Wayne K Cheng MD

PubMed

• 4 citations
  Morphometric analysis of cervical neuroforaminal dimensions from C2-T1 using computed tomography of 1,000 patients.
  Jacob Razzouk, Trevor Case, Ethan Vyhmeister, Kai Nguyen, Davis Carter
  The Spine Journal. 2025-10-01
• 1 citations
  Social determinants of health and disparities in spine surgery: a 10-year analysis of 8,565 cases using ensemble machine learning and multilayer perceptron.
  David Shin, Jacob Razzouk, Jonathan Thomas, Kai Nguyen, Andrew Cabrera
  The Spine Journal. 2025-10-01
• Analyzing the relationship between the social vulnerability index and 90-day elective lumbar fusion outcomes.
  Vahe Yacoubian, Andrew Cabrera, Adelin Tulcan, David Shin, David Cheng
  The Spine Journal. 2025-07-05

Journal Articles

• Rotation effect and anatomic landmark accuracy for midline placement of lumbar artificial disk under fluoroscopy  
  Mark Mikhael MD, Jaysson T. Brooks MD, Yusuf T. Akpolat MD, Wayne K. Cheng MD, Eur Spine Journal, 1/14/2015
• MRI evaluation of the knee with non-ferromagnetic external fixators: Cadaveric knee model  
  Peter Elsissy MD, Yusuf T. Akpolat MD, Alexander Chien MD, Wayne K Cheng MD, Eur Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 1/9/2015
• Hoffmann's Sign: Clinical correlation of neurological imaging findings in the cervical spine and brain  
  Ray A. Grijalva MD, Frank PK Hsu MD, PhD, Nathaniel D. Wycliffe MD; Bryan E. Tsao MD; Paul Williams MS; Yusuf T. Akpolat MD; Wayne K. Cheng MD, Spine, 1/1/2015
• Unconstrained testing of spine with bi-axial universal testing machine  
  Serkan Inceoglu PhD, Justin Chen, Hayden Cale, Bjorn Harboldt, Wayne K. Cheng MD, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 1/1/2015
• Independent Assessment of a New Pedicle Drilling Probe and Its Ability to Detect Pedicle Breach: A Cadaveric Study  
  Guillen PT MD, Knopper, RG BS, Kroger J BS, Wycliffe ND MD, Danisa OA MD, Cheng WK MD, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1/1/2014
• Setting Time Comparison of Four Antimicrobial Laden Calcium Sulfate Plasters  
  Jared Kroger BS, Pierre Beaufond BS, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, Victoria Maskiewicz PhD, Wayne Cheng, MD, Justin Eugene Brier-Jones BS, Duke Orthopaedic Journal, 1/1/2013
• Pullout strength comparison in central and juxta-endplate anterior lumbar interbody fusion plate placement  
  A Yang, W Dajnowicz, S Inceoglu, W Cheng MD, Journal of Investigative Medicine, 1/1/2013
• Pullout Analysis of a Lumbar Plate with Varying Screw Orientations: Experimental and Computational Analyses  
  David Rios, BS, Wyzscx Merfil Patacxil, MS, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Paul A. Williams, MS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, Spine, 1/1/2012
• Pullout of a lumbar plate with varying screw lengths  
  Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, David Rios, BS, Wyzscx Merfil Patacxil, MS, Paul A. Williams, MS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, International Journal of Spine Surgery, 1/1/2012
• Pullout Strength of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Plates: Fixed Versus Variable Angle Screw Designs  
  Zachary Scott Hadley, MD, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Paul Allen Williams, MS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Journal of Spine, 1/1/2012
• Multilevel MRI Analysis of Multifidus-Longissimus Cleavage Planes in the Lumbar Spine and Potential Clinical Applications to Wiltse's Paraspinal Approach  
  Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Jonathan L. Allen, MD, Paul A. Williams, MS, Ashley Elizabeth Voss, BS, Vikram Jadhav, MD, PhD, David S. Wu, and Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Spine, 1/1/2011
• A novel modification for removal of polyethylene core in artificial disc retrieval using transpsoas minimally invasive technique  
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Vikram Jadhav, MD, PhD, and Daniel K. Palmer, BS, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1/1/2011
• Novel indication for posterior dynamic stabilization: Correction of disc tilt after lumbar total disc replacement  
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Vikram Jadhav, MD, PhD, SAS Journal, 1/1/2011
• Screw orientation and foam density interaction in pullout of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) plates  
  Wyzscx Merfil Patacxil, MS, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, David Rios, BS, Paul Allen Williams, MS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, The Duke Orthopaedic Journal, 1/1/2011
• Vertebral body fractures after transpsoas interbody fusion procedures  
  Justin Eugene Brier-Jones, BS, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, The Spine Journal, 1/1/2011
• Stem Fracture after Total Facet Replacement in the Lumbar Spine: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature  
  Daniel K. Palmer, BS, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, and Wayne K. Cheng, MD, The Spine Journal, 1/1/2011
• Rebuttal to letter to the editor: a novel surgical treatment option in which posterior dynamic stabilization (PDS) is utilized to correct coronal plane tilt of a lumba...  
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD and Daniel K. Palmer, BS, Spine Arthroplasty Society Journal, 1/1/2011
• Diabetes Associated with Increased Surgical Site Infections in Spinal Arthrodesis  
  Sam Chen, MD, Matt V. Anderson, BS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Montri D. Wongworawat, MD, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1/1/2009
• The role of the vascular surgeon in anterior retroperitoneal spine exposure: Preservation of open surgical training  
  Jason Chiriano, DO, Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam, MD, Olivier Urayeneza, BS, Wayne W. Zhang, MD, and Wayne Cheng, MD, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1/1/2009
• The Total Facet Arthroplasty System® (TFAS®) in the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Midterm Results of US IDE Trial with Longest Follow-Up of 24-Months  
  Barton Sachs, MD, MBA, Scott Webb, DO, Courtney Brown, MD, David Wiles, MD, Antonio Castellvi, MD, Charles Wingo, MD, Michael Halperin, MD, John Hsiang, MD, PhD, Khali..., The Spine Journal, 1/1/2008
• "Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain of Vertebral Origin, 2nd ed, Robert Maigne"  
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2006
• "Physical Examination of the Spine, Albert & Vaccaro"  
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2005
• Grading System for Gunshot Injuries to the Femoral Diaphysis in Civilians  
  William T. Long, MD, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, and Earl W. Brien, MD, Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research, 1/1/2003
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Books/Book Chapters

