Luca Boriani

LUCA BORIANI
Medical Doctor
Orthopaedic, Trauma, Spine Surgeon

Curriculum Vitae:

1. Personal details

Born in Bentivoglio, Bologna, 21st April 1978.
Home address: via La Castiglia 29, Zip Code 40137, Bologna, Italy.
Mobile phone numbers: +39 320 0504740; +39 348 4126497
E-mail: boriani.luca@gmail.com
Skype: dottlucaboriani

2. Citizenship and marital status

Italian.
Married with Caterina Salvadori, MD. No children at the present moment.

3. Education

Medical Doctor_Bologna University, Medical School_110/110 cum Laude: 20th October 2004. School started in academic year 1997/1998.
Residency in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy_70/70 cum Laude: 4th November 2009.

5. Post-Doctoral Training

2004 – 2005: Intern, 7th Ward, Rizzoli Orthopaedic
2005 – 2009: Resident in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
6. Licensure and Certification

Italian State Medical License 2005
Basic Life Support and Defribillation (BLSD) 2008,2009

7. Work experience and Actual Job

Since May 2010 Luca Boriani is in force at the Musculo skeletal tissue bank, headed by Dr. Pier Maria Fornasari in the Rizzoli Research Innovation and Technology Department, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna.
His efforts are both in the research field, in particular working on innovative bone graft in spine, and in the clinic, working as a spine surgeon in the Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery Unit, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, with particular interest in spine infections/spondylodiscitis.
Since February 2012 he is staff member at Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit at Pavullo nel Frignano Hospital, ASL Modena, Italy
Since April 2012 he is staff member at Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, Regional Center for Spinal Disorders  at ULSS 4 ALTO VICENTINO Hospital, Schio (Vicenza), headed by Prof. Massimo Balsano.

8. Professional and Scientific Societies

2007 – 2009: AO-Spine Member, since 2009 to the present AO-Spine italian delegate.
2008 – Present: SIOT (Italian Society Orthopaedics and Traumatology) Member

9. Periods of study and work abroad

_Hanover (New Hampshire-USA) – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), Dartmouth University, Orthopaedic Department and Spine Center (Chairman Dr J.N. Weinstein): 17th August – 5th October 2001
_Quelimane, Zambesia (Mozambique) – Provincial Hospital of Quelimane. Mission of the Medical Support for Africa (MSA) Onlus, together with Dr Stefano Boriani and Dr Aldo Marchesini. March – April 2002.
_Afagnan,Lomè (Togo). Hospital St. Jean de Dieu. Pediatric Orthopedic mission of the Orthopaedics Onlus together with Prof Cesare Faldini. 2nd-13th January 2007
_Nampula (Mozambique). Hospital Central de Nampula. Orthopaedic mission of the Medical Support for Africa (MSA) Onlus together with Dr Stefano Boriani and Dr Joao Carlos. 9th-16th March 2008.
_Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). Vancouver General Hospital, Spine Unit. Dr. M.Dvorak, Dr. C.Fisher. January 26th - March 20th 2009
_Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth University (Lebanon, NH, USA). Spine Center. Dr. J.Weinstein, Dr. W.Abdu. March 21st - April 25th 2009

10. References

_Dr Alessandro Gasbarrini, Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: gasbarrini @me.com
_Prof Cesare Faldini, 6th Ward of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: cesare@faldini.it
_Dr Pier Maria Fornasari, Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: piermaria.fornasari@ior.it

11. Additional Information

_Good knowledge of English language
_drive license for car and motorbike from 1996

