray MT, Bonsu JM, Malik AT, Ly TV, Phieffer LS, Harrison RK, Khan S, Quatman CE. PMID: 41425264; PMCID: PMC12715141.
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    3. Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma Outcomes: Effect of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Dec 12. Callaway J, Shahzad H, Bhale R, Zhao A, Lu S, Mace W, Hideshima K, Higginbotham D, Javidan Y, Khan SN, Vander Voort W, Roberto R, Klineberg E, Le H. PMID: 41453026.
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    4. Augmented Reality-Guided Pedicle Screw Placement With 2D-3D Registration: Proof-Of-Concept Using 151 Cadaveric Trajectories. Global Spine J. 2025 Oct 15; 21925682251387550. Castillo JA, Urreola G, Kalistratova V, Le M, Harris AM, Shahzad H, Massel DH, Shepard N, Cook C, Lim R, Khan S, Price RL. PMID: 41093539; PMCID: PMC12528066.
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    5. The Role of Enabling Technologies in the Surgical Management of Cervical Spine Deformity. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Nov 01; 38(9):459-465. Bhale R, Shahzad H, Price R, Ray WZ, Phillips F, Le HV, Javidan Y, Khan SN. PMID: 41166597.
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    6. Does a Simple Needle Stick From a Preoperative Knee Aspiration or Non-Steroidal Injection Influence Total Knee Arthroplasty Infection Risk? A Retrospective Database Analysis. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Dec; 40(12):3285-3290.e1. Shahzad H, Krajcir CA, Meehan JP, Giordani MM, Khan SN, Lum ZC. PMID: 40466921.
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    7. S2 Alar-Iliac Screw Insertion Safety With Augmented Reality-Assisted Surgical Navigation. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2025 Apr 01; 9(4). Lee MY, Shahzad H, Singh VK, Price RL, Phillips FM, Khan SN. PMID: 40184583; PMCID: PMC11964378.
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    8. Utility of Routine Preoperative Urinalysis in Elective Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery. Global Spine J. 2025 Nov; 15(8):3711-3717. Lu S, Marquez I, Shahzad H, Ochoa J, Parhar K, Jawad M, Roberto R, Javidan Y, Khan S, Klineberg E, Le H. PMID: 40152758; PMCID: PMC11954378.
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    9. Device profile of the Mobi-C artificial cervical disc: an overview of its safety and efficacy. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2025 Jan; 22(1):15-21. Kim KD, Curran KA, Price RL, Khan S. PMID: 39743533.
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    10. Incidence and predictive factors of double crush syndrome in patients undergoing cervical surgery: a database study. Eur Spine J. 2024 Aug; 33(8):3082-3086. Shahzad H, Bhatti N, Sheldon A, Veliky C, Singh VK, Kanu G, Khan SN. PMID: 39030320.
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    11. Comparing opioid utilization and costs for surgical management of single-level spondylolisthesis: A national claims database analysis. J Orthop. 2024 Nov; 57:44-48. Shahzad H, Saade A, Tse S, Simister SK, Azhar H, Le H, Khan SN. PMID: 38973969; PMCID: PMC11225719.
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    12. Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Jul 15; 32(14):627-636. Le HV, Javidan Y, Khan SN, Klineberg EO. PMID: 38657173.
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    13. Engineered extracellular vesicle-based gene therapy for the treatment of discogenic back pain. Biomaterials. 2024 Jul; 308:122562. Tang SN, Salazar-Puerta AI, Heimann MK, Kuchynsky K, Rincon-Benavides MA, Kordowski M, Gunsch G, Bodine L, Diop K, Gantt C, Khan S, Bratasz A, Kokiko-Cochran O, Fitzgerald J, Laudier DM, Hoyland JA, Walter BA, Higuita-Castro N, Purmessur D. PMID: 38583365; PMCID: PMC11164054.
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    14. Interspecialty Variation in Perioperative Health Care Resource Usage for Carpal Tunnel Release. Hand (N Y). 2025 Jun; 20(4):555-561. Malik AT, Lin JS, Jain S, Awan H, Khan SN, Goyal KS. PMID: 38420784; PMCID: PMC11571571.
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    15. Preserving privacy in big data research: the role of federated learning in spine surgery. Eur Spine J. 2024 Nov; 33(11):4076-4081. Shahzad H, Veliky C, Le H, Qureshi S, Phillips FM, Javidan Y, Khan SN. PMID: 38403832.
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    16. Osteobiologics and Value-Based Care: Challenges and Opportunities. Int J Spine Surg. 2023 Dec 27; 17(S3):S44-S52. Khan SN, Shahzad H. PMID: 38050076; PMCID: PMC10753350.
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    17. Early-term and mid-term histologic events during single-level posterolateral intertransverse process fusion with rhBMP-2/collagen carrier and a ceramic bulking agent in a nonhuman primate model: implications for bone graft preparation. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2014 Jun; 27(4):212-9. Khan SN, Toth JM, Gupta K, Glassman SD, Gupta MC. PMID: 23073151.
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    18. The temporal role of leptin within fracture healing and the effect of local application of recombinant leptin on fracture healing. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Nov; 27(11):656-62. Khan SN, DuRaine G, Virk SS, Fung J, Rowland DJ, Reddi AH, Lee MA. PMID: 23287761.
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    19. Effect of divergent screw fixation in vertical medial malleolus fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Mar; 72(3):751-4. Amanatullah DF, Khan SN, Curtiss S, Wolinsky PR. PMID: 22491565.
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    20. Use of flexion and extension radiographs of the cervical spine to rule out acute instability in patients with negative computed tomography scans. J Orthop Trauma. 2011 Jan; 25(1):51-6. Khan SN, Erickson G, Sena MJ, Gupta MC. PMID: 21085024.
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    21. Lumbar degenerative scoliosis: outcomes of combined anterior and posterior pelvis surgery with minimum 2-year follow-up. Orthopedics. 2009 Apr; 32(4). Khan SN, Hofer MA, Gupta MC. PMID: 19388616.
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    22. The roles of funding source, clinical trial outcome, and quality of reporting in orthopedic surgery literature. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2008 Dec; 37(12):E205-12; discussion E212. Khan SN, Mermer MJ, Myers E, Sandhu HS. PMID: 19212579.
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    23. Identification of novel gene expression in healing fracture callus tissue by DNA microarray. HSS J. 2008 Sep; 4(2):149-60. Khan SN, Solaris J, Ramsey KE, Yang X, Bostrom MP, Stephan D, Daluiski A. PMID: 18752025; PMCID: PMC2553169.
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    24. Using suture anchors for cervical laminoplasty: a reliable, safe, and simple technique. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2008 Aug; 37(8):400-2. Khan SN, Edmonds EW, Titelman RM, Gupta MC. PMID: 18836595.
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    25. Surgical management of metastatic spine tumors. Orthop Clin North Am. 2006 Jan; 37(1):99-104. Khan SN, Donthineni R. PMID: 16311115.
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    26. Application of bone morphogenetic proteins in spinal fusion. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2005 Jun; 16(3):347-55. Gupta MC, Khan SN. PMID: 15878841.
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    27. Use of osteopromotive growth factors, demineralized bone matrix, and ceramics to enhance spinal fusion. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2005 Mar-Apr; 13(2):129-37. Khan SN, Fraser JF, Sandhu HS, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Lane JM. PMID: 15850370.
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    28. The biology of bone grafting. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2005 Jan-Feb; 13(1):77-86. Khan SN, Cammisa FP, Sandhu HS, Diwan AD, Girardi FP, Lane JM. PMID: 15712985.
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