For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Keith Bridwell, MD
Orthopedics-Pediatric
St. Louis Children's Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

4921 Parkview Place Suite 6B
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.514.3500
Education
Internship: Barnes Hospital St. Louis
Residency: Barnes Hospital St. Louis
Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital Chicago
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Should Symptomatic Iliac Screws be Electively Removed in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Fused to the Sacrum?O'Shaughnessy BA, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Cho W, Zebala LP, Chang MS, Auerbach JD, Crawford CH, Koester LA.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22146291
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsComparative effectiveness evidence from the spine patient outcomes research trial: surgical versus nonoperative care for spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and intervertebral disc herniation.Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Abdu W, Herkowitz H, Andersson G, Albert T, Bridwell K, Zhao W, Grove MR, Weinstein MC, Weinstein JN.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Nov 15;36(24):2061-8.
- PMID:
- 22048651
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsDoes a Long Fusion "T3-Sacrum" Portend a Worse Outcome than a Short Fusion "T10-Sacrum" in Primary Surgery for Adult Scoliosis?O'Shaughnessy BA, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Cho W, Baldus C, Chang MS, Auerbach JD, Crawford CH.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 21971131
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsSpinal reconstruction with pedicle screw-based instrumentation and rhBMP-2 in patients with neurofibromatosis and severe dural ectasia and spinal deformity: report of two cases and a review of the literature.Cho SK, Stoker GE, Bridwell KH.J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Aug 3;93(15):e86. Review. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 21915529
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFixation points within the main thoracic curve: does more instrumentation produce greater curve correction and improved results?Sanders JO, Diab M, Richards SB, Lenke LG, Johnston CE, Emans JB, Sucato DJ, Erickson MA, Bridwell KH, McCarthy RE, Sarwark JF, Dormans JP; Spinal Deformity Study Group.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Oct 1;36(21):E1402-6.
- PMID:
- 21681134
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsSafety and accuracy of pedicle screws and constructs placed in infantile and juvenile patients.Harimaya K, Lenke LG, Son-Hing JP, Bridwell KH, Schwend RM, Luhmann SJ, Koester LA, Sides BA.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 15;36(20):1645-51.
- PMID:
- 21673627
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsEtiology and revision surgical strategies in failed lumbosacral fixation of adult spinal deformity constructs.Harimaya K, Mishiro T, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Koester LA, Sides BA.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 15;36(20):1701-10.
- PMID:
- 21673615
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsMinimum 5-year radiographic results of long scoliosis fusion in juvenile spinal muscular atrophy patients: major curve progression after instrumented fusion.Zebala LP, Bridwell KH, Baldus C, Richards SB, Dormans JP, Lenke LG, Auerbach JD, Lovejoy J.J Pediatr Orthop. 2011 Jul-Aug;31(5):480-8.
- PMID:
- 21654453
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsMajor Complications in Revision Adult Deformity Surgery: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes with Two- to Seven-Year Follow-Up.Cho SK, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Yi JS, Pahys JM, Zebala LP, Kang MM, Cho W, Baldus CR.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 21587110
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsComparative Analysis of Clinical Outcome and Complications in Primary vs. Revision Adult Scoliosis Surgery.Cho SK, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Cho W, Zebala LP, Pahys JM, Kang MM, Yi JS, Baldus CR.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 May 2. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 21540777
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsPulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis relative to the surgical procedure: a 10-year follow-up analysis.Gitelman Y, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Auerbach JD, Sides BA.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 15;36(20):1665-72.
- PMID:
- 21494198
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsThe Scoliosis Research Society Health-Related Quality of Life (SRS-30) age-gender normative data: an analysis of 1346 adult subjects unaffected by scoliosis.Baldus C, Bridwell K, Harrast J, Shaffrey C, Ondra S, Lenke L, Schwab F, Mardjetko S, Glassman S, Edwards C 2nd, Lowe T, Horton W, Polly D Jr.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jun 15;36(14):1154-62.
- PMID:
- 21289576
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsCorrelation of preoperative deformity magnitude and pulmonary function tests in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Johnston CE, Richards BS, Sucato DJ, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Erickson M; Spinal Deformity Study Group.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jun 15;36(14):1096-102.
- PMID:
- 21270699
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsEfficacy of perioperative halo-gravity traction for treatment of severe scoliosis (≥100°).Watanabe K, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Kim YJ, Hensley M, Koester L.J Orthop Sci. 2010 Nov;15(6):720-30. Epub 2010 Nov 26.
- PMID:
- 21116888
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsPredicting the outcome of selective thoracic fusion in false double major lumbar "C" cases with five- to twenty-four-year follow-up.Chang MS, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Cho W, Baldus C, Auerbach JD, Crawford CH 3rd, O'Shaughnessy BA.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Nov 15;35(24):2128-33.
- PMID:
- 21030900
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsExtension of prior idiopathic scoliosis fusions to the sacrum: a matched cohort analysis of sixty patients with minimum two-year follow-up.Crawford CH 3rd, Bridwell KH, Cho W, Buchowski JM, O'Shaughnessy BA, Chang MS, Auerbach JD.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Sep 15;35(20):1843-8.
- PMID:
- 20802391
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsValidity and reliability of intraoperative monitoring in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a 23-year experience of 3436 surgical cases.Thuet ED, Winscher JC, Padberg AM, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Dobbs MB, Schootman M, Luhmann SJ.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Sep 15;35(20):1880-6.
- PMID:
- 20802388
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsChanges in radiographic and clinical outcomes with primary treatment adult spinal deformity surgeries from two years to three- to five-years follow-up.Bridwell KH, Baldus C, Berven S, Edwards C 2nd, Glassman S, Hamill C, Horton W, Lenke LG, Ondra S, Schwab F, Shaffrey C, Wootten D.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Sep 15;35(20):1849-54.
- PMID:
- 20802383
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsWhat's New in Spine Surgery.Bridwell KH, Anderson PA, Boden SD, Vaccaro AR, Wang JC.J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Aug 18;92(10):2017-28. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 20720148
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRisk-benefit assessment of surgery for adult scoliosis: an analysis based on patient age.Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Glassman SD, Berven SH, Schwab FJ, Hamill CL, Horton WC, Ondra SL, Sansur CA, Bridwell KH; Spinal Deformity Study Group.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 May 1;36(10):817-24.
- PMID:
- 20683385
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]











