Prof. Dante Marchesi specializes in orthopedic surgery and traumatology, with particular expertise in the back and spine.
Prof. Dante Marchesi
Dr. Marchesi studied medicine at the University of Lausanne and then specialized in orthopedics at the Isle Hospital in Bern. He then headed the back surgery unit at that hospital. In 1992, he left Switzerland for Canada, where he taught at McGill University in Montreal for 10 years while also heading the spine surgery department. Upon returning to Switzerland, he joined the Bois-Cerf Clinic, where he continues to practice his specialty. For over 25 years, he has been fully committed to spinal surgery, teaching, and research, having published countless articles in the best scientific journals. He is a member of the most prestigious European and North American spinal surgery societies and is regularly invited abroad for conferences.
2002
Active physician and clinical head of back care, Hirslanden Bois-Cerf Clinic, Lausanne
1993 – 2001
Associate Professor and Head of Back Surgery Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1992 – 1993
Head of Back Surgery Unit, Inselspital, Bern
Assistant Physician, Inselspital Bern, Bern
1989 – 1990
Fellowship in Spine Surgery, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Paris
1982 – 1989
FMH Specialist in Orthopedics, Inselspital, Bern
1987
Doctorate
1975 – 1981
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Marchesi D., Schneider E., Glauser P., Aebi M.: Morphometric analysis of the thoracolumbar and lumbar pedicles. Surg. Radiol. Anat. 10, 317-322 (1988).
Marchesi D., Michel M., Schneider E., Aebi M.: Experimental verification of direction finder for anterior transpedicular fixation of the lumbar and thoracic spine. Orthop. Trans. 12, J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 476 (1988).
Aebi M., Etter C., Coscia M., Marchesi D.: Odontoid fractures: treatment with anterior screw fixation. Orthop. Trans. 13, J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 213 (1989).
Marchesi D., Schneider E., Aebi M.: Assessment of the stability of a new anterior plate using transpedicular fixation in the lumbar and thoracic spine. Orthop. Trans. 13, J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 376 (1989).
Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Segmental fixation of the lumbar and lumbo-sacral spine by translaminar screwing. Orthop. Trans. 14, J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 822 (1990)
Aebi M., Marchesi D., Zuber K.: The treatment of cervical spine injuries with anterior plating: indications, techniques and results. Spine 16, S38-S45 (1991).
Marchesi D., Thalgott J., Lowery G., Aebi M.: The application and results of the internal skeletal fixation system in non-traumatic indications. Spine 16, S162-S169 (1991).
Boos N., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Die Anwendung des Cotrel-Dubousset-Instrumentariums mit pedikulären Schrauben beim chronischen lumbalen Rückenschmerz. Orthop. Praxis 27, 423-427 (1991).
Boos N., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Chronische Rückenschmerzen nach lumbalen Wirbelsäuleneingriffen – Möglichkeiten der chirurgischen Reintervention. Orthop. Praxis 27, 428-432 (1991).
Marchesi D., Rüdeberg A., Aebi M.: Evolution of neuromuscular scoliosis treated conservatively in MMC patients. Acta Orthop. Belgica 57: 390-398, (1991)
Boos N., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Treatment of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis with the Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation. J Spinal Disorders 4:472-479 (1991).
Marchesi D., Transfeldt E., Bradford D., Heithoff K.: Changes in vertebral rotations following Harrington and Luque instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis. Spine 17:775-780 (1992)
Boos N., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Surgical treatment of moderately displaced spondylolisthesis by pedicle fixation and posterolateral fusion. Revue Chir Orthop. 78: 228-235 (1992)
Marchesi D., Boos N., Zuber K., Aebi M.: Translaminar facet joint screws to enhance segmental fusion of the lumbar spine. Eur Spine J. 1:125-130 (1992).
Boos N., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Survivorship analysis of pedicular fixation systems in the treatment of degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine. J Spinal Disorders 5:403-409 (1992)
Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Pedicle fixation devices in the treatment of adult lumbar scoliosis. Spine 17: S304-S309 (1992)
Boos N, Marchesi D, Heitz R, Aebi M: Surgical management of low-grade spondylolisthesis in adults with transpedicular fixation and posterolateral fusion. J Orthop Surg 6:233-240 (1992).
Aebi M., Marchesi D., Boos N.: The treatment of adult lumbar scoliosis with pedicle fixation devices. Orthop. Trans. 16: J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 163 (1992)
Marchesi D., Michel M., Lowery G., Aebi M.: Direction finder for anterior transpedicular fixation of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine. Spine 18:461-465 (1993)
Boos N., Marchesi D., Zuber K., Aebi M.: Treatment of severe spondylolisthesis by reduction and pedicular fixation: a four to six year follow-up. Spine 18:1655-1661 (1993)
Marchesi D., Boos N., Aebi M.: Surgical treatment of tumors of the cervical spine and first two thoracic vertebrae. J Spinal Disorders 6:489-496 (1993)
Boos N., Marchesi D., Zuber K., Aebi M.: Treatment of severe spondylolisthesis by reduction and pedicular fixation: a four to six year follow-up study. Orthop. Trans. 17: J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 99 (1993)
Molina H., Marchesi D.: Approach later with circumferential decompression and reconstruction in the metastasis of the torso and lumbar column. Revista Venezolana Chirurgia Ortopedica 28:29-39 (1996)
Steffen T., Baramki HG, Rubin R., Antoniou J., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: In Vivo Measurement of the L3/L4 Segmental Motion Patterns in the Upright, Flexed, and Extended Positions. Orthop. Transactions 20: J Bone Joint Surg (Am) (1996).
