PierceDNunleyMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Director, Spine Institute of Louisiana Associate Professor, LSU Health

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Office
1500 Line Avenue
Ste 200
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone+1 318-629-5555

Fax+1 318-629-5556

Dr. Pierce Nunley is an orthopedic surgeon in Shreveport, LA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center, Specialists Hospital Shreveport, Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital, and CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier. He received his medical degree from University of Kansas School of Medicine and has been in practice 26 years. He specializes in orthopedic spine surgery and is experienced in cervical disc disease, thoracic radiculopathy, thoracic sprain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction , and scoliosis.

Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1991 - 1996
University of Kansas School of MedicineClass of 1991

PubMed

29 citations
Five-year durability of stand-alone interspinous process decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis.
Pierce D. Nunley, Vikas V. Patel, Douglas G Orndorff, William F. Lavelle, Jon E Block
Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2017-09-06
10 citations
Interspinous Process Decompression Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
Pierce D. Nunley, Vikas V. Patel, Douglas G Orndorff, William F. Lavelle, Jon E Block
Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2018-07-02
15 citations
Interspinous process decompression is associated with a reduction in opioid analgesia in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Pierce D. Nunley, Timothy R. Deer, Ramsin M Benyamin, Peter S. Staats, Jon E Block
Journal of Pain Research. 2018-11-20

Journal Articles

Home Versus Rehabilitation: Factors That Influence Disposition After Minimally Invasive Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
Robert K Eastlack, Justin B Ledesma, Adam S Kanter, Pierce Nunley, Juan S Uribe, Gregory M Mundis, World Neurosurgery

Accelus Announces Successful First Surgeries Using Remi Robotic Navigation System with LineSider Spinal SystemMarch 10th, 2022
How Well Do Closure Devices Reduce Re-Herniation Risk?February 4th, 2022
Five Year Follow-up of Level-1 Spine Study Confirms Long-Term Benefits of Barricaid® Disc Closure DeviceJanuary 25th, 2022
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