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12. Scientific activity
Luca Boriani gave 23 teaching presentations in national and international meetings, among which 11 as lecturer, all of them related to Spine Surgery. He has exposed 11 posters, 2 of them as first author. He has published 16 papers on scientific journals, 12 of which indexed on PubMed. He is co-author of 3 chapters in 2 books, one of them in english and the other in italian language.
He has won a prize for best junior presentation (<35 years old lecturer):  Il trattamento chirurgico delle infezioni del rachide Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Salvadori C, Ghermani R, Bandiera S, Barbanti-Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, DiFiore M, Viale P, Boriani S. GIS - Spine Surgery Italian Society, XXXIV National Meeting. Vicenza 5-7 may 2011.
He has won a prize for best junior poster (<35 years old presenter): Spinal Infection Multidisciplinary Management Project (SIMP): il trattamento multidisciplinare delle infezioni del rachide organizzato a Bologna. Salvadori C, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Nanni C, Rorato G, Zamparini E, Cristini F, Marinacci G, Tumietto F, Ghermandi R, Allegri V, Bandiera S, Barbanti Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, Ciminari R, Malaguti M.C, Rimondi E, DiFiore M, Bacchin R, Facchini F, Frugiuele J, Morigi A, Albisinni U,  Bonarelli S, Fanti S, Viale P, Boriani S. GIS - Spine Surgery Italian Society, XXXIV National Meeting. Vicenza 5-7 may 2011.
Main interests are focused on Spine Infections and Spine Bone Grafts and Biomaterials.

12.a _ Participation to Meeting and Courses
1' Corso di aggiornamento “Le urgenze reumatologiche”. Presidente Prof. Luigi Frizziero. Osp. Maggiore Bologna – Italy. Maggio 19 e 26, 2001.
Diagnosi e terapia meccanica delle rachialgie. Il metodo McKenzie. Dott. R. Donelson. Genova – Italia. Ottobre 17-18, 2001.
2' Corso di chirurgia vertebrale: “Il rachide Toracico”. Direttore del corso Dott Stefano Boriani. Osp. Maggiore di Bologna. Ottobre 26, 2001
Consensus Conference “Le Pseudoartrosi”. Presidente D'Imporzano M. Sesto di Pusteria (BZ) – Italy. Gennaio 26 – Febbraio 2, 2002.
La violenza contro le donne e i bambini. Prof. Giuseppe Ferrari, direttore scuola di specializzazione in psichiatria, Universita' di Bologna. Bologna – Italy. Maggio 28, 2003.
Lesioni traumatiche del rachide toracico e lombare. Corso di aggiornamento della societa' italiana di chirurgia vertebrale – GIS. Presidente Dott. Stefano Boriani. Osp. Maggiore. Bologna - Italy. Novembre 26, 2004.
12th IMAST. President Stephen Mattingly. Banff – Alberta, Canada. July 7-9, 2005.
Injuries of the Cervical Spine, Meeting President Stefano Boriani. Bologna – Italy October 21-22, 2005.
SICSeG, 2' corso nazionale, presidente del corso Roberto Rotini. Bologna-Italy. Dicembre 5-7, 2005.
IXX Course on Musculo-Skeletal Pathology, Course Directors: Bertoni F, Mercuri M, Springfield D. Bologna, February 27th- March 3rd, 2006.
La via di accesso anteriore mininvasiva (AMIS). Presidente Prof. Sandro Giannini. Ist. Rizzoli, Bologna – Italia. Maggio 25, 2006.
EORS 2006, 16th annual meeting. Congress Chairman Nicola Baldini. Bologna – Italy, June 7-9, 2006
Corso teorico-pratico di chirurgia vertebrale. Responsabile dell'evento Dott. Nicola Bettini. Bertinoro 8-12 luglio 2006
New trends in spinal surgery, 1st International Course, Course President Patrizio Parisini. Bologna-Italy. October 19-21, 2006.
Malunions and Non-Unions in the spine. Treatment and Prevention. Meeting president Stefano Boriani. Bologna – Italy, Marzo 9-10, 2007.
Il mal di schiena oggi: fra dubbi e certezze. Presidente Geo Agostini. Rimini - Italy, Aprile 21, 2007.
EBJIS 2007, 26th Congress of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society. Corfu – Greece, September 20-22, 2007.
AO Course, Principles in Operative Fracture Management. Davos, Switzerland. December 9-14, 2007.
AO Foundation. Educational Course-Road Map of Research: From the Clinical Problem to Publication. Davos, Switzerland. December 12-13, 2007.
XXI Course on Musculo-Skeletal Pathology, Course Directors: Mercuri M, Picci P. Bologna, January 28th- February 1st, 2008.
Basic Course "BLSD" certified by IRC-IOR_February, 26th 2008.
Corso teorico pratico sul trattamento della patologia artrosica dell'anca. Prof. Sandro Giannini-Ist.Ortopedico Rizzoli. 15-16 Maggio 2008.
Corso teorico pratico sul trattamento della patologia artrosica del ginocchio. Prof. Sandro Giannini-Ist.Ortopedico Rizzoli. 22-23 Maggio 2008.
Corso teorico pratico sul trattamento della patologia degenerativa della spalla e del gomito. Prof. Sandro Giannini-Ist.Ortopedico Rizzoli. 9-10 Giugno 2008.
Corso teorico pratico sul trattamento della patologia artrosica del piede e della caviglia. Prof. Sandro Giannini-Ist.Ortopedico Rizzoli. 19-20 Giugno 2008.
SIOT 2008, 93°Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology National Congress, Rome - Italy, November 23-27,2008.
AO Spine Advances Course Emerging Concepts in Deformity Care, Davos - Switzerland, December 14-19,2008
Retraining "BLSD", certified by IRC-IOR_November, 16th 2009.
SIOT 2009, 94°Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology National Congress, Milan - Italy, November 7-11,2009.
26th Annual Meeting of the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. Corfu, Greece, 26-29May, 2010
3rd International Congress BioTechnologies for Spinal Surgery - BIOSPINE 3. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1st - 4th, 2010
SIOT 2010, 95°Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology National Congress, Rome - Italy, November 20-24,2010.
2011 Global Spine Congress  - AO Spine. Barcelona, Spain. March 23-26, 2011

