Kevin Carr
University of Texas at Austin
24 Papers
67 Citations
Kevin Carr is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Oswestry Disability Index. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 24 publications. Previous affiliations of Kevin Carr include University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio & Vanderbilt University.
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Papers
A prospective, multi-institutional comparative effectiveness study of lumbar spine surgery in morbidly obese patients: does minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion result in superior outcomes?
Owoicho Adogwa,Kevin Carr,Paul Thompson,Kimberly Hoang,Timothy R Darlington,Edgar Perez,Parastou Fatemi,Oren N. Gottfried,Joseph S. Cheng,Robert E. Isaacs +9 more
TL;DR: MIS-TLif is a safe and viable option for lumbar fusion in morbidly obese patients and, compared with open-TLIF, resulted in similar improvement in pain and functional disability.
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Psychosocial factors and surgical outcomes: are elderly depressed patients less satisfied with surgery?
Owoicho Adogwa,Kevin Carr,Parastou Fatemi,Terence Verla,Gustavo Chagoya Gazcon,Oren N. Gottfried,Carlos A. Bagley,Joseph S. Cheng +7 more
TL;DR: Quality improvement initiatives using patient satisfaction as a proxy for quality of care should account for patients' baseline depression as a potential confounder especially in this age group, this study demonstrates.
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The epidemiology, risk factors, and impact on hospital mortality of status epilepticus after subdural hematoma in the United States
Ali Seifi,Ali A. Asadi-Pooya,Ali A. Asadi-Pooya,Kevin Carr,Mitchell Maltenfort,Mehrdad Emami,Rodney Bell,Michael Moussouttas,Moussa Yazbeck,Fred Rincon +9 more
TL;DR: Despite a decline in the overall SDH related mortality, SE increased the risk of in-hospital death in patients with a primary diagnosis of SDH, and was higher among older patients, blacks, and in those with respiratory, metabolic, hematological, and renal system dysfunction.
Extent of intraoperative muscle dissection does not affect long-term outcomes after minimally invasive surgery versus open-transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery: A prospective longitudinal cohort study
Owoicho Adogwa,Kwame Johnson,Elliot T. Min,Neil M. Issar,Kevin Carr,Kevin T. Huang,Joseph S. Cheng +6 more
TL;DR: Increased intraoperative muscle trauma unexpectedly observed in higher postoperative CPK levels for MIS-TLif versus open-TLIF did not correlate with any differences in two-year improvement in pain and functional disability.
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Post-Traumatic brain injury (TBI) presenting with Guillain-Barre syndrome and elevated anti-ganglioside antibodies: a case report and review of the literature
TL;DR: A case of GBS presenting two weeks after non-operative traumatic brain injury (TBI) is presented and a review of the literature is presented.
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