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Marek Holy

Position: Doctoral Student School/office: School of Medical Sciences

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About Marek Holy

Consultant Spine Surgeon, MD. PhD at Örebro University Hospital and MLA (medical director) at the spine section at the orthopaedic clinic.

Main focus on cervical spine surgery and complex surgical procedures via anterior access via the abdomen, thorax and neck.

Research and education responsibility for spine surgery education at the medical program at Örebro University.

Ongoing research with OMSAP multicentre RCT study

Publications

Publications

Articles in journals | Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Holy, M. , Szigethy, L. , Wretenberg, P. , MacDowall, A. , Sigmundsson, F. G. & Joelson, A. (2025). Surgically treated degenerative cervical spine diseases in twins. European spine journal, 34 (4), 1270-1274. [BibTeX]
Holy, M. , Szigethy, L. , Joelson, A. & Olerud, C. (2023). A Novel Treatment of Pediatric Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation with Nonfusion Using Muscle-Preserving Temporary Internal Fixation of C0-C2: Case Series and Technical Note. Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 84 (1), e11-e16. [BibTeX]
Holy, M. , Joelson, A. & Sigmundsson, F. G. (2022). Occult spondylodiscitis after cervical intradiscal injection with radiopaque gelified ethanol, DiscoGel: A case report. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 28. [BibTeX]
Joelson, A. , Nerelius, F. , Holy, M. & Sigmundsson, F. G. (2022). Reoperations After Decompression With or Without Fusion for L3-4 Spinal Stenosis With Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Study of 372 Patients in Swespine, the National Swedish Spine Register. Clinical spine surgery, 35 (3), E389-E393. [BibTeX]
Holy, M. , MacDowall, A. , Sigmundsson, F. G. & Olerud, C. (2021). Operative treatment of cervical radiculopathy: anterior cervical decompression and fusion compared with posterior foraminotomy. Trials, 22 (1). [BibTeX]
Joelson, A. , Nerelius, F. , Holy, M. & Sigmundsson, F. G. (2021). Reoperations after decompression with or without fusion for L4-5 spinal stenosis with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis: a study of 6,532 patients in Swespine, the national Swedish spine register. Acta Orthopaedica, 92 (3), 264-268. [BibTeX]
Sigmundsson, F. G. , Kuchalik, J. , Fadl, S. , Holy, M. & Joelson, A. (2021). The unique challenges of Brugada syndrome in spinal deformity surgery. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 25. [BibTeX]
Thormodsson, H. S. , Ntouniadakis, E. , Holy, M. & Sigmundsson, F. G. (2020). Acute Postoperative Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis After Posterior Spinal Correction for Dropped Head Syndrome. World Neurosurgery, 143, 360-364. [BibTeX]
MacDowall, A. , Heary, R. F. , Holy, M. , Lindhagen, L. & Olerud, C. (2020). Posterior foraminotomy versus anterior decompression and fusion in patients with cervical degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy: up to 5 years of outcome from the national Swedish Spine Register. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 32 (3), 344-352. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Holy, M. (2025). Operative Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Comparison of Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion and Posterior Foraminotomy. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Holy, M. , Joelson, A. , MacDowall, A. , Sigmundsson, F. G. , Wretenberg, P. & Olerud, C. Örebro Multicentre Study on Operative Treatmentof Cervical Radiculopathy : Interim analysis. [BibTeX]