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Vivien Chan
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Clinical and radiographic outcomes of robotic-assisted direct pars repairs for spondylolysis.
Spine deformity · 2026
Scheuermann's kyphosis carries higher perioperative risk than idiopathic scoliosis in adolescent patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion.
Spine deformity · 2026 · first author
Response to Letter to the Editor concerning "Does pelvic fixation impact reoperation outcomes for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery? A 10-year matched cohort analysis" by Etigunta SK, et al.
Spine deformity · 2026
16 publications.
Clinical and radiographic outcomes of robotic-assisted direct pars repairs for spondylolysis.
Snyder S, Chan V, Caruso J, Butterworth E, Nilssen P, Illingworth KD, Walker CT, Skaggs DL
Scheuermann's kyphosis carries higher perioperative risk than idiopathic scoliosis in adolescent patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion.
Chan V, Reyes JL, Annaim M, Elfilali M, Vitale MG, Skaggs DL, Sardar ZM
Response to Letter to the Editor concerning "Does pelvic fixation impact reoperation outcomes for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery? A 10-year matched cohort analysis" by Etigunta SK, et al.
Etigunta SK, Chan V, Gausper A, Liu A, Mikhail C, Tuchman A, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL
Does pelvic fixation impact reoperation outcomes for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery? A 10-year matched cohort analysis.
Etigunta SK, Chan V, Gausper A, Liu A, Mikhail C, Tuchman A, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL
Frailty and Surgical Invasiveness Are Independently Associated with Complications in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery.
Chan V, Simmonds A, Maclean L, Parsons D, Vitale MG, Skaggs DL
Allogeneic Transfusion-related Adverse Events in Pediatric Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery.
Chan V, Shumilak G, Malhotra AK, Liu AM, Chan-Tai-Kong A, Dansby J, Lebel DE, Skaggs DL
Reoperation rates following spinal epidural abscess evacuation with and without instrumentation: a retrospective matched cohort analysis.
Gausper A, Tuchman A, Shumilak G, Liu A, Etigunta S, Skaggs D, Walker C, Chan V
One in five cases of spondylolysis are missed on MRI: a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients with back pain.
Kodali P, Caruso JP, Michael G, Liu A, Etigunta S, Chan V, Skaggs DL, Illingworth KD
Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis is associated with disc degeneration in pediatric patients.
Chan V, Mukarram M, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL
Additional vertebrae are imaged in 44% of pediatric patients when limited CTs are ordered: a pilot study.
Watkins RG, Chan V, Watterson C, Butterworth E, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL
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