Christopher P Gallati, MD - Neurosurgeon

04/02/2025

I am the 1% of docs not employed. I don’t answer to a corporation or CEO or PE. I still have to fight with insurance, but I have the freedom to always advocate for my patients to best serve them.

02/18/2022

https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/jack-eichels-doctor-disk-replacement-surgery-better-for-him-now-and-later-in-life/article_7111c3c6-f20e-11eb-833c-673965d0db8f.html

Dr. Chad J. Prusmack characterized the disk replacement surgery as a likely "one-and-done" scenario and that 10-year follow-up visits show 4.8% of patients need a new surgery.

12/16/2021

Great gift from a wonderful patient. Thank you!

01/12/2021

Surgeons are more accurate than patients at predicting patient outcomes after lumbar spine surgery.

Recognized internationally as the leading journal in its field, Spine is an international, peer-reviewed, bi-weekly periodical that considers for publication original articles in the field of spine. It is the leading subspecialty journal for the treatment of spinal disorders. Only original papers ar...

08/30/2020

https://pdfs.journals.lww.com/spinejournal/9000/00000/dural_leak__is_it_deterrent_to_outcomes_in_spine.94114.pdf

Recognized internationally as the leading journal in its field, Spine is an international, peer-reviewed, bi-weekly periodical that considers for publication original articles in the field of spine. It is the leading subspecialty journal for the treatment of spinal disorders. Only original papers ar...

08/30/2020

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2769589

This quality improvement study examines the technical skills of surgeons performing colectomies.

06/16/2020

https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/aop/article-10.3171-2020.4.JNS192778/article-10.3171-2020.4.JNS192778.xml

OBJECTIVEThe authors investigated the natural history of asymptomatic nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) with optic nerve compression.

05/22/2020

They left this out of the conclusion, “On multivariable analysis, compared to MIS, open decompression was associated with higher satisfaction.”

Although I wonder what the difference is for progressive spondylolisthesis in the long term.

OBJECTIVELumbar decompression without arthrodesis remains a potential treatment option for cases of low-grade spondylolisthesis (i.e., Meyerding grade I). Minimally invasive surgery (MI...

04/13/2020

Microdiscectomy is superior than conservative tx for chronic herniated disc and sciatica.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Surgery versus Conservative Care for Persistent Sciatica Lasting 4 to 12 Months

12/18/2019

https://academic.oup.com/neurosurgery/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/neuros/nyz501/5674975?redirectedFrom=fulltext

AbstractBACKGROUND. While consistently recommended, the significance of early ambulation after surgery has not been definitively studied.OBJECTIVE. To identif

11/06/2019

https://thejns.org/spine/view/journals/j-neurosurg-spine/31/5/article-p670.xml

Although the importance of spinopelvic sagittal balance and its implications for clinical outcomes of spinal fusion surgery have been described, to the authors’ knowledge there have been no reports of the relationship between spinopelvic alignment and clinical outcomes for 2-level posterior lumbar...