• Rheumatoid Arthritis 
  Chapter: Cervical Spine Surgery. 
  Page 475 - 482William Richardson, MD, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, and Robert Lins, MDEditors: St. Clair, W, Pisetsky DS, Haynes BF.Lippincott, Williams, and WilkinsEdition 1st,2004
• eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®) 
  Chapter: Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion for Revision Lumbar Surgery. 
  Page 1 - 13Luis Marchi, Luiz Pimenta MD PhD, Leonardo Oliveira, Jonathan Allen MD and Wayne Cheng MDEditors: J. Allan Goodrich, Ildemaro J. Volcan.Edition 2nd,

Abstracts/Posters

• Pars/pedicle fracture as a complication during pedicle screw placement using cortical bone trajectory: Case report and pilot cadaveric study.
  Yusuf T. Akpolat MD, Shalin S. Patel MD, Serkan Inceoglu PhD, Olumide A. Danisa MD, Wayne K. Cheng MD, 15th Annual Meeting of The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, San Diego, CA, 1/15/2015
• A comparison of staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation on cobalt-chromium and titanium spinal implants.
  Shalin S. Patel MD, Wilson Aruni PhD, Serkan Inceoglu PhD, Gary D. Botimer MD, Wayne K. Cheng MD, Olumide A. Danisa MD, 31st Annual Meeting of the CNS/AANS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Spine Summit 2015, Phoenix, AZ, 1/4/2015
• "Independent Assessment of a New Pedicle Drilling Probe And Its Ability to Detect Pedicle Breach: A Cadaver Study"
  Wayne K. Cheng MD, Ryan G. Knopper BS, Jared Kroger BS, Phillip T. Guillen MD, Nathaniel D. Wycliffe MD, Olumide A. Danisa MD, 29th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section of Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, 1/6/2013
• "Central and Juxta-Endplate Placement of an ALIF Plate: Comparison of Pullout Strength".
  Wojtek Dajnowicz, Andrew Yang, Wayne Cheng MD, Serkan Inceoglu PhD, ISASS13 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1/3/2013
• "Retrospective Analysis of Survivorship and Clinical Outcomes after Multi-level Anterior Lumbar Reconstruction: ALIF versus Hybrid Fusion".
  Chen BY, Williams P, Cheng WK, ISASS13 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1/3/2013
• "Setting Time Comparison of Four Antimicrobial Laden Calcium Sulfate Plasters".
  Justin Brier-Jones BS, Jared Kroger BS, Pierre Beaufond BS, Serkan Inceoglu PhD, Victoria Maskiewicz PhD, Wayne K Cheng MD, 81st Annual Postgraduate Convention, Alumni Association School of Medicine of Loma Linda University, 1/1/2013
• "Cervical Transfacet Fixation: Safety and Accuracy of Open versus Percutaneous Approaches"
  A. Husain, D.K. Palmer, R.M. Mehrdady, K.R. Criswell, D. Rios, W.K. Cheng, ISASS12 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1/20/2012
• "Do preoperative HbA1c levels correlate with postoperative wound infection rates in spine surgery?"
  M. Mikhael, W. Cheng, ISASS12 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1/20/2012
• "Preventing Hardware Failure in Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Constructs: Pilot Biomechanical Analyses of Rod Configurations"
  Z.S. Jager, W.K. Cheng, A.E. Voss, D.K. Palmer, S. Inceoglu, ISASS12 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1/20/2012
• "Maximizing Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Plate Stability"
  Daniel K. Palmer, BS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, David Rios, BS, Wyzscx M. Patacxil, MS, Zachary S. Hadley, MD, Paul A. Williams, MS, Serkan Inceoglu, PhD, 80th Annual Post-Graduate Convention, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1/4/2012
• "Why do Doctors Get Sued for Spinal Cord Injury? A Review of the Past 10 Years"
