Udaya Kakarla, MD

Instructor

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School of Medicine

Udaya Kakarla, MD

Instructor

Department

Surgery (Phoenix)

Position

Instructor

Articles

  • Spine Surgery
    Yashar M, Kalani S, Kakarla Udaya K, Sonntag Volker K.H, Theodore Nicholas, 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, McGinnis John, Winocour Sebastian J., Reece Edward M., Kakarla Udaya K., Raber Michael, Ropper Alexander E., Xu David S., Failures in Thoracic Spinal Fusions and Their Management
    35:1, p. 20 - 24 2021
  • Neurosurgery
    Walker Corey T., Kakarla Udaya K., Prendergast Virginia, Radosevich John, Grimm Doneen, Cole Tyler S., Godzik Jakub, Patel Arpan A., Whiting Alexander C., Gullotti David M., 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, Xu David S., Bohl Michael A., Cole Tyler S., Morgan Clinton D., 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
    Kalb Samuel, Kakarla Udaya K., Standerfer Robert J., Dickman Curtis A., Theodore Nicholas, Burns Keven, Perez-Orribo Luis, Kalani Mohammad Yashar S., Snyder Laura A., Martirosyan Nikolay L., The Influence of Common Medical Conditions on the Outcome of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    29:7, p. 285 - 290 2016
  • Clinical spine surgery
    Snyder Laura A, Dickman Curtis A, Theodore Nicholas, Kalb Samuel, Kakarla Udaya K, Porter Randall W, Kaibara Taro, Effects of Anterior Plating on Clinical Outcomes of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    29:7, p. 300 - 304 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, Fakhran Saeed, Dean Bruce, Ross Jeffrey, Porter Randall W., Kakarla Udaya K., Cervical Spinal Cord Infarction After Cervical Spine Decompressive Surgery
    81:5-6, p. 810 - 817 2014
  • Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
    Kalani M. Yashar S., Little Andrew S., Kakarla Udaya K., Martirosyan Nikolay L., Theodore Nicholas, 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., Chang Steven W., Deshmukh Vivek R., Bambakidis Nicholas C., Zabramski Joseph M., Beres Elisa J., Ponce Francisco A., Spetzler Robert F., Microsurgical Treatment of Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms
    67:2, p. 237 - 250 2010
  • Neurosurgery
    Chang Steve W., McDougall Cameron G., Abla Adib A., Spetzler Robert F., Kakarla Udaya K., Sauvageau Eric, Dashti Shervin R., Nakaji Peter, Zabramski Joseph M., Albuquerque Felipe C., 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
    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
  • Neurosurgery
    Kakarla Udaya K., Bambakidis Nicholas C., Valdivia Juan Valdivia, Sonntag Volker K. H., Intracranial Hemorrhage and Spinal Cord Injury From a Fractured C1-C2 Sublaminar Cable: Case Report
    66:6, p. E1203 - U329 2010
  • World neurosurgery
    Kaibara Taro, Choi Seok Kwang, Yaqoobi Ali S., Reyes Phillip M., Crawford Neil R., Karahalios Dean G., Porter Randall W., Kakarla Udaya K., 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., Kaibara Taro, Porter Randall W., Kakarla Udaya K., 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., Kakarla Udaya K., Papadopoulos Stephen, Maughan Peter H., DeSanto Jeff, Fox Douglas, Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plate Fixation: Radiographic and Clinical Results
    66:4, p. 639 - 647 2010
  • Neurosurgery
    Garrett Mark P, Kakarla Udaya K, Porter Randall W, Sonntag Volker K. H, Benzel Edward C, 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, Abla Adib A, Barrow Daniel L, Eddleman Christopher S, Batjer H. Hunt, Farin Azadeh, Giannotta Steven, Mcdougall Cameron G, Spetzler Robert F, Solomon Robert A, Kakarla Udaya K, Sauvageau Eric, Dashti Shervin R, Nakaji Peter, Zabramski Joseph M, Albuquerque Felipe C, 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, Beres Elisa J, Ponce Francisco A, Chang Steven W, Deshmukh Vivek R, Bambakidis Nicholas C, Zabramski Joseph M, Spetzler Robert F, Sutton Leslie N, Microsurgical Treatment of Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms: Long-term Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes. Commentary
    67:2, p. 237 - 250 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
    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., Deshmukh Vivek R., Zabramski Joseph M., Albuquerque Felipe C., McDougall Cameron G., Spetzler Robert F., SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK INTRACRANIAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAE
    61:3, p. 447 - 459 2007
  • Neurosurgery
    Deshmukh Vivek R., Spetzler Robert F., Zabramski Joseph M., Kakarla Udaya K., Figueiredo Eberval Gadelha, Long-term Clinical and Angiographic Follow-up of Unclippable Wrapped Intracranial Aneurysms
    58:3, p. 434 - 442 2006