ZacharyPenningtonMD

PubMed

• Spinal Robotics in Single-Position Lateral Surgery: A Narrative Review of Key Concepts and Considerations.
  Nicholas S Hernandez, Zach Pennington, Saarang Patel, Nolan J Brown, Abigail Broughton
  World Neurosurgery. 2024-10-01
• Nondysraphic Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lipomas in the Adult Population.
  Andrew M Hersh, Ali Bydon, Zach Pennington, Daniel Lubelski, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo
  World Neurosurgery. 2024-10-01
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  Change in spinal bone mineral density as estimated by Hounsfield units following osteoporosis treatment with romosozumab, teriparatide, denosumab, and alendronate: an ...
  Anthony L Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Abdelrahman M Hamouda, Megan C Everson, Zach Pennington
  Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2024-09-01

Journal Articles

• Minimally invasive circumferential decompression and stabilization for metastatic vertebral column disease  
  Pennington Z, Schilling AT, Cottrill E, Hersh A, Hung B, Sciubba DM, Seminars in Spine Surgery, 1/6/2021

Books/Book Chapters

• Treatment of Spine Disease in the Elderly: Cutting Edge Techniques and Technologies 
  Chapter: Cervical Spinal Oncology 
  Page 247 - 267Zach Pennington, Andrew T Schilling, Andrew Hersh, Daniel M SciubbaEditors: Kai-Ming G Fu, Michael Y Wang, Michael S Virk, John R Dimar II, Praveen V Mummaneni.SpringerEdition 1st,2023
• Robotic and Navigated Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Navigation of Tumor and Metastatic Lesions in the Thoracolumbar Spine 
  Page 53 - 74Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Ehresman J, Lo SL, Sciubba DMEditors: Veeravagu A, Wang MY.ElsevierEdition 1st,2022
• Revision Lumbar Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Anterior-Posterior Surgeries 
  Page 120 - 125Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Ehresman J, Sciubba DMEditors: Heary RF.ElsevierEdition 1st,2022
• Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Tumors 
  Chapter: Schwannomatosis: Review of Diagnosis and Management 
  Page 371 - 382Pennington Z, Lubelski D, Medikonda R, Belzberg AJEditors: Guedes F, Zager EL, Garozzo D, Rasulic L, Socolovsky M.SpringerEdition 1st,2021
• Chordoma of the Spine: A Comprehensive Review 
  Chapter: Systemic Therapy, Trials, and Future Directions for Chordoma of the Spine 
  Page 289 - 304Zabransky DJ, Pennington Z, Meyer CEditors: Sciubba DM, Schwab JH.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2021
• Chordoma of the Spine: A Comprehensive Review 
  Chapter: Soft tissue reconstruction following surgery for sacral chordoma 
  Page 215 - 232Skladman R, Pennington Z, Sacks JMEditors: Sciubba DM, Schwab JH.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2021
• Chordoma of the Spine: A Comprehensive Review 
  Chapter: Surgical Management of Chordoma of the Occipitocervical Junction 
  Page 111 - 146Pennington Z, Ehresman J, Schilling A, Sciubba DMEditors: Sciubba DM, Schwab JH.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2021
• Chordoma of the Spine: A Comprehensive Review 
  Chapter: Clinical Work-Up, Diagnostic Imaging, and Biopsy 
  Page 55 - 76Ryan D, Gross J, Pennington Z, Khan MEditors: Sciubba DM, Schwab JH.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2021
• Chordoma of the Spine: A Comprehensive Review 
  Chapter: Historical Overview, Demographics, and Clinical Presentation of Spinal Chordoma 
  Page 33 - 54Pennington Z, Schilling A, Schwab JH, Sciubba DMEditors: Sciubba DM, Schwab JH.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2021
• Neurointensive Care Unit:Clinical Practice and Organization 
  Chapter: Critical Care for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury 
  Page 169 - 184Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Theodore NEditors: Nelson SE, Nyquist PA.Springer, Cham, SwitzerlandEdition 1st,2021
• Handbook of Spine Technology 
