Research
Publications
Eastlack RK, Ledesma JB, Tran S, Khalsa A, Park P, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Kanter AS, Anand N, Nunley P, La Marca F, Fessler RG, Uribe JS, Mundis GM Jr; International Spine Study Group. Home Versus Rehabilitation: Factors that Influence Disposition After Minimally Invasive Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jul 10. pii: S1878-8750(18)31473-6.
Khalsa AS, Mundis GM Jr, Yagi M, Fessler RG, Bess S, Hosogane N, Park P, Than KD, Daniels A, Iorio J, Ledesma JB, Tran S, Eastlack RK; International Spine Study Group. Variability in Assessing Spinopelvic Parameters With Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: Inter- and Intraobserver Reliability Among Spine Surgeons. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jun 15;43(12):813-816
Wang T, Behn A, Boone C, Ledesma JB, Bishop J. Cancellous Screws Are Biomechanically Superior to Cortical Screws in Metaphyseal Bone. Orthopedics. May 12:1-5. 2016
Ledesma JB, Wang T, Desmond E, Imrie M, Gamble JG, Rinsky LA. Endoscopic-Assisted Epiphysiodesis: Technique and Twenty-Year Experience. J Pediatr Orthop B. 25(1):24-30, 2016
Ulreich JB, Filip ZA, Speer DP, Demeure MJ, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Dev NB, Goldfarb PM and Rabussay DP: Wound Healing Following Electroporation Therapy in a Porcine Model, The Toxicologist, 90 (S1):116, 2006
Filip ZA, Speer DP, Demeure MJ, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Rabussay DP, Dev NB, Goldfarb PM and Ulreich JB: Wound Healing Following Electroporation Therapy in a Porcine Model, J Investigative Medicine 54: s170, 2006
Speer DP, Ulreich JB, Filip ZA, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Chen H-C, Yuen D and Li S-T: A Collagen-Anorganic Bone Composite for Bone Repair: Part II: In Vivo Study in a Rabbit Radius Defect Model, Transactions of the 31st Annual Meeting, Society for Biomaterials, 2006
Abstracts
Ledesma JB, Eastlack R, Nguyen S, Park P, Mummaneni P, Chou D, Kanter A, Anand N, Nunley P, La Marca F, Fessler RG, Uribe JS, Mundis GM. Home vs Rehab: Factors that Influence Disposition After MIS Adult Spinal Deformity. Society of Lateral Access Surgery. May 2017
Ziino C, Cheng I, Ledesma JB, Burket Koltsov J, Konopka J. Single Position Versus Lateral-Then- Prone Positioning for Lateral Interbody Fusions and Pedicle Screw Fixation. Society of Lateral Access Surgery. May 2017
Goodnough LH, Koltsov J, Wang T, Xiong G, Ledesma J, Nathan K, Ith M, Cheng I. Lateral Trans-Psoas Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Comparison of Peri- and Post-Operative Complications. Society of Lateral Access Surgery. May 2017
Presentations
Podium Presentation. Ledesma JB, Githens M, Bishop J. Acute Upright Radiographs of Acute Clavicle Fractures Reveal Increased Displacement and Deformity. Western Orthopaeidcs Association Annual Meeting. August 2014
Resident Research Award, Podium Presentation. Wang T, Ledesma JB, Behn A, Boone C, Bishop J. A Comparison of Insertional Torque and Pullout Strength Between Cortical and Cancellous Screws in Osteoporotic and Normal Density Synthetic Bone Model. Northern California Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, October 2013
Podium Presentation. Wang T, Ledesma JB, Behn A, Boone C, Bishop J. A Comparison of Insertional Torque and Pullout Strength Between Cortical and Cancellous Screws in Osteoporotic and Normal Density Synthetic Bone Model. Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference, August 2013
Poster Presentation. Ledesma JB, Kuo A, Lee D, and Chang T. Development of a Model for Chondrocyte Cell Death Following Mechanical Impaction. Presented at the Dean’s Medical Student Research Poster Session, 2008
Podium Presentation. Ulreich JB, Filip ZA, Speer DP, Demeure MJ, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Dev NB, Goldfarb PM, Rabussay DP. Effect of Electroporation and Bleomycin-Electroporation-Therapy on Wound Healing. Gordon Conference on Bioelectrochemistry. Aussois, France. September 2006
Poster Presentation. Speer DP, Ulreich JB, Filip ZA, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Chen H-C, Yuen D and Li S-T: A Collagen-Anorganic Bone Composite for Bone Repair: Part II: In Vivo Study in a Rabbit Radius Defect Model. 31st Annual Meeting, Society for Biomaterials, 2006
Podium Presentation. Filip ZA, Speer DP, Demeure MJ, Valles AV, Ledesma JB, Rabussay DP, Dev NB, Goldfarb PM and Ulreich JB: Wound Healing Following Electroporation Therapy in a Porcine Model. Western Federation for Medical Research, Carmel, CA 2006 and Society of Toxicology Meeting, San Diego, CA 2006
Poster Presentation. Valles AV, Singh J, Clary JA, Clark AC, Qureshi AK, Singh C, Ledesma JB, Ulreich JB: Hepatoprotective Effects of the Herbal Remedies Milk Thistle and Schizandra in a Rat Model of Inflammatory Liver Disease. Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference, Tucson, AZ 2006
Poster Presentation. Ledesma JB, Ulreich JB, Filip ZA, Speer DP, Demeure MJ, Valles AV, Dev NB, Goldfarb PM and Rabussay DP: Effects of Electroporation on Wound Healing Using a Porcine Model. Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference and Physiology Honors Convocation, Tucson, AZ 2006