Udaya Kakarla, MD

Department

Surgery (Phoenix)

Position

Assistant Professor

Book, Chapter/Section

• Spine Surgery
  Yashar M, Sonntag Volker K.H, Theodore Nicholas, Kalani S, Kakarla Udaya K, Upper Cervical and Occipitocervical Arthrodesis [Book Chapter] 2012

Publications

• Neurosurgical focus
  White Michael D., Farber S. Harrison, Pacult Mark A., Walker Corey T., Zhou James J., Turner Jay D., Uribe Juan S., Chang Steve, Kakarla Udaya K., Pseudarthrosis after four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion without posterior fixation
  55:3, p. E4 2023
• Seminars in plastic surgery
  Prablek Marc, Raber Michael, Ropper Alexander E., Xu David S., Kakarla Udaya K., McGinnis John, Winocour Sebastian J., Reece Edward M., Failures in Thoracic Spinal Fusions and Their Management
  35:1, p. 20 - 24 2021
• Neurosurgery
  Walker Corey T., Gullotti David M., Kakarla Udaya K., Prendergast Virginia, Radosevich John, Grimm Doneen, Cole Tyler S., Godzik Jakub, Patel Arpan A., Whiting Alexander C., Little Andrew, Uribe Juan S., Turner Jay D., Implementation of a Standardized Multimodal Postoperative Analgesia Protocol Improves Pain Control, Reduces Opioid Consumption, and Shortens Length of Hospital Stay after Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion
  87:1, p. 130 - 136 2020
• Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.)
  Bohl Michael A, Hlubek Randall J, Xu David S, Cavallo Claudio, Preul Mark C, Chang Steve W, Turner Jay D, Uribe Juan S, Kakarla Udaya Kumar, Posterior open-wedge anterior longitudinal ligament release: Cadaveric technique analysis
  32:3, p. 348 - 353 2019
• World neurosurgery
  Haglin Jack M., Cole Tyler S., Kakarla Udaya, Uribe Juan S., Turner Jay D., Godzik Jakub, Mauria Rohit, Walker Corey T., Continuous Activity Tracking Using a Wrist-Mounted Device in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Proof of Concept Study
  122, p. 349 - 354 2019
• Neurosurgery
  Yoon James, Yoon Chaewon, Kakarla Udaya, Blaine Tiffany, Lawton Michael, 157 Regional Trends and Variations in Spine Surgery Utilization and Costs
  65:CN_suppl_1, p. 100 - 100 2018
• The spine journal
  Hlubek Randall J., Chang Steve W., Turner Jay D., Kakarla U. Kumar, Morgan Clinton D., Xu David S., Cole Tyler S., Bohl Michael A., Safety and accuracy of freehand versus navigated C2 pars or pedicle screw placement
  18:8, p. 1374 - 1381 2018
• Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976)
  Hlubek Randall J., Almefty Kaith K., Xu David S., Turner Jay D., Kakarla Udaya Kumar, Safety and Accuracy of Freehand Versus Navigated Iliac Screws Results From 222 Screw Placements
  42:20, p. E1190 - E1196 2017
• Clinical spine surgery
  Snyder Laura A, Kaibara Taro, Dickman Curtis A, Theodore Nicholas, Kalb Samuel, Kakarla Udaya K, Porter Randall W, Effects of Anterior Plating on Clinical Outcomes of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  29:7, p. 300 - 304 2016
• Clinical spine surgery
  Kalb Samuel, Theodore Nicholas, Perez-Orribo Luis, Kalani Mohammad Yashar S., Snyder Laura A., Martirosyan Nikolay L., Burns Keven, Kakarla Udaya K., Standerfer Robert J., Dickman Curtis A., The Influence of Common Medical Conditions on the Outcome of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  29:7, p. 285 - 290 2016
• Asian journal of neurosurgery
  Zaidi Hasan Aqdas, Kakarla Udaya Kumar, Shah Ashish, Transdural retrieval of a retropulsed lumbar interbody cage: Technical case report
  11:1, p. 71 - 71 2016
• World neurosurgery
  Kalb Samuel, Theodore Nicholas, Ruggieri Paul, Kakarla Udaya K., Fakhran Saeed, Dean Bruce, Ross Jeffrey, Porter Randall W., Cervical Spinal Cord Infarction After Cervical Spine Decompressive Surgery
  81:5-6, p. 810 - 817 2014
• Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
  Kalani M. Yashar S., Theodore Nicholas, Martirosyan Nikolay L., Little Andrew S., Kakarla Udaya K., Tumoral calcinosis presenting as a deformity of the thoracic spine: Case report
  8:6, p. 584 - 587 2011
• Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
  Kakarla Udaya K., Sonntag Volker K. H., Kalani M. Yashar S., Sharma Giriraj K., Theodore Nicholas, Surgical management of coccidioidomycosis of the spine Clinical article
  15:4, p. 441 - 446 2011
• Neurosurgery
  Consigilieri Giac, Theodore Nicholas, Kakarla Udaya K., Pott Disease in a 13-Month-Old: Case Report
  68:5, p. E1485 - E1490 2011
• Neurosurgery
  Kucia Elisa J, Maughan Peter H, Kakarla Udaya K, Bambakidis Nicholas C, Spetzler Robert F, Surgical Technique and Outcomes in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Ependymomas: Part II: Myxopapillary Ependymoma
  68:3, p. 90 - 94 2011
• World neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K., Sonntag Volker K.H., Theodore Nicholas, Chang Steve W., Little Andrew S., Placement of percutaneous thoracic pedicle screws using neuronavigation
  74:6, p. 606 - 610 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K., Spetzler Robert F., Ponce Francisco A., Chang Steven W., Deshmukh Vivek R., Bambakidis Nicholas C., Zabramski Joseph M., Beres Elisa J., Microsurgical Treatment of Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms
