Background Chordomas of the skull base are aggressive locally destructive tumors that
arise from the remnants of the fetal notochord. Current guidelines recommend maximal safe …

Study Design Systemic review and meta-analysis. Objective To review and establish the
effect of tobacco smoking on risk of nonunion following spinal fusion. Methods A systematic …

Objective Giant cell tumors (GCTs) constitute 5% of all primary bone tumors with spinal GCTs
(SGCTs) accounting for 2%–15% of all GCTs. The standard of care for SGCT has been …

Background Chondrosarcomas of the skull base are rare intracranial tumors of chondroid
origin. The rarity of these lesions has made it difficult to form a consensus on optimal treatment …

Study Design: A retrospective study. Objective: To describe the modified iliac screw (mILS)
technique and compare it to other spinopelvic fixation techniques in terms of wound healing …

Objective Spinal chondrosarcomas are rare primary malignant neoplasms composed of
cartilage-producing cells. They are slow-growing but locally aggressive lesions that have high …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Spinal chordomas are rare primary
malignant neoplasms of the primitive notochord. They are slow growing but locally aggressive …

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 With smartphones being present in everyday life, we have witnessed an
increasing use of applications designed for mobile communication devices that are aimed at …

Background Lumbar disc arthroplasty (LDA) has emerged as a motion-sparing alternative to
lumbar fusion. Although LDA may be amenable to the ambulatory surgical setting, to date …