Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
College of Medicine
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research interests:
- Spinal biomechanics
- Sub-investigator for PACIRA phase 1 study
BA: Nebraska Wesleyan University
MD: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Residency and Internship: University of Iowa College of Medicine
Fellowship: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Recent Publications:
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Abode-Iyamah, KO, Viljoen, SV, McHenry, CL, Petrie, MA, Stoner, KE, Dahdaleh, NS et al.. Effect of Surgery on Gait and Sensory Motor Performance in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery. 2016;79 (5):701-707. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001267. PubMed PMID:27759677 PubMed Central PMC5089848.
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Dahdaleh, NS, Khanna, R, Menezes, AH, Smith, ZA, Viljoen, SV, Koski, TR et al.. The Application of the Revised Condyle-C1 Interval Method to Diagnose Traumatic Atlanto-occipital Dissociation in Adults. Global Spine J. 2016;6 (6):529-34. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1569058. PubMed PMID:27555993 PubMed Central PMC4993610.
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Choy, W, Smith, ZA, Viljoen, SV, Lindley, TE, Dahdaleh, NS. Successful Treatment of a Three-Column Thoracic Extension Injury with Recumbency. Cureus. 2016;8 (5):e614. doi: 10.7759/cureus.614. PubMed PMID:27335719 PubMed Central PMC4914062.
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Abode-Iyamah, KO, Stoner, KE, Grossbach, AJ, Viljoen, SV, McHenry, CL, Petrie, MA et al.. Effects of brain derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. J Clin Neurosci. 2016;24 :117-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.016. PubMed PMID:26461908 .
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Grossbach, AJ, Viljoen, SV, Hitchon, PW, DeVries Watson, NA, Grosland, NM, Torner, J et al.. Vertebroplasty plus short segment pedicle screw fixation in a burst fracture model in cadaveric spines. J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22 (5):883-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.11.031. PubMed PMID:25769251 .
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Viljoen, SV, DeVries Watson, NA, Grosland, NM, Torner, J, Dalm, B, Hitchon, PW et al.. Biomechanical analysis of anterior versus posterior instrumentation following a thoracolumbar corpectomy: Laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014;21 (4):577-81. doi: 10.3171/2014.6.SPINE13751. PubMed PMID:25084029 .
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Lindley, TE, Viljoen, SV, Dahdaleh, NS. Effect of steerable cage placement during minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion on lumbar lordosis. J Clin Neurosci. 2014;21 (3):441-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.06.006. PubMed PMID:24207010 .
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Wassef, SN, Abel, TJ, Grossbach, A, Viljoen, SV, Jackson, AW, Howard, MA 3rd et al.. Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in patients taking dabigatran: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 2013;73 (2):E368-73; discussion E373-4. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000430763.95349.5f. PubMed PMID:23670031 .