12.b _ Teaching Presentations
Fratture vertebrali. Boriani S, Palmisani M, Scimeca GB, Muratori G, Boriani L, Gordini G. L'Osteosintesi in eta' pediatrica. Genova – Italy, gennaio 20-22, 2005.
Spinal metastasis: algorythm-based strategy. Boriani S, Cappuccio M, Mirabile L, Bandiera S, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A. ARGOS International Symposium, Paris – France, January 27-28, 2005.
En-bloc resection of bone tumors of the thoraco-lumbar spine. Bandiera S, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani L, Cappuccio M, DeIure F, Gasbarrini A, Paderni S, Boriani S. 13th International Symposium On Limb Salvage – ISOLS. Seoul – Korea. September 7-10, 2005.
Clinical experience about stackable carbon-fiber prosthetic replacement of vertebral bodies (90 implants in 89 patients). Bandiera S, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani L, Cappuccio M, DeIure F, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. 13th International Symposium On Limb Salvage – ISOLS. Seoul – Korea. September 7-10, 2005.
Treatment options in spine metastase of renal cell carcinoma. Cappuccio M, Bandiera S, Gasbarrini A, Mirabile L, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani L, Boriani S. 19th National Congress of the Italian Polyspecialist Society of Young Surgeons (IPSYS). Bologna, Italy. June 21-23, 2006.
Flow chart for treatment of spinal metastases. Mirabile L, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Cappuccio M, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani L, Boriani S. 19th National Congress of the Italian Polyspecialist Society of Young Surgeons (IPSYS). Bologna, Italy. June 21-23, 2006.
L'osteosintesi percutanea mininvasiva nel trattamento delle fratture vertebrali dell'adulto anziano. Barbanti Brodano G, Gasbarrini A, DeIure F, Mirabile L, Boriani L, Palmisani M, Boriani S. LXVI Congresso SOTIC. Ancona – Italy, Giugno 22-24, 2006.
Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in the treatment of adult and old patient spine fractures. Barbanti Brodano G, Gasbarrini A, DeIure F, Boriani L, Palmisani M, Bandiera S, Scimeca GB, Paderni S, Boriani S. New Trends in Spinal Surgery, Bologna, October 19-21, 2006.
Classification of bone tumors of the spine. Boriani S, Gasbarrini A, Cappuccio M, Mirabile L, Boriani L, Bandiera S. 13th Brussels International Spine Symposium – Fractures of the spine and tumors in the spine. Brussels – Belgium. November 17-18, 2006.
Giant Cell Tumor of the Spine: a review of 50 cases. Boriani S, Bandiera S, Casadei R, Boriani L, Cappuccio M, Biagini R. 36th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and related research. Kanazawa – Japan. April 26-27, 2007.
La sintesi peduncolare nel trattamento chirurgico delle fratture vertebrali dorsali e lombari. Palmisani M, Boriani L, Scimeca GB, Gasbarrini A, DeIure F, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani S. XXX congresso nazionale GIS – Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale. Cagliari – Italia. Maggio 24-26, 2007.
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to vertebral osteomyelitis. Boriani L, Salvadori C, Cappuccio M, Mazzetti M, Mirabile L, Gasbarrini A. EBJIS 2007, Corfu – Greece, September 20-22, 2007. LECTURER
Il trattamento delle spondilodisciti con ossigenoterapia iperbarica: protocollo terapeutico. Boriani L, Nasole E, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. 92' congresso SIOT, Sessione Specialistica GISTIO. Bologna – Italy, novembre 11, 2007. LECTURER
Rachide cervicale: la patologia neoplastica del contenente Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. Corso teorico-pratico sulle malattie della colonna vertebrale. Bertinoro (FC) - Italy, July 5-9, 2008 LECTURER
Il trattamento chirurgico delle fratture vertebrali toraciche e lombari con osteosintesi percutanea mini-invasiva. Palmisani M, Gasbarrini A, De Iure F, Cappuccio M, Boriani L, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani S. 93° Congresso Nazionale SIOT. Roma, 23-27 nov 2008.
Artrodesi Intersomatica Lombare per via Posteriore (PLIF): risultati ad un controllo minimo di 2 anni. Palmisani M, Gasbarrini A, Mirabile L, Boriani L, De Salvo F, Boriani S. 93° Congresso Nazionale SIOT. Roma, 23-27 nov 2008.
Rachide cervicale: la patologia neoplastica del contenente Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. Corso teorico-pratico sulle malattie della colonna vertebrale. Bertinoro (FC) - Italy, July 11-15, 2009 LECTURER
Lesioni vertebrali in pazienti già affetti da tumore primitivo in altra sede: il ruolo della biopsia e l'importanza di una diagnosi certa Boriani L, Amendola L, Corghi A, Alberghini M, Gambarotti M, Gasbarrini A. CIOSM-SIOT 2009. Milan - Italy, November 8, 2009 LECTURER
Post-operative Infection Treatment Score for the Spine (PITSS): Validation of a Predictive Model to Define Need for Single versus Multiple Irrigation and Debridement for Spinal Surgical Site Infection. DiPaola,CP; Saravanja, D; Boriani, L; Boyd, M; Kwon, BK; Paquette, S; Dvorak, M; Fisher,CG; Street, J. Canadian Spine Society, Lake Louise, Alberta, 2010
Bone tumors of the cervical spine: peculiarities in diagnosis, staging, treatment. Boriani L; Boriani S; Bandiera S. 26th Annual Meeting of the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. Corfu, Greece, 26-29May, 2010. LECTURER
Rachide cervicale: la patologia neoplastica del contenente Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. Corso teorico-pratico sulle malattie della colonna vertebrale. Bertinoro (FC) - Italy, July 10-14, 2010. LECTURER
La chirurgia del rachide nella spondilite anchilosante. Boriani L; Amendola L; Boriani S. Le spondiliti sieronegative: dalla diagnosi precoce alla terapia biologica e terapia riabilitativa. Bologna, 18 settembre 2010. LECTURER
Il trattamento chirurgico delle infezioni del rachide Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Salvadori C, Ghermani R, Bandiera S, Barbanti-Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, DiFiore M, Viale P, Boriani S. GIS Società Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale, XXXIV Congresso Nazionale. Vicenza 5-7 may 2011. LECTURER
Spinal Infection Multidisciplinary Management Project (SIMP): il trattamento multidisciplinare delle infezioni del rachide organizzato a Bologna. Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Nanni C, Rorato G, Zamparini E, Ghermandi R,  Salvadori C, Allegri V, Bandiera S, Barbanti Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, Ciminari R, Malaguti M.C, Rimondi E, DiFiore M, Bacchin R, Morigi A, Albisinni U,  Bonarelli S, Fanti S, Viale P, Boriani S.  XIII Congresso IORS (Italian Orthopaedic Research Society) Roma 10-11 June 2011. LECTURER
Rachide cervicale: la patologia neoplastica del contenente Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. Corso teorico-pratico sulle malattie della colonna vertebrale. Bertinoro (FC) - Italy, July 9-13, 2011. LECTURER


