Dr. Scott Luhmann | Pediatric Othopaedic Surgeon | Washington University Orthopedics

Dr. Luhmann specializes in pediatric and adolescent orthopedic surgery, with special expertise in reconstructive spine surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, primary and revisions of complex, pediatric spinal deformities and spinal reconstructive surgery, pathology of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, congenital, neuromuscular and early-onset scoliosis, and nonsurgical and surgical treatment of the growing spine.

Common Diagnoses Treated

Arthrogryposis
Disc herniations, herniated nucleus pulposus
Pediatric spinal deformities, including:
- Scoliosis (idiopathic scoliosis, congenital scoliosis and neuromuscular scoliosis)
- Kyphosis
Radiculopathy
Sciatica
Skeletal dysplasia
Spinal fractures
Spinal subluxations
Spinal tumors
Spondylolysis
Spondylolisthesis

Common Procedures

ApiFix Surgery
Bertolotti’s excision
Cervical spine surgery
Correction of spinal deformity by spinal osteotomies (Smith-Peterson, Pedicle subtraction, Ponte)
Minimally invasive spine surgery (microdiscectomy, minimal access fusion, transforaminal and posterior lumbar interbody fusions)
Posterior and anterior spinal fusions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (including decompressions and instrumentation)
Spinal deformity surgery
Spine casting
Vertebral body stapling, tethering, and resection, Shilla technique, MAGEC, growth rods, hemivertebrae excision

Clinical Office Locations

St. Louis Children's Hospital

4S60, Suite 1B

One Children's Place

St Louis, MO 63110
Shriners Hospital for Children

4400 Clayton Ave.

St Louis, MO 63110

Hospital Affiliations

St. Louis Children's Hospital
Shriners Hospital for Children
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Academic Office Mailing Address

Washington University School of Medicine

Campus Box 8233

660 Euclid Avenue

Saint Louis, MO 63110

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Selected Publications

Heyer JH, Anari JB, Baldwin KD, Mitchell SL, LuhmannSJ, Sturm PF, Flynn JM, Cahill PJ. Lengthening Behavior of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods in Early-Onset Scoliosis: A Multicenter Study. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2022;104:2186-2194.
Arhewoh R, Kelly BA, Kelly MP, Buchowski JM, Gupta MC, Luhmann SJ. Positive Security Screening Episodes of Patients with Spinal Implants are influenced by Detector Type and Not Implant Material. Spine J 2021;Dec 20 online ahead of print.
Mo M, Guilak F, Elward A, Quayle K, Thompson D, Brouillet K, Luhmann SJ. The Use of Biomarkers in the Early Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis – A Pilot Study. J Pediatr Orthop 2022;42:e526-532.
Bane T, Luhmann SJ. Predicting the Impact of Intraoperative Halo-Femoral Traction from P reoperative Imaging in Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Spine Deformity 2022; Jan 25 online ahead of print
Bouton D, Fedorak G, Oeffinger DJ, Gupta P, Luhmann S, Stasikelis P, Szczodry M, Talwalkar V, Hung M. Baseline Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) scores in children with idiopathic scoliosis and their relation to the SRS-22. Spine Deform 2022;10:63-68.
Mackey C, Hanstein R, Lo Y, Vaughan M, St. Hilaire T, Luhmann SJ, Vitale MG, Glotzbecker MP, Samdani A, Parent S, Gomez JA, Pediatric Spine Study Group. Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods (MCGR) Versus Single Posterior Spine Fusion (PSF) Versus Vertebral Body Tether (VBT) in Older Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) Patients: How Do Early Outcomes Compare? Spine 2022;47:295-302
Luhmann SJ, Harrison NH, Brouillet K, Etienne E, Kelly MP, Kelly BA. The Impact of Spinal Deformity Characteristics on Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Scores in Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion. JAAOS Global Research and Reviews 2021;5(3):e00036
Luhmann SJ, Skaggs D, Pahys J, Samdani A, El-Hawary R. Single Distraction-Rod Constructs in Severe Early-Onset Scoliosis: Indications and Outcomes. Spine J 2022;22:305-312
Matsumoto H, Skaggs DL, Akbarnia BA, Pawelek JB, Hilaire TS, Levine S, Sturm P, Perez-Grueso FJS, Luhmann SJ, Sponseller PD, Smith JT, White KK, Vitale MG; Pediatric Spine Study Group. Comparing health-related quality of life and burden of care between early-onset scoliosis patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods and traditional growing rods: a multicenter study. Spine Deformity 2021;9:239-245.
Roth J, DeFreitas D, McCormick S. The Impact of Segmental Spinal Alignment on the Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis after Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusions for Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine Deformity 2022;10:369-375.
Clever D. Thompson D, Rhea L, Gosselin M, Brouillet K, Guilak F, Luhmann SJ. A novel serum cytokine panel to differentiate pediatric septic arthritis and transient synovitis. Journal Pediatric Orthopaedics 2021;41:610-616.
Clark K, Luhmann SJ. Utility of Preoperative Labs in Posterior Spinal Fusions for Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine Deformity 2021;9:1379-1385 116.
Matsumoto H, Marciano G, Redding G, Ha J, Luhmann S, Garg S, Roye D, White K. Association between Subjective Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes and Objective Pulmonary Function Testing. Spine Deformity 2021;9:99-104.
Arhewoh R, Mo M, Brouillet K, Luhmann SJ. Analysis of 280 Magnetically-Controlled Growing Rod Lengthenings Comparing External Remote Control Readouts and Radiographic Measurements: Impact of Patient and Deformity Factors. Journal Pediatric Orthopaedics 2021;41:e105-110.
Roye BD, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG. Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods? Spine Deform 2020;8:1375-84.

Research Interests

Treatment of spinal deformities (idiopathic adolescent scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, early-onset scoliosis), traumatic spinal pathology of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, neuromuscular scoliosis. Nonsurgical and surgical treatments for the growing spine.

Clinical Interests

Pediatric reconstructive spine surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Primary and revisions of complex, pediatric spinal deformities (scoliosis, kyphosis and spondylolisthesis) and spinal reconstructive surgery. Pathology of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (spinal tumors, fractures, and congenital disorders), congenital, neuromuscular and early-onset scoliosis. Nonsurgical (spine casting) and surgical treatment of the growing spine (vertebral body stapling, vertebral body tethering, Shilla technique, MAGEC, growth rods, and vertebral body resection). ApiFix Surgery for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Background

Spinal surgery with a focus on pediatric spinal deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, etc…) and complex spinal pathology surgery (fracture, tumor).

Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000

Medical Degree

University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine

Fellowship

Pediatric Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital for Children
Pediatric and Adult Spine Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Washington University Orthopedics

Scott Luhmann, MD

Common Diagnoses Treated

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Academic Office Mailing Address

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St. Louis Children's Hospital

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