  Chapter: Spinal Plates and the Anterior Lumbar Interbody Arthrodesis 
  Page 603 - 632Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Sciubba DMEditors: Cheng B.Springer International PublishingEdition 1st,2021
• Anterior Spinal Plates, Subaxial Cervical Spine 
  Chapter: Handbook of Spine Technology 
  Page 593 - 602Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Molina CA, Goodwin CR, Sciubba DMEditors: Cheng B.Springer International PublishingEdition 1st,2021
• Handbook of Spine Technology 
  Chapter: Oncological Principles 
  Page 505 - 522Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Molina CA, Sciubba DMEditors: Cheng B.Springer International PublishingEdition 1st,2021
• Central Nervous System Metastases: Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: Deformity Secondary to Vertebral Metastases 
  Page 583 - 601Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Sciubba DMEditors: Ramakrishna R, Magge RS, Baaj AA, Knisely JPS.SpringerEdition 1st,2020
• Nontraumatic Cervical Myelopathy: Pathologies, Surgical Techniques, and Nuances 
  Chapter: Surgical Approaches in Metastatic Disease Involving the Craniocervical Junction 
  Ahmed AK, Schilling A, Pennington Z, Suk I, Nicholas Theodore NEditors: Nova Science Publishers.Edition 1st,2020
• Nontraumatic Cervical Myelopathy: Pathologies, Surgical Techniques, and Nuances 
  Chapter: Stem Cell Therapy in the Management of Cervical Degenerative Disease 
  Cottrill EJ, Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Witham TF, Theodore NEditors: Itshayek E.Nova Science PublishersEdition 1st,2020
• Youmans & Winn Neurological Surgery 
  Chapter: Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas 
  Pennington Z, Sciubba DMEditors: Winn HR, McDermott MW.ElsevierEdition 8th,
• Myelopathy: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: Traumatic Disorders: Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy Secondary to Trauma 
  Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Molina C, Goodwin CR, Sciubba DMEditors: Springer.Edition 1st,
• Schmidek & Sweet Operative Neurosurgical Techniques 
  Chapter: Surgery for Metastatic Spine Disease 
  Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Molina CA, Goodwin CR, Gokaslan ZL, Sciubba DMEditors: Quinones-Hinojosa A.ElsevierEdition 7th,2020
• Benzel's Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Complex Lumbosacropelvic Fixation Techniques 
  Ehresman J, Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Sciubba DMEditors: Steinmetz M.ElsevierEdition 5th,2020
• Navigation and Robotics in Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spinal Metastases Using Navigation 
  Page 96 - 110Pennington Z, Ahmed AK, Molina CA, Sciubba DMEditors: Vaccaro AR, Panchmatia J, Kaye D, Prasad SK.Thieme, New YorkEdition 1st,2019
• Surgery of the Thoracic Spine: Principles and Techniques 
  Chapter: Primary Tumors of the Thoracic Spinal Column 
  Page 149 - 168Zach Pennington, C. Rory Goodwin, A. Karim Ahmed, Daniel M. SciubbaEditors: Ali A. Baaj, U. Kumar Kakarla, Han Jo Kim.ThiemeEdition 1st,2019
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Techniques and Disease Management 
  Chapter: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spinal Tumors 
  Zach Pennington, Camilo Molina, Daniel M. SciubbaEditors: Frank M. Phillips, Isador H. Lieberman, David W. Polly Jr, Michael Y. Wang.SpringerEdition 2nd,
• Spinal Tumor Surgery: A Case-Based Approach 
  Chapter: Intralesional Sacrectomy 
  Page 239 - 249A. Karim Ahmed, Zach Pennington, Ian Suk, C. Rory Goodwin, Ziya L. Gokaslan, and Daniel M. SciubbaEditors: Daniel M. Sciubba.Springer International PublishingEdition 1st,
• Spine Care: Healthcare Systems, Quality Reporting, and Risk Adjustment 
  Chapter: Risk Adjustment Methodologies 
  Page 131 - 151Zach Pennington, Corinna C. Zygourakis, Christopher P. AmesEditors: John Ratliff, Todd Albert, Joseph Cheng, Jack Knightly.Springer International PublishingEdition 1st,2018
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Abstracts/Posters