  Robert Quigley, MD, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, Brent Forrest, BS, Wayne K. Cheng, MD, 80th Annual Post-Graduate Convention, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1/4/2012
• "Novel Indication for Posterior Dynamic Stabilization: Correction of Disc Tilt after Lumbar Total Disc Replacement"
  Wayne K. Cheng, MD, Daniel Kyle Palmer, BS, and Vikram Jadhav, MD, PhD, SAS11 Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 1/26/2011
• "Clinical Outcomes from a Prospective Study on Archus Total Facet Arthroplasty System for Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis with Degenerative Spondylolisthesis"
  WW Wong, MD, WK Cheng, MD, E Clarke, P Williams, MS, W Patacxil, D Rios, DK Palmer, SAS11 Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 1/26/2011
• "The Accuracy of Midline Placement of Total Disc Arthroplasty of the Lumbar Spine Using Different Anatomic Landmarks Under Fluoroscopy"
  M Mikhael, MD, W Cheng, MD, SAS11 Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 1/26/2011
• "Influence of Polyurethane Foam Density on ALIF Plate Pullout Strength"
  Patacxil W M, Williams P A, Rios D A, Chen J C, Palmer D K, Inceoglu S, and Cheng WK, MD, ORS Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 1/13/2011
• Would bi-cortical screws plating system improve the stability of lateral lumbar interbody cage: GP57.
  Kodigudla, Manoj; Palepu, Vivek; Goel, Vijay; Serhan, Hassan; Mhatre, Devdatt; Cheng, Wayne; Allen, Todd; Garfin, Steve; Chen, Jack, Spine: Affiliated Society Meeting Abstracts, 1/1/2011
• "Comparison Between Gearshift And Drill Techniques For Pedicle Screw Placement By Resident Surgeons"
  Jonathan Allen, MD; Vikram Jadhav, MD, PhD; Farbod Asgarzadie, MD, Shyam Kishan, MD, Tim Peppers, MD, Paul Williams, MS, and Wayne Cheng, MD, 58th Annual Piedmont Orthopedic Society Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, WV, 1/5/2010
• "Clinical Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Brain and Cervical Spine and the Hoffmann's Sign"
  Ray A. Grijalva, MD; Wayne Cheng, MD; Vikram Jadhav, MD, 58th Annual Piedmont Orthopedic Society Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, WV, 1/5/2010
• "Clinical Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Brain and Cervical Spine and the Hoffmann's Sign"
  Ray A. Grijalva, MD; Wayne Cheng, MD; Vikram Jadhav, MD, Cervical Spine Research Society 38th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 1/2/2010
• "A Comparison of Open versus Percutaneous Cervical Transfacet Fixation"
  Adeel Husain, MD; Daniel Palmer, MS; David Rios, BS; Rosemina Mehrdady, MD; Wayne Cheng, MD, Cervical Spine Research Society 38th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 1/2/2010
• "Direct Comparison of Two Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Devices: Results from a Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter FDA Regulated Trial"
  Richard D. Guyer MD, Kenneth A. Pettine MD, Reginald Q. Knight MD, Thomas A. Dimmig MD, Dom Coric MD, Paul C. McAfee MD, Charley Gordon MD, Andrew Cappuccino MD, Rudol..., NASS 25th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/2/2010
• "Radiographic Comparison of Two Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Devices: Results from a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Multicenter FDA-Regulated Trial"
  Richard D. Guyer MD, Kenneth A. Pettine MD, Reginald Q. Knight MD, Thomas A. Dimmig MD, Dom Coric MD, Paul C. McAfee MD, Charley Gordon MD, Andrew Cappuccino MD, Rudol..., NASS 25th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/2/2010
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Lectures

