… Qutteineh. The SIJ slice grades for each sacroiliiac joint were assigned with a custom GUI
following axial CT slice inspection by Dr. Qutteineh. … Qutteineh SIJ case grades are on average …

Patients with peri-acetabular osteolysis around a well fixed cementless acetabular
component may be treated with liner exchange. When the locking mechanism is unreliable or …

Study Design: Retrospective case series analysis. Objective: To identify relevant clinical and
radiographic markers for patients presenting with infectious spondylo-discitis associated …

Purpose To determine risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in pediatric patients
with scoliosis undergoing halo gravity traction (HGT) prior to posterior spinal fusion (PSF). …

Background: The design is a retrospective cohort study. Charcot spinal arthropathy (CSA) is
a rare and poorly understood progressive destructive spine condition that usually affects …

Background Occipitocervical fusion (OCF) procedures are increasing due to an aging population
and the prevalence of trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, and tumors. Reoperation rates and …

METHODS: We primarily used the Florida State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD) of
the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), to identify patients with degenerative …

Introduction: Unstable sacral fractures are challenging for orthopaedic trauma surgeons. In
most cases percutaneous fixation techniques are utilized after reduction. However, these …

Introduction: There is preclinical data indicating that early decompression in spinal cord injury
(SCI) can improve outcome. Fehlings et al has shown in the STASCIS study the there is an …

METHODS This was performed as a retrospective descriptive study. Data was collected
over a 12 month period and analzyed for demongraphic, operative, and clinical data. IRB …