Selected Publications

Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Oettl FC, Emara M, Gujral J, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Shin JH, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Welch WC: Comparison of Outcomes Between Staged and Same-Day Circumferential Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis JMIR : 2025.

Ghenbot Y, Golubovsky J, Ahmad H, Arena JD, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot R, Dagli MM, Chauhan D, Ling-Lin EP, Yoon JW: Technical feasibility and safety of transpedicular thoracic partial corpectomy using biportal endoscopic technique: a novel approach for separation surgery in spinal metastatic disease World Neurosurg : 2024.

Tudor T, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee D, Nguyen J, Xiong R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch W, Ali Z: Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multi-site analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform JNS:Spine : 2024.

Chung RJ, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang P, Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Masood Z, Yoon JW: Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic (UBE) Technique for Multi-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video Op Neurosurg : 2024.

Golubovsky J, Dagli MM, Gu B, Ghenbot Y, Arena J, Welch W, Yoon J, Casper D, Arlet V, Ozturk A: Durotomy in adult spinal deformity surgery increases short term morbidity but does not portend poor long-term outcomes in a large single-institution patient cohort: a multi-center propensity-scored observational study JNS:Spine : 2024.

Chung RJ, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang P, Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Masood Z, Yoon JW.: Single-Level Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Fluoroscopy-Based Instrument Tracking: A 2-Dimensional Operative Video Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) : 2024.

Karsalia R, Borja AJ, Xu E, Gallagher RS, Na J, McClintock SD, Marcotte PJ, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Yoon JW, Malhotra NR: The "July Effect" Scrutinized: A Coarsened-Exact Match Analysis of Lumbar Fusion Outcomes During Resident Transition Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 108686 (0303-8467): 2024.

Mert Marcel Dagli, MD; Connor A. Wathen, MD; Joshua L. Golubovsky, MD; Yohannes Ghenbot, MD; John D. Arena, MD; Gabrielle Santangelo, MD; Jonathan Heintz, MS; Zarina S. Ali, MD; William C. Welch, MD; Jang W. Yoon, MD; Vincent Arlet, MD; Ali K. Ozturk, MD: Preoperative Anemia is Associated with Increased Length of Stay in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Evaluation of a Large Single-Center Patient Cohort and Future Suggestions for Patient Optimization Spine Deformity : 2024.

Ahmad HS, Chauhan D, Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Bashti M, Hamade A, Wang PT, Ghenbot Y, Yang AI, Basil GW, Welch WC, Yoon JW: Machine Learning Models Leveraging Smartphone-Based Patient Mobility Data Can Accurately Predict Functional Outcomes After Spine Surgery Journal of Clinical Medicine : 2024.

Mert Marcel Dagli, Yohannes Ghenbot, Hasan Ahmad MD, Daksh Chauhan, Ryan Turlip, Patrick Wang, William C. Welch, Ali K. Ozturk, Jang W. Yoon: Development and Validation of a Novel AI Framework using NLP with LLM Integration for Relevant Clinical Data Extraction Through Automated Chart Review Nature Sci Rep 14 (26783): 2024.

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