  67:2, p. 237 - 250 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Chang Steve W., Spetzler Robert F., Albuquerque Felipe C., McDougall Cameron G., Abla Adib A., Kakarla Udaya K., Sauvageau Eric, Dashti Shervin R., Nakaji Peter, Zabramski Joseph M., Treatment of Distal Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Critical Appraisal of the Occipital Artery-to-Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass
  67:1, p. 16 - 25 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K., Sonntag Volker K. H., Valdivia Juan Valdivia, Bambakidis Nicholas C., Intracranial Hemorrhage and Spinal Cord Injury From a Fractured C1-C2 Sublaminar Cable: Case Report
  66:6, p. E1203 - U329 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Garrett Mark P., Kakarla Udaya K., Porter Randall W., Sonntag Volker K. H., Formation of Painful Seroma and Edema After the Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusions
  66:6, p. 1044 - 1049 2010
• World neurosurgery
  Kaibara Taro, Crawford Neil R., Choi Seok Kwang, Yaqoobi Ali S., Reyes Phillip M., Kakarla Udaya K., Karahalios Dean G., Porter Randall W., Biomechanics of a Lumbar Interspinous Anchor with Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fixation
  73:5, p. 572 - 577 2010
• Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
  Karahalios Dean G., Baaj Ali A., Yaqoobi Ali S., Crawford Neil R., Kakarla Udaya K., Kaibara Taro, Porter Randall W., Reyes Phillip M., Biomechanics of a lumbar interspinous anchor with anterior lumbar interbody fusion Laboratory investigation
  12:4, p. 372 - 380 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Chang Steve W., Theodore Nicholas, Dickman Curtis A., Sonntag Volker K. H., Fox Douglas, Kakarla Udaya K., Papadopoulos Stephen, Maughan Peter H., DeSanto Jeff, Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plate Fixation: Radiographic and Clinical Results
  66:4, p. 639 - 647 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Chang Steve W, Sonntag Volker K. H, Traynelis Vincent C, Kakarla Udaya K, Papadopoulos Stephen, Maughan Peter H, Desanto Jeff, Benzel Edward C, Fox Douglas, Theodore Nicholas, Dickman Curtis A, Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plate Fixation: Radiographic and Clinical Results. Commentary
  66:4, p. 639 - 647 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Garrett Mark P, Benzel Edward C, Sonntag Volker K. H, Kakarla Udaya K, Porter Randall W, Formation of Painful Seroma and Edema After the Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusions. Commentary
  66:6, p. 1044 - 1049 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Chang Steve W, Farin Azadeh, Abla Adib A, Barrow Daniel L, Eddleman Christopher S, Batjer H. Hunt, Albuquerque Felipe C, Giannotta Steven, Mcdougall Cameron G, Spetzler Robert F, Solomon Robert A, Kakarla Udaya K, Sauvageau Eric, Dashti Shervin R, Nakaji Peter, Zabramski Joseph M, Treatment of Distal Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Critical Appraisal of the Occipital Artery-to-Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass. Commentary
  67:1, p. 16 - 26 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K, Spetzler Robert F, Beres Elisa J, Ponce Francisco A, Chang Steven W, Deshmukh Vivek R, Bambakidis Nicholas C, Zabramski Joseph M, Sutton Leslie N, Microsurgical Treatment of Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms: Long-term Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes. Commentary
  67:2, p. 237 - 250 2010
• Neurosurgery
  Chang Steven W., Spetzler Robert F., Sharma Giriraj K., Kakarla Udaya K., POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY ORIGIN THROMBOSIS WITH ANEURYSM OF COLLATERALIZED POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY PRESENTING AS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE: CASE REPORT
  65:4, p. 818 - 819 2009
• International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
  Little Andrew S., Shetter Andrew G., Shetter Mary E., Kakarla Udaya K., Rogers C. Leland, Salvage Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Surgically Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia
  74:2, p. 522 - 527 2009
• Neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K, Theodore Nicholas, Kim Louis J, Chang Steven W, Spetzler Robert F, Safety and accuracy of bedside external ventricular drain placement
  63:1 Suppl 1, p. ONS162 2008
• Neurosurgery
  Kakarla Udaya K., McDougall Cameron G., Deshmukh Vivek R., Zabramski Joseph M., Albuquerque Felipe C., Spetzler Robert F., SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK INTRACRANIAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAE
  61:3, p. 447 - 459 2007
• Neurosurgery
  Deshmukh Vivek R., Kakarla Udaya K., Figueiredo Eberval Gadelha, Zabramski Joseph M., Spetzler Robert F., Long-term Clinical and Angiographic Follow-up of Unclippable Wrapped Intracranial Aneurysms
  58:3, p. 434 - 442 2006