12.c _ Posters, e-posters, abstracts
Ewing sarcoma of the mobile spine – Report on 14 cases. Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, DeIure F, Ferrari S, Bacchini P, Barbieri A, Picci P, Boriani L, Boriani S. EMSOS Congress. Leiden, The Netherlands. May 22-24, 2002.
Osteosarcoma of the mobile spine – Report of 16 cases. Boriani S, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, DeIure F, Boriani L, Bertoni F, Picci P, Bacci G. EMSOS Congress. Leiden, The Netherlands. May 22-24, 2002.
Chordoma of the spine above the sacrum. Treatment and outcome. A review of 49 cases in a series of 53 patients. Bandiera S, Boriani L, Cappuccio M, DeIure F, Gasbarrini A, Scimeca GB, Boriani S. 13th International Symposium On Limb Salvage – ISOLS. Seoul – Korea. September 7-10, 2005.
Cytokeratin expression and prognosis of skeletal metastases. Boriani L, Pellacani A, Antonioli D, Bertoni F, Bacchini P, Baldini N, Giunti A. EORS 2006, Bologna – Italy, June 7-9, 2006.
Treatment options in spine metastases of renal cell carcinoma. Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Cappuccio M, Mirabile L, Boriani L, Terzi S, Barbanti Brodano G, Boriani S. 8th EFORT Congress. Florence – Italy. May 11-15, 2007.
Artrodesi intersomatica lombare per via posteriore nella patologia degenerativa del rachide: risultati a lungo termine. Palmisani M, Barbanti Brodano G, Gasbarrini A, Mirabile L, Boriani L, Boriani S. XXX congresso nazionale GIS – Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale. Cagliari – Italia. Maggio 24-26, 2007.
L'approccio diagnostico-terapeutico multidisciplinare nella “failed low-back syndrome”. Barbanti Brodano G, Mirabile L, Boriani L, Magni E, Piperno R, Boriani S. XXX congresso nazionale GIS – Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale. Cagliari – Italia. Maggio 24-26, 2007.
Lo stravaso di cemento nei pazienti affetti da osteoporosi secondaria a mieloma multiplo e leucemia mieloide cronica trattati con vertebroplastica: presentazione di 2 casi clinici e discussione della letteratura. Barbanti Brodano G, Cappuccio M, Boriani L, Mirabile L, Gasbarrini A, Boriani S. XXX congresso nazionale GIS – Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale. Cagliari – Italia. Maggio 24-26, 2007.
L'osteosintesi percutanea mininvasiva nel trattamento delle fratture vertebrali dell'adulto anziano. Barbanti Brodano G, Gasbarrini A, DeIure F, Mirabile L, Bandiera S, Boriani L, Palmisani M, Boriani S. XXX congresso nazionale GIS – Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale. Cagliari – Italia. Maggio 24-26, 2007.
Disco intersomatico calcifico in età pediatrica: discussione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura. Boriani L, Bertoldi E, Orlandi P, Gasbarrini A. 93° Congresso Nazionale SIOT. Roma 23-27 nov 2008.
Surgical Site Infection of the Spine:  Construction of a Predictive Model to Define Need for Single versus Multiple Irrigation and Debridement. DiPaola,CP; Saravanja, D; Boriani, L; Boyd, M; Kwon, BK; Paquette, S; Dvorak, M; Fisher,CG; Street, J. Canadian Spine Society, Lake Louise, Alberta, 2010
Spinal Infection Multidisciplinary Management Project (SIMP): il trattamento multidisciplinare delle infezioni del rachide organizzato a Bologna. Salvadori C, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Nanni C, Rorato G, Zamparini E, Cristini F, Marinacci G, Tumietto F, Ghermandi R, Allegri V, Bandiera S, Barbanti Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, Ciminari R, Malaguti M.C, Rimondi E, DiFiore M, Bacchin R, Facchini F, Frugiuele J, Morigi A, Albisinni U,  Bonarelli S, Fanti S, Viale P, Boriani S. GIS Società Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale, XXXIV Congresso Nazionale. Vicenza 5-7 may 2011. LECTURER