• "Novel Approach to Control Iatrogenic Great Vessel Laceration During Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy" 
  Vancouver, BC, Canada - 1/3/2013
• "Future Biologic Therapies" 
  Irvine, CA - 1/3/2011
• "Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spine Fractures" 
  Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - 1/8/2009
• "ALIF Applications" 
  Las Vegas, NV - 1/7/2008
• "Cervical Spine and Low Back Injuries" 
  San Diego, CA - 1/2/2008
• "Common Spinal Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment" 
  1/30/2007
• "Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Surgical Techniques of Interbody Fusion" 
  Loma Linda, CA - 1/19/2006
• "Hybrid & Spanning External Fixation" 
  Huntington Beach, CA - 1/17/2006
• "Common Spinal Disorders" 
  Rancho Cucamonga, CA - 1/13/2006
• "Complications of Artificial Disc" 
  Mammoth Lakes, CA - 1/9/2006
• "Preliminary Results of Artificial Disc" 
  Mammoth Lakes, CA - 1/9/2006
• "Surgical Aspects of Neck and Back Pain" 
  Arcadia, CA - 1/2/2006
• "Surgical Management of the C-Spine in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis" 
  Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - 1/6/2005
• "Common Spine Disorders" 
  San Bernardino, CA - 1/1/2003
• "Surgical Management of One Hundred and Forty Gunshot Injuries to the Femoral Diaphysis" 
  1/1/2001
• "Management of Polytrauma Patients" 
  CO - 1/1/2001
• "Treatment of Pelvic Fractures in Multiple Trauma Patients" 
  1/1/1999
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Other

• "A Biomechanical Evaluation of Different Knotting Techniques and Suture Materials" 
  Wayne K. Cheng, MS, William F. Wagner, MD, and Subrata Saha, PhD, 37th Annual Biomaterial Society Conference
  Shreveport, Louisiana - 1/1/1995