Klemencsics, István, MD, PhD

spine surgeon, orthopedic traumatology specialist

Medical specialism

Spinal infections
Surgical site infection
Negative pressure wound therapy
Surgical treatment of degenerative diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine

Professional experience

2020 - : Buda Health Center, Budapest, Hungary and National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary, spine surgeon
2015 - 2020: National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary, spine surgeon fellow
2012 - 2015: National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary, medical researcher

Education and qualifications

2015 - 2020: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Resident training: orthopedic-traumatology resident
2012 - 2018: Semmelweis University, School of PH.D Studies, Budapest, PhD fellow
2006 - 2012: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Medical Doctor (MD)

Language of consultation

Hungarian
English

Professional and society membership

Hungarian Spine Society
AOSpine Hungary

Scientific activity

Publications

Risk factors for surgical site infection in elective routine degenerative lumbar surgeries. Istvan Klemencsics, MD; Aron Lazary, MD, PhD; Zsolt Szoverfi, MD; Arpad Bozsodi, MD; Peter Eltes, MD; Peter Pal Varga, MD The Spine Journal. 2016 Nov;16(11):1377-1383. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.08.018.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Core Outcome Measures Index for the back (COMI Back). Klemencsics I, Lazary A, Valasek T, Szoverfi Z, Bozsodi A, Eltes P, Fekete TF, Varga PP. Eur Spine J. 2016 Jan;25(1):257-64. doi: 10.1007/s00586-014-3750-8.

Primary Spinal Tumor Mortality Score (PSTMS): a novel scoring system for predicting poor survival. Szövérfi Z, Lazáry A, Bozsódi A, Klemencsics I, Eltes P, Varga PP, Spine J. 2014 Mar 17.

Validation of the Hungarian version of the Roland-Morris disability questionnaire. Valasek T, Varga PP, Szövérfi Z, Bozsodi A, Klemencsics I, Fekete L, Lazary A., Disabil Rehabil. 2014 Apr 21.

Presentations

Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in spinal infectinons. Istvan Klemencsics, Aron Lazary, Peter Pal Varga. LINK for Wound Healing. A congress powered by Hartmann. 18th-19th Setember 2017. Belfast Waterfront Conference Center

Patient-clusters are significantly associated with the outcome of single level lumbar fusions. A. Lazary, Z. Szoverfi, A. Bozsodi, I. Klemencsics, P. P. Varga, Global Spine Congress 2013: Hong Kong

Combination of fusion and motion preservation in the surgical treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease. B. Szollosi , A. Bank , I. Klemencsics , A. Lazary , P. P. Varga, Global Spine Congress 2013: Hong Kong

Adjacent segment degeneration after cervical disc surgery. Comparison of one level cervical disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical interbody fusion: five year radiological follow up. B. Szollosi, I. Klemencsics, A. Lazary, P. P. Varga, Global Spine Congress 2013: Hong Kong

Radiologic examination of the acromiohumeral distance after subacromial decompression. G. Skaliczki, T. Zelei, I. Klemencsics, P. Magyar, I. Antal, EFORT 2013: June 2013 Istanbul, Turkey

Subacromialis impingement szindróma miatt operált betegek utánkövetéses vizsgálata. Számít a decompressio? Skaliczki G., Zelei T., Klemencsics I., Magyar P., Antal I., MOT-MTT közös kongresszusa, Budapest, 2013.

Surgical site infection after primary degenerative lumbar spine surgeries and its effect on long-term outcome. Istvan Klemencsics, Aron Lazary, Peter Paul Varga, PhD Scientific Meeting, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 2014.

Medium-term follow up of non-fusion lumbar stabilization from viewpoint of adjacent segment pathology. Zoltan Hoffer, Istvan Klemencsics, Maria Puhl, Peter Paul Varga. 10th Central European Orthopaedic Congress (CEOC) from 8th to 11th May, 2014 in Split, Croatia.

Identification of outcome predictors and the ’at-risk’ subgroup in patients requiring surgical treatment because of lumbar disc degeneration. Aron Lazary, Istvan Klemencsics, Peter Eltes, Peter Paul Varga. EuroSpine 2014, Lyon

A cluster based method for the preoperative identification of lumbar degenerative patients having higher risk for poor global outcome. A. Lazary, A. Bozsodi, I. Klemencsics, E.P. Eltes, P.P. Varga. Global spine congress, May 20–23, 2015; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adjacent segment degeneration after cervical disc surgery. Comparison of one level cervical disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical interbody fusion: seven year radiological follow up. B. Szollosi, I. Klemencsics, A. Lazáry. Global spine congress, May 20–23, 2015; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Surgical site infection after primary degenerative lumbar spine surgeries and its effect on long-term outcome. I. Klemencsics, A. Lazary, Z. Szoverfi, A. Bozsodi, P.E. Eltes, P.P. Varga. Global spine congress, Best paper session, May 20–23, 2015; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Responsiveness of different validated patient reported outcome measurements in cervical spine care. I. Klemencsics, A. Lazary, A. Bozsodi, B. Szollosi, P.P. Varga. Global spine congress, May 20–23, 2015; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Trainings

2017.

LINK for Wound Healing. A congress powered by Hartmann. Belfast

2016.

BBB Spine Meeting on Tumors & Osteoporosis, Basel, Switzerland

2015.

Global Spine Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentin
Basic Basic Instructional Course in Bone Tumours, Budapest, Hungary

2014.

Summer University: Today’s Realities In Spine Surgery, Athens
EuroSpine Congress, Lyon, France

2013.

EuroSpine: Task Force Research Course, Prague, Czech Republic
AOSpine Advanced Symposium – Spine Surgery in Elderly, Budapest, Hungary

Clinical Studies

A randomized, double-blind, multi-dose, placebo-controlled phase 2/3 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fasinumab in patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain
A phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Staphylococcus aureus 4-antigen vaccine (sa4ag) in adults undergoing elective open posterior spinal fusion procedures with multilevel instrumentation