• Risk Factors for Sacral Fracture Following En Bloc Chordoma Resection
  Mikula AL, Pennington Z, Lakomkin N, Prablek M, Amini B, Karim SM, Patel SS, Lubelski D, Sciubba DM, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, North RY, Tatsui CE, Bydon M, Fogelson JL,..., 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury – Denver Grade, Bilaterality & Stroke Risk: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
  Michalopoulos G, Pennington Z, Babakidis P, Alexander AY, Lakomkin N, CHaralampous C, El Sammak S, Meyer FB, Bydon M, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Change in Spinal Bone Mineral Density as estimated by Hounsfield Units following Osteoporosis Treatment with Romosozumab, Teriparatide, Denosumab, and Alendronate: An ...
  Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Hamouda A, Everson M, Pennington Z, Kumar R, Pinter Z, Martini M, Kennel K, Baffour F, Nassr A, Freedman B, Sebastian A, Abode-Iyamah K, Bydon M..., 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Novel standalone motion-sparing pelvic fixation prevents insufficiency fractures involving mid-sacrectomies without sacrificing normal, mobile lumbar segments traditio...
  Pieters T, Hersh A, Elsamadicy A, Green R, Pennington Z, Sciubba DM, Lo SL, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Hounsfield Units but not Vertebral Bone Quality Predict Time to Pathologic Fracture in Mobile Spine Metastases Treated with Radiotherapy
  Pennington Z, Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Clarke MJ, Sebastian AS, Freedman BA, Rose PS, Karim SM, Kowalchuk RO, Merrell KW, Bydon M, Krauss WE, Fogelson JL, Elder BD, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: A Modified Delphi Study
  Hersh A, Lubelski D, Pennington Z, Goodwin CR, Dea N, Desai A, Hsu W, Kirshnaney A, Mehta A, Soliman H, Ozturk A, Laufer I, Shin JH, Lo SL, Gokaslan Z, Jallo G, Sciubb..., 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Opportunistic CT-Based Hounsfield Unit Demonstrate a Strong Correlation with Biomechanical CT Measurements of Vertebral Strength and Trabecular Bone Mineral Density in...
  Martini M, Mikula AL, Lakmokin N, Pennington Z, Everson M, Nassr A, Freedman B, Sebastain A, Kennel K, Baffour F, Bydon M, Fogelson J, Elder B, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/19/2023
• Association of Inpatient Opioid Consumption on Postoperative Outcomes After Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity
  Elsamadicy, Sandhu MR, Reeves B, Freedman I, Koo A, Jayaraj C, Craft S, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Lo SL, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/18/2023
• Impact of tumor-associated syrinx on outcomes following resection of primary ependymomas of the spinal cord
  Pennington Z, Mikula AL, Lakomkin N, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Elder B, Bydon B, Fogelson J, Krauss WE, Clarke MJ, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/18/2023
• Optimal Implant Sizing via Machine Learning is Associated with Increased Range of Motion Following Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
  Lakomkin N, Pennington Z, Bhandarkar A, Mikula AL, Michalopoulos G, Chen S, McClendon J, Bydon M, 39th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 3/18/2023
• Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury – Revisiting the Association of the Denver Grading System & Bilaterality with Stroke: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
  Michalopoulos G, Pennington Z, Bambakidis P, Alexander Y, Lakomkin N, Charalmpous C, Hassett L, Graepel S, Bydon M, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Racial Disparities in Perception of Health Status and Literacy in Spine Oncology Patients: Insights from the All of Us Database
  Elsamadicy A, Wang C, Rajjoub R, Sherman J, Craft S, Reeves B, Koo A, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Lo SL, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons Resident Research Forum – Resident Led Collaborative Research Effort
  Chotai S, Ban VS, Lesha E, Awad A, Bander E, Beladi R, Elhamdani S, Pennington Z, Shi H, Tuchek C, Skulemowski A, Nduom E, Veeravagu A, CNS Resident Research Forum Com..., Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Association of Inpatient Opioid Use on Outcomes After Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity
  Elsamadicy A, Sandhu MR, Reeves B, Freedman I, Koo A, Jayaraj C, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Lo SL, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Components of Racial Disparities Among Brain Tumor Patients: Measuring the Weight of Clinical, Hospital & Socioeconomic Drivers
  Michalopoulos G, Lakomkin N, Pennington Z, Nathani K, Bydon M, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Impact of tumor-associated syrinx on outcomes following resection of primary ependymomas of the spinal cord
  Pennington Z, Mikula A, Burrows A, Lakomkin N, Meyer F, Marsh WR, Elder BD, Bydon M, Fogelson J, Krauss WE, Clarke MJ, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/2022
• Surgical approaches to tumors of the occipito-cervical, subaxial cervical, and cervicothoracic spine: An algorithm for standard versus extended anterior cervical access
  Pennington Z, Westbroek E, Lo SL, Sciubba DM, 49th Annual Meeting of Cervical Spine Research Society, Atlanta, GA, 12/1/2021
• A Web-based Calculator for Wound Complications After Metastatic Spine Tumor Surgery
  Hersh A, Feghali J, Hung B, Pennington Z, Schilling A, Antar A, Patel J, Ehresman JS, Lubelski D, Goodwin CR, Sciubba DM, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• A Web-Based Calculator for Clinical Outcome Prediction in Sacral Tumor Surgery
  Feghali J, Pennington Z, Hung B, Hersh A, Schilling A, Ehresman JS, Srivastava S, Cottrill E, Lubelski D, Lo SL, Sciubba DM, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Ramifications of Post-Operative Dysphagia on Healthcare Resource Utilization following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylo...
  Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David W, Freedman IG, Reeves B, Ehresman J, Pennington Z, Laurans MSH, Kolb L, Sciubba DM, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Racial is an Independent Predictor for Non-Routine Discharges after Spine Surgery for Intradural Spinal Tumors
  Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David W, Reeves B, Freedman IG, Pennington Z, Ehresman J, Laurans MSH, Kolb L, Sciubba DM, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Modified-Frailty Index and Outcomes Following Posterior Lumbar Decompression and Fusion for Spondylolisthesis
  Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David W, Reeves B, Havlik J, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Shin JH, Sciubba DM, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Natural history of extracranial schwannomas: A single institutional series
  Lubelski D, Pennington Z, Ochuba A, Azad TD, Blakeley J, Belzberg AJ, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Clinical Accuracy and Initial Experience with Augmented Reality-Assisted Pedicle Screw Placement: The First 205 Screws
  Liu A, Jin Y, Cottrill A, Khan M, Westbroek EM, Ehresman JS, Pennington Z, Lo SL, Sciubba D, Molina CA, Witham TF, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
• Surgical Decompression for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in Patients with Associated Hypertension
  Perdomo-Pantoja A, Chara A, Liu A, Jin Y, Taylor MN, El Demerdash N, Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Westbroek EM, Bydon A, Theodore N, Witham TF, 2021 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 7/31/2021
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