About Eeric Truumees, MD
Dr. Eeric Truumees is a board certified and fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeon and Chief Executive Officer of the Seton Brain and Spine Institute in Austin, TX. In addition, Dr. Truumees is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School.
Dr. Truumees received his medical degree graduating with honors from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. He then completed a general surgical internship followed by a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in OH. Next, he completed a fellowship program in spinal surgery under Harry Herkowitz, MD at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Truumees E, Demetropoulos C, Yang K, Herkowitz H. Effects of Disc Height and Distractive Forces on Graft Compression in an Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Model. In press.
2. Truumees E, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR. Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation. The Spine Journal, 4(2): 218-229, 2004.
3. Truumees E, Demetropoulos CK, Yang KH, Herkowitz HN. Effects of Disc Height and Distractive Forces on Graft Compression in an Anterior Cervical Discectomy Model. Spine, 2002: 27(22): 2441-2445.
4. Truumees E, Demetropoulos C, Yang K, Herkowitz H. Compression Load of Human Cervical Vertebral Endplates: A Cadaveric Experimental Model. Spine, 28(19): 2204-8, 2003.
5. Truumees E, Demetropoulos C, Yang K, Herkowitz H. Effects of a Cervical Compression Plate on Graft Forces in an Anterior Cervical Discectomy Model. Spine, 28: 2003.
6. Vaccaro AR, Patel T, Fischgrund J, Anderson DG, Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, et al. A pilot safety and efficacy study of OP-1 putty (rhBMP-7) as an adjunct to iliac crest autograft in posterolateral lumbar fusions. Eur Spine J, 2003.
7. Nieves-Rivera F, Kerrigan JR, Krieg RJ, Egan J, Hwang LJ, Truumees E, Veldhuis JD, Evans WS, Rogol, AD, Altered growth Hormone secretion in vivo and in vitro in the diabetes prone BB/Worchester rat. Growth Regul 1993 Dec; 3(4): 235-44.
8. Patel, CK, Truumees E, Herkowitz HN. Radicular Symptoms in a Patient with Previous Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. NASS Case Study of the Month, March 2003.
9. Coric, D, Fischgrund JS, Patel T, Vaccaro AR, Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, et al. Two-year Follow-up on Patients in a Pilot Safety and Efficacy Study of OP-1 (rhBMP-7) in Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion as a Replacement for Iliac Crest Autograft. Neurosurgery, 55(2):477, August 2004.
Chapters
1. Truumees E. Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update, 8th Edition, Vaccaro AR, ed. AAOS, Rosemont, IL 2003.
2. Truumees E. Xia Anterior Spinal System, in Surgical Techniques in Spinal Instrumentation. Kim DH, Vaccaro AR, Fessler RG, eds. Thieme, New York, 2003.
3. Truumees E, Brebach G. Interbody Fusion. Frymoyer's The Adult Spine: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition, Lippincott, Philadelphia 2003.
4. Truumees E, Brebach G, McLain RF, Lieberman I. Exposures to the Thoracolumbar Spine. Frymoyer's The Adult Spine: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition, Lippincott, Philadelphia 2003.
5. Truumees E. Cervical Instrumentation. Rothman and Simeone's The Spine, 5th Edition, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2004.
6. Truumees E. Traction, Bracing, and Positioning. Cervical Spine Research Society Atlas of Cervical Spine Surgery, 2nd Edition, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2002.
7. Truumees E. Epidemiology and Overview of Cervical Degenerative Disease. Cervical Spine Research Society Textbook 4th Edition, Chapter 69, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2002.
8. Truumees E. Pathophysiology Pain and Neural Dysfunction in Cervical Degenerative Disease: Basic Science, Pathophysiology, and Pathoanatomy. Cervical Spine Research Society Textbook 4th Edition, Chapter 70, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2002.
9. Patel CK, Truumees E, Herkowitz HN. Cervical Corpectomy. Cervical Spine Research Society Textbook 4th Edition, Chapter 70, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2002.
10. Truumees E. Physical Examination: Signs of Pathology and the Physical Examination, in McLain RF ed, Cancer of the Spine. Handbook of Comprehensive Care, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, 2002.
11. Truumees E, Garfin SR. Patient Selection for Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty, in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty. Resnick DK, Barr JD, and Garfin SR, eds. AANS Publications, Rolling Meadows, IL, 2002.
12. Truumees E. Os Odontoideum, in Emedicine On-line Spine Textbook.
13. Truumees E. Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement, in Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR eds., Tricks of the Trade of Spine Surgery, Thieme, 2001.
14. Truumees E. Facet Screw Placement, in Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR eds., Tricks of the Trade of Spine Surgery, Thieme, 2001.
15. Truumees E. Sacral Pedicle Screw Placement, in Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR eds., Tricks of the Trade of Spine Surgery, Thieme, 2001.
16. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN. Cervical Laminectomy, in Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR eds., Tricks of The Trade of Spine Surgery, Thieme, 2001.
17. Truumees E, McLain RF, Revision Cervical Spine Surgery, in Chapman M ed., Chapman's Orthopaedic Surgery, Third edition, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 2001.
18. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, Degenerative Disc Disease, in Chapman M ed, Chapman's Orthopaedic Surgery, Third edition. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 2001.
19. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis with Spinal Stenosis, in Albert T, Vaccaro A, eds. Spine Surgery: MasterCases, Thieme Publishers, New York, 2001.
20. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, in Albert T, Vaccaro A, eds. Spine Surgery: MasterCases, Thieme Publishers, New York, 2001.
21. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy and Myelopathy, Instructional Course Lectures, vol 49, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, 2000.
22. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, et al. Treatment Options for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Instructional Course Lectures, vol 50, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, 2001.
23. Truumees E. Medical Consequences of Vertebral Compression Fractures. Instructional Course Lectures, vol 51, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, 2002.
24. Truumees E. Soft Tissue Injuries of the Cervical Spine, Vaccaro AR, Betz R, Zeidman S eds. Principles and Practice of Spine Surgery, Saunders, Philadelphia, 2002.
25. Truumees E. Spine Fractures and Dislocations: Patterns, Classifications, Management. Placzek J, Boyce DA eds, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Secrets. Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 2001.
26. Truumees E, Herkowitz HN. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy. Haher, Merola, eds. Atlas of Spine Surgery. Thieme Publishers, New York, 2000.
Other Publications
1. Truumees E. Point of View. Spine. 28(22):3, November 15, 2003.
2. Knapke DM, Truumees E. Posterior Arm and Deltoid Compartment Syndrome after Vitamin B12 Injection. Orthopaedics, Vol 27, Number 5, pp 1-2, 2004.
3. Bedi A, Truumees E. Tarlov Cysts and Related Meningeal Lesions. Contemporary Spine Surgery, Vol 4, Issue 9, Lippincott, 2003.
4. Truumees E. Stabilization of the Occipitocervical Junction, part I: Anatomy, Indications, and Outcomes, Contemporary Spine Surgery, Vol 4, Issue 3, Lippincott, 2003.
5. Truumees E. Stabilization of the Occipitocervical Junction, part II: Surgical Technique, Contemporary Spine Surgery, Vol 4, Issue 4, Lippincott, 2003.
6. Truumees E. Cervical Corpectomy. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Knowledge Online, 2002.
7. Truumees E. The Role of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty as parts of a Treatment Strategy for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, Vol 13, Issue 3, Lippincott, 2002.
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