12.d _ Original Articles
Instabilita' e neoplasia. Boriani S, Bandiera S, Boriani L, DeIure F, Gasbarrini A. GIOT 2003;29 (Suppl.2):S468-S477.
Chordoma of the mobile spine: fifty years of experience. Boriani S, Bandiera S, Biagini R, Bacchini P, Boriani L, Cappuccio M, Chevalley F, Gasbarrini A, Picci P, Weinstein JN. Spine, 31(4), February 15, 2006: 493-503.
Osteosintesi con tecnica percutanea mininvasiva nel trattamento delle fratture vertebrali toraciche e lombari. Esperienza preliminare. Barbanti Brodano G, DeIure F, Cappuccio M, Palmisani M, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Scimeca GB, Boriani S. GIOT 2007; 33: 78-85.
Lesioni traumatiche del rachide cervicale. Boriani S, Palmisani M, Amendola L, Boriani L, DeIure F. GIOT, 33 (Suppl. 1), 2007: S289-S296.
En bloc resection of a C4 Chordoma. Surgical Technique. Yoseph Leitner, Shay Shabat, Luca Boriani, Stefano Boriani. European Spine Journal, 2007, 16: 2238-2242.
Metastatic behaviour of giant cell tumour of the spine. Donthineni R, Boriani L, Ofluoglu O, Bandiera S. Int Orthop. 2009 Apr; 33(2): 497-501. Epub 2008 May 7.
Bilateral total hip arthroplasty in Morquio-Brailsford's Syndrome: a report of two cases. Tassinari E, Boriani L, Traina F, Dallari D, Toni A, Giunti A. Chir Organi Mov. 2008 Sep; 92(2):123-6.
Total knee arthroplasty in patients with poliomyelitis. Tigani D, Fosco M, Amendola L, Boriani L. Knee. 2009 May 13 [Epub ahead of print]
Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures. Palmisani M, Gasbarrini A, Barbanti Brodano G, DeIure F, Cappuccio M, Boriani L, Amendola L, Boriani S. Eur Spine J 2009 Jun;18 Suppl 1:71-4. Epub 2009 Apr 28.
Treatment of Metastases to the vertebrae with radiofrequency ablation: determination of effectiveness by evaluation of tumor necrosis _ A preliminary result. A. Gasbarrini, M.Cappuccio, H.Li, R.Donthineni, L.Boriani, S.Bandiera, L.Foroni, G.Pasquinelli and S.Boriani. Current Radiopharmaceuticals, 2009, 2: 191-194
Management of bone metastases. M.Cappuccio, S.Bandiera, L.Babbi, L.Boriani, A.Corghi, L.Amendola, S.Colangeli, S.Terzi, A.Gasbarrini. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2010; 14: 407-414.
Osteochondral allograft in a femoral head chondroblastoma: a case report. Stilli S, Marchesini Reggiani L, Boriani L, Donzelli O. Hip Int. 2010 Apr-Jun;20(2):280-3.
68Ga-citrate PET/CT for evaluating patients with infections of the bone: preliminary results. Nanni C, Errani C, Boriani L, Fantini L, Ambrosini V, Boschi S, Rubello D, Pettinato C, Mercuri M, Gasbarrini A, Fanti S. J Nucl Med. 2010 Dec; 51 (12): 1932-6. Epub 2010 Nov 15.
Transpharyngeal bone grafting for a dens delayed union in a toddler. De Iure F, Boriani L, Boriani S. J Neurosurg Pediatric. 2010 Dec; 6 (6): 592-4.
Spinal Infection Multidisciplinary Management Project (SIMP): from diagnosis to treatment guideline. Gasbarrini A, Boriani L, Nanni C, Zamparini E, Rorato G, Ghermandi R, Salvadori C, Allegri V, Bandiera S, Barbanti-Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, Babbi L, Amendola L, Cristini F, Marinacci G, Tumietto F, Ciminari R, Malaguti M.C, Rimondi E, DiFiore M, Bacchin R, Facchini F, Frugiuele J, Morigi A, Albisinni U, Bonarelli S, Fanti S, Viale P, Boriani S. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2011 24-1 (S2): 95-100.
