James J Yue MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Co-Director, Orthopaedic Spine Service; Director, Yale Spine Fellowship
Research Interests
Non fusion spine care; motion sparing spine surgery; spinal stenosis; disc replacement surgery; minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery
Current Projects
Prodisc Lumbar Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial
Prodisc Cervical Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial
X-Stop US FDA Post US FDA approval Trial
Activ-L Lumbar Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial echn
Shape Memory Hydrogel Technology
Endoscopic Spine Surgery Techniques
Extensive Research Description
Prodisc Lumbar Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial
Prodisc Cervical Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial
X-Stop US FDA Post US FDA approval Trial
Activ-L Lumbar Disc Replacement US FDA Clinical Trial echn
Shape Memory Hydrogel Technology
Endoscopic Spine Surgery Techniques
Selected Publications
- Yue J, Zhang K, Bai HX, Du J, Cammisa F, Abjornson C, Mo F. A Comparison of 1-Level Versus 2-Level Prodisc Arthroplasty Patients: A Prospective Study With Minimum of 5-Year Follow-Up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Feb 7.
- Yue JJ, Oetgen MA, Jaramillo JJ, Bertagnoli R. Does Vertebral Endplate Morphology Influence Outcomes in Lumbar Disc Arthroplasy? Part I: An Initial Assessment of a Novel Classification System of Lumbar Endplate Morphology. Journal of Spine Arthroplasty. 2008 2:1, 16-22.
- Bertagnoli R, Yue JJ, Shah RV, Nanieva R, Pfeiffer F, Fenk-Mayer A, et al: The treatment of disabling single-level lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the Prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow-up. Spine. 2005, 30:2230-2236.
- Bertagnoli R, Yue JJ, Shah RV, Nanieva R, Pfeiffer F, Fenk-Mayer A, et al: The treatment of disabling multilevel lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the ProDisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow-up. Spine. 2005, 30:2192-2199.
- Bertagnoli R, Yue JJ, Pfeiffer F, Fenk-Mayer A, Lawrence JP, Kershaw T, et al: Early results after ProDisc-C cervical disc replacement. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005, 2:403-410.
