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Massachusetts General Hospital: Boston, MA, US

2021-07-01 to 2022-12-31 | Research Fellow (Orthopedic Spine Surgery)
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Hester Zijlstra

St. Antonius Hospital: Utrecht, NL

2020-05-01 to 2021-07-01 | Resident (not in training) (Orthopedic Surgery)
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Hester Zijlstra

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University of Groningen: Groningen, Groningen, NL

2017-01-01 to 2020-04-01 | MSc (Medicine)
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Hester Zijlstra

Erasmus University Rotterdam: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL

2017-09-01 to 2019-06-26 | MSc (Healthcare Management)
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Works (13)

Remineralization Rate of Lytic Lesions of the Spine in Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy

Global Spine Journal
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/21925682241260651
Contributors: Hester Zijlstra; Jens P. te Velde; Brendan M. Striano; Olivier Q. Groot; Tom M. de Groot; Noopur Raje; Chirayu Patel; Jad Husseini; Diyar Delawi; Diederik H. R. Kempen et al.
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Neurological Outcomes and the Need for Retreatments Among Multiple Myeloma Patients With High-Grade Spinal Cord Compression: Radiotherapy vs Surgery

Global Spine Journal
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/21925682231188816
Contributors: Hester Zijlstra; Alexander M. Crawford; Brendan M. Striano; Robert-Jan Pierik; Daniel G. Tobert; Nienke Wolterbeek; Diyar Delawi; Wim E. Terpstra; Diederik H. R. Kempen; Jorrit-Jan Verlaan et al.
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Temporal validation of the SORG 90-Day and 1-Year machine learning algorithms for survival of patients with spinal metastatic disease

European Spine Journal
2024-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-024-08588-w
Contributors: Hester Zijlstra; R. H. Kuijten; Anirudh V. Bhimavarapu; Amanda Lans; Rachel E. Cross; Ahmad Alnasser; Aditya V. Karhade; Jorrit-Jan Verlaan; Olivier Q. Groot; Joseph H. Schwab
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Fracture rate after conventional external beam radiation therapy to the spine in multiple myeloma patients

The Spine Journal
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.09.009
Contributors: Jens P. te Velde; Hester Zijlstra; Amanda Lans; Chirayu G. Patel; Noopur Raje; Diyar Delawi; Diederik H.R. Kempen; Jorrit-Jan Verlaan; Barend J. van Royen; Joseph H. Schwab
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Analysis of complications and revisions after spine surgery in 270 multiple myeloma patients with spinal involvement

European Spine Journal
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07903-1
Contributors: H. Zijlstra; R. J. Pierik; A. M. Crawford; D. G. Tobert; N. Wolterbeek; J. H. F. Oosterhoff; D. Delawi; W. E. Terpstra; D. H. R. Kempen; J. J. Verlaan et al.
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Neurologic Outcomes After Radiation Therapy for Severe Spinal Cord Compression in Multiple Myeloma

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
2023-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.22.01335
Part of ISSN: 0021-9355
Part of ISSN: 1535-1386
Contributors: H. Zijlstra; B.M. Striano; A.M. Crawford; O.Q. Groot; N. Raje; D.G. Tobert; C.G. Patel; N. Wolterbeek; D. Delawi; D.H.R. Kempen et al.
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Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling in Spinal Oncology: A Narrative Review

International Journal of Spine Surgery
2023-05-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14444/8500
Part of ISSN: 2211-4599
Contributors: Rene Harmen Kuijten; Hester Zijlstra; Olivier Quinten Groot; Joseph Hasbrouck Schwab
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The incidence of vertebral compression fractures and spinal instability in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients

Journal of Orthopaedics
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2023.03.008
Contributors: Hester Zijlstra; Nienke Wolterbeek; Noa H.M. Ponds; Harry R. Koene; Wim E. Terpstra; Diyar Delawi; Diederik H.R. Kempen
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Comparison of Performance by Validating Survival Prediction Models Trained with Machine Learning or Statistical Regression for Patients with Spinal Metastases Receiving Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.868
Part of ISSN: 0360-3016
Contributors: H.K. Yen; F.M. Hsu; M.H. Hu; H. Zijlstra; O.Q. Groot; H.C. Hsieh; J.J. Yang; A.V. Karhade; W.H. Lin
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Prognostic significance of lab data and performance comparison by validating survival prediction models for patients with spinal metastases after radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.08.029
Part of ISSN: 0167-8140
Contributors: Hung-Kuan Yen; Ming-Hsiao Hu; Hester Zijlstra; Olivier Q. Groot; Hsiang-Chieh Hsieh; Jiun-Jen Yang; Aditya V. Karhade; Po-Chao Chen; Yu-Han Chen; Po-Hao Huang et al.
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Preoperative embolization in surgical treatment of spinal metastases originating from non–hypervascular primary tumors: a propensity score matched study using 495 patients

The Spine Journal
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.03.001
Contributors: Olivier Q. Groot; Nicole J. van Steijn; Paul T. Ogink; Robert-Jan Pierik; Michiel E.R. Bongers; Hester Zijlstra; Tom M. de Groot; Thomas J. An; James D. Rabinov; Jorrit-Jan Verlaan et al.
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Long-term quality of life outcome after spondylodiscitis treatment

The Spine Journal
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.06.019
Contributors: Nicky Stoop; Hester Zijlstra; Noa H.M. Ponds; Nienke Wolterbeek; Diyar Delawi; Diederik H.R. Kempen
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Identifying predictive factors for vertebral collapse fractures in multiple myeloma patients

The Spine Journal
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.07.004
Contributors: Hester Zijlstra; Nienke Wolterbeek; Rosalin W. Drost; Harry R. Koene; Henk Jan van der Woude; Wim E. Terpstra; Diyar Delawi; Diederik H.R. Kempen
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