Vertebroplasty: benefits are more than risks in selected and evidence-based informed patients. A retrospective  study of 59 cases. Brodano GB, Amendola L, Martikos K, Bettuzzi C, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Terzi S, Greggi T, Boriani S. Eur Spine J. 2011 Aug; 20 (8): 1265-71. Epub 2011 Feb 12.
Reconstruction with fascia lata after extensive chest wall resection: results.
Puviani L, Fazio N, Boriani L, Ruggieri P, Fornasari PM, Briccoli A.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print]
Endoscopic excision of C2 Osteoid Osteoma: a technical case report.
Amendola L, Cappuccio M, Boriani L, Gasbarrini A.
Eur Spine J. 2012 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print]
FDG PET/CT is useful for the interim evaluation of response to therapy in patients affected by haematogenous spondylodiscitis.
Nanni C, Boriani L, Salvadori C, Zamparini E, Rorato G, Ambrosini V, Gasbarrini A, Tumietto F, Cristini F, Scudeller L, Boriani S, Viale P, Fanti S.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012 Oct;39(10):1538-44. Epub 2012 Jul 21.
Biopsy for suspected spondylodiscitis.
Gasbarrini A, Boriani L, Salvadori C, Mobarec S, Kreshak J, Nanni C, Zamparini E, Alberghini M, Viale P, Albisinni U.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2012 Apr;16 Suppl 2:26-34.
Osteosarcoma of the mobile spine.
Schwab J, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Boriani L, Amendola L, Picci P, Ferrari S, Boriani S.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Mar 15;37(6):E381-6. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822fb1a7.
Postoperative infection treatment score for the spine (PITSS): construction and validation of a predictive model to define need for single versus multiple irrigation and debridement for spinal surgical site infection.
Dipaola CP, Saravanja DD, Boriani L, Zhang H, Boyd MC, Kwon BK, Paquette SJ, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Street JT.
Spine J. 2012 Mar;12(3):218-30. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Mar 3.
Minimally invasive posterior stabilization for treating spinal tuberculosis.
Rigotti S, Boriani L, Luzi CA, Marocco S, Angheben A, Gasbarrini A, Zorzi C.
J Orthop Traumatol. 2012 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Minimally Invasive Posterior Stabilization Improved Ambulation and Pain Scores in Patients with Plasmacytomas and/or Metastases of the Spine.
Schwab JH, Gasbarrini A, Cappuccio M, Boriani L, De Iure F, Colangeli S, Boriani S.
Int J Surg Oncol. 2011;2011:239230. doi: 10.1155/2011/239230. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a disabling and expensive disease of our century. A minimally invasive surgical technique to reduce the pain, the hospitalization, and restore the function.
Bròdano GB, Colangeli S, Babbi L, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Terzi S, Griffoni C, Di Fiore M, Boriani L, Corghi A, Boriani S.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2011 Dec;15(12):1473-7.
Giant cell tumor of the mobile spine: a review of 49 cases.
Boriani S, Bandiera S, Casadei R, Boriani L, Donthineni R, Gasbarrini A, Pignotti E, Biagini R, Schwab JH.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jan 1;37(1):E37-45. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182233ccd.





