Closed subarachnoid drainage for management of cerebrospinal fluid leakage after an operation on the spine.

SH Kitchel, FJ Eismont, BA Green - JBJS, 1989 - journals.lww.com
A retrospective review was conducted to assess the effectiveness and safety of a temporary
subarachnoid shunt to treat patients who have a leak of cerebrospinal fluid after a spinal …

Clinical and radiographic outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody fusion using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2

JK Burkus, EE Transfeldt, SH Kitchel, RG Watkins… - Spine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective, nonblinded, multicenter study of outcomes in patients undergoing
single-level anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion with InFUSE™ Bone Graft. …

Results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter food and drug administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc®-L total disc replacement …

…, F Cammisa, J Zuchermann, R Balderston, S Kitchel… - 2007 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration-regulated
Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial. Objective. To evaluate the safety and …

Treatment of neurogenic claudication by interspinous decompression: application of the X STOP device in patients with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis

PA Anderson, CB Tribus, SH Kitchel - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2006 - thejns.org
Object Interspinous process decompression (IPD) theoretically relieves narrowing of the
spinal canal and neural foramen in extension and thus reduces the symptoms of neurogenic …

A prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial of anterior lumbar interbody fusion using a titanium cylindrical threaded fusion device

RC Sasso, SH Kitchel, EG Dawson - 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing a cylindrical
threaded titanium cage to a femoral ring allograft control for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. …

Sacroiliac joint pain and its treatment

…, DD Ohnmeiss, EM Lindley, SH Kitchel… - Clinical spine …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) as a source of symptoms has been controversial; however, as
knowledge about the joint increased, its role as a pain generator in patients complaining of …

Intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a prospective randomized double-blind sham-controlled multi-center study

…, A Rhyne, J Franke, R Sasso, S Kitchel… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the basivertebral
nerve (BVN) for the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in a Food and Drug …

A preliminary comparative study of radiographic results using mineralized collagen and bone marrow aspirate versus autologous bone in the same patients …

SH Kitchel - The Spine Journal, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Multiple bone graft substitutes for spinal fusion have been studied
with varying results. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness …

Current treatment of gunshot wounds to the spine.

SH Kitchel - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (1976 …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
The incidence of spinal cord injury from gunshot wounds in penetrating trauma continues to
increase with the violent nature of society. This particularly is true in urban areas, as is found …

The use of bioabsorbable implants in the spine

AR Vaccaro, K Singh, R Haid, S Kitchel, P Wuisman… - The Spine Journal, 2003 - Elsevier
Background context: Bioabsorbable implants are commonplace in sports medicine surgeries,
especially in shoulder and knee ligamentous reconstruction. Their use is now expanding …