Posts by Robert M. Koffie, MD, PhD
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Sacral Slope Measurement Helpful for Determining if Fusion Surgery Needed for Spondylolisthesis
Neurosurgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have determined that higher sacral slope is a risk factor for pars fractures in patients with low-grade L5–S1 spondylolisthesis.
Biography
Robert Koffie is a Neurosurgery Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his MD and PhD from Harvard University. He recently completed his PhD. in biophysics at Harvard, where his thesis focused on applying nanotechnology and cutting edge molecular imaging methods to deciphering how synapses dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease.
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