Steffen T., Rubin R., Baramki H., Antoniou J., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: A new technique for measuring lumbar segmental motion in vivo: Method, accuracy, and preliminary results. Spine 22:156-166 (1997)
Marchesi D., Arlet V., Aebi M.: Modified Galveston technique in the treatment of Duchenne's neuromuscular scoliosis. J.Ped. Orthop. 17:743-749 (1997)
Marchesi D.: Management of odontoid fractures. Orthopedics 20:911-916 (1997)
Marchesi D., Arlet V., Goytan M., Aebi M.: Unisegmental posterior instrumentation and fusion for incomplete thoracolumbar burst fractures. Orthop. Transactions 21: J Bone Joint Surg (Am) (1997)
Arlet V., Marchesi D., Duhaime M., Aebi M.: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a modified method to correct thoracic curves. Orthop. Transactions 21: J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 660-661 (1997)
Arlet V., Marchesi D.: Addressing the problem of scoliosis in pediatrics. Le Clinicien 13: 151-166 (1998)
Arlet V., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a new type of offset apical instrumentation. J Spinal Disorders 11:404-409 (1998)
Papin P., Arlet V., Marchesi D., Laberge J., Aebi M.: Treatment of adolescent scoliosis by anterior release and laparoscopic spinal arthrodesis. Rev. Chir. Orthop. 84: 231-238 (1998)
Papin P., Arlet V., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Unusual presentation of spinal cord compression associated with misplaced pedicle screw in thoracic scoliosis. Eur. Spine J. 8:156-159 (1999)
Arlet V., Marchesi D., Papin P., Aebi M.: The “MW” sacropelvic construct: an enhanced fixation of the lumbosacral junction in neuromuscular pelvic obliquity. Eur. Spine J. 8:229-231 (1999)
Marchesi D., Arlet V., Aebi M.: Scoliosis of adulthood. The Clinician 14:153-161 (1999)
Arlet V., Papin P., Marchesi D.: Halo femoral traction and sliding rods in the treatment of a neurologically compromised congenital scoliosis: technique. Eur. Spine J. 8:329-331 (1999)
Arlet V., Papin P., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: apical correction with specialized pedicle hooks. Eur. Spine J. 8:266-270 (1999)
Marchesi D., Arlet V., Aebi M.: Lumbar scoliosis of adulthood. The Clinician 14:153-161 (1999)
Steffen T., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: The biology and biomechanics of bone substitutes in the spine. Clin. Orthop. 371:28-37 (1999)
Baramki H., Steffen T., Lander P., Chang M., Marchesi D.: The efficacy of interconnected porous hydroxyapatite in achieving posterior lumbar fusion in sheep. Spine 25:1053–1060 (2000)
Arlet V., Marchesi D., Papin P., Aebi M.: Decompression following scoliosis surgery: treatment by decreasing the correction of the main thoracic curve or “letting the spine go”. Eur. Spine J. 9:156-160 (2000)
Marchesi D.: Spinal fusions: bone and bone substitutes. Eur. Spine J. 9:372-378 (2000)
Marchesi D.: Management of metastatic tumors of the cervical spine and upper thoracic spine. Canadian Orthop. Association Bulletin 48:16-17 (2000)
Vaidya R., Arlet V., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Metastatic disease of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Canadian Orthop. Association Bulletin 48:18-20 (2000)
Arlet V., Marchesi D., Vaidya R., Aebi M.: Primary spine tumors. Canadian Orthop. Association Bulletin 48:20-22 (2000)
Baramki H., Steffen T., Chan M., Lander P., Marchesi D.: The use of coralline hydroxyapatite as a substitute to autologous bone grafting. Spine 25:1053–1060 (2000)
Steffen T., Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Posterolateral and anterior interbody spinal fusion models in the sheep. Clin. Orthop. 371:28-37 (2000)
Gercek E., Arlet V., Delisle J., Marchesi D.: Subsidence of stand-alone cervical cages in anterior interbody fusion: warning. Eur. Spine J. 12:513-516 (2003)
Marchesi D.: Die Deformitäten bei alternden Menschen. Leading Opinions Orthopädie 3, 28-30 (2009)
Marchesi D.: Spinal surgery in the elderly population. Courrier du médecin vaudois 3 (2009)
Marchesi D.: Reviewer's comment concerning “Anterior cervical pedicle screw and plate fixation using fluoroscope-assisted pedicle axis view imaging: a preliminary report of a new cervical reconstruction technique”. Eur. Spine J. 18:917 (2009)
Marchesi D.: Directions to the vertebral structure and treatment of the dorso-lumbar fracture. Archivio di Ortopedia e Reumatologia 122:3 (2011)
Marchesi D., Rüdeberg A., Aebi M.: Der Verlauf der neuromuskulären Skoliose bei MMC-Patienten nach konservativer Behandlung. In: Debrunner AM: Langzeitigerresultate in der Orthopedie. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 49-56 (1990).