12.e _ Chapters
1_Book Title: Vertebral Tumors
Editors: Gunzburg Robert, Szpalski Marek, Aebi Max
Publishers: Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
 
    -Chapter 2: Classifications of bone tumors of the spine. Boriani Stefano, Paderni Stefania, Gasbarrini Alessandro, Cappuccio Michele, Boriani Luca and Bandiera Stefano. pages 11-22
 
    -Chapter 12: Oncologically appropriate surgery in the treatment of primary bone tumors of the spine: correct terminology, planning, and results. Boriani Stefano, Paderni Stefania, Cappuccio Michele, Gasbarrini Alessandro, Boriani Luca and Bandiera Stefano. pages 115-124


2_Book Title: Superamento degli ostacoli anatomici in chirurgia implantare. Implantologia computer guidata e innesti ossei.
Editors: Rinaldi - Mottola
Publishers: Elsevier, 2009
 
        -Chapter 2: Autoinnesto iliaco. Gasbarrini Alessandro, Boriani Luca. pages 69-74.

  3_ Book Title: The Cervical Spine
    Editor: E.C. Benzel
           Publishers: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition (2012)
     -Chapter 57: Primary Malignant Tumors of the Cervical Spine. Stefano Boriani, Stefano Bandiera,     Luca Boriani, James N. Weinstein. pag 765-781.