Marchesi D., Arlet V., Aebi M.: The Universal Spine System: a new concept in vertebral surgery. In: Travaglini F., Bartolozzi P., Logroscino C.: Progressi in patologia vertebrale: il dopo Harrington Vol. 18. Aulo Gaggi Ed., Bologna, 89-100 (1995)
Zagra A., Marchesi D., Lamartina C., Zagra L., Giudici F., Aebi M.: L'osteosintesi con viti translaminari. In: Travaglini F., Bartolozzi P., Logroscino C.: Progressi in patologia vertebrale: il dopo Harrington Vol. 18. Aulo Gaggi Ed., Bologna, 319-326 (1995)
Marchesi D., Thalgott J., Aebi M.: The use of the AO-internal fixation in fractures and nontraumatic indications of the thoracolumbar spine. In: Thalgott J., Aebi M.: Internal Fixation of the Thoracolumbar Spine. Manual of Internal Fixation of the Spine. Lippincott-Raven Ed., Philadelphia, 193-205 (1996)
Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis, deformities and degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine. In: Thalgott J., Aebi M.: Internal Fixation of the Thoracolumbar Spine. Manual of Internal Fixation of the Spine. Lippincott-Raven Ed., Philadelphia, 207-219 (1996)
Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Application of the new AO-ASIF Universal Spine System in the lumbosacral junction. In: Margulies J., Floman I., Farcy JP, Neuwirth M.: Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Fixation. Lippincott-Raven Ed., Philadelphia, 363-375 (1996)
Aebi M., Marchesi D.: The degenerative adult scoliosis: classification and indication for treatment. In: Bitan F., Margulies J., Neuwirth M.: Strategies in Non-Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine – State of the Art Reviews Vol. 12, No. 1. Harley and Belfus Ed., Philadelphia (1998)
Marchesi D., Aebi M.: Pseudarthrosis treatment in high-grade spondylolisthesis. In: Margulies J., Aebi M., Farcy J.: Revisions in Spine Surgery. Lippincott-Raven Ed., Philadelphia (1998)
Marchesi D.: Classification of thoracic and lumbar fractures. In: Vaccaro A.: Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. Marcel Dekker Ed., New York, 385-398 (2003)
Marchesi D.: Biology of fusion with bone and bone substitutes. In: Aebi M., Arlet V., Webb J.: AOSpine Manual – Principles and Techniques. Thieme Ed., Stuttgart, 117-126 (2007)
Marchesi D.: Stabilization and reconstruction techniques for the thoracolumbar spine (fractures, tumors, degenerative). In: Aebi M., Arlet V., Webb J.: AOSpine Manual – Principles and Techniques. Thieme Ed., Stuttgart, 357-390 (2007)
Marchesi D.: Instrumentation for the degenerative thoracolumbar spine. In: Aebi M., Arlet V., Webb J.: AOSpine Manual – Principles and Techniques. Thieme Ed., Stuttgart, 423-456 (2007)
Marchesi D.: Spinal tumors. In: Aebi M., Arlet V., Webb J.: AOSpine Manual – Clinical Applications. Thieme Ed., Stuttgart, 209-254 (2007)
Marchesi D.: Spinal tumors. In: Aebi M., Arlet V., Webb J.: AOSpine Manual – Clinical Applications. Thieme Ed., Stuttgart, 235-254 (2007)
Marchesi D., Klezl Z.: Secondary spinal tumors. In: Boos N., Aebi M.: Spinal Disorders – Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer Ed., Berlin, 977-996 (2008)
Janssen M., Marchesi D., Chapman J.: Artificial disc replacement in the cervical spine. Evidence-Based Spine Surgery 4, Special Edition: 1-120 (2008)
Janssen M., Marchesi D., Chapman J.: Artificial disc replacement in the lumbar spine. Evidence-Based Spine Surgery 4, Special Edition: 1-128 (2008)
Marchesi D.: Spinal Metastasis. In: Boos N., Aebi M.: Spinal Disorders – Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer Ed., Berlin, 977-996 (2008)
Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (SGO-SSO)
Swiss Society of Spine Surgery (SGS)
Swiss Medical Society (FMH)
Swiss Society of Surgery (FMCH)
Scoliosis Research Society (USA)
European Spinal Deformity Society (ESDS)
Spine Society of Europe (SSE)
Vaud Medical Society
Canadian Orthopedic Association
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