A retrospective, multicenter study was undertaken to evaluate the early postoperative failure
rate of long segment anterior cervical fusion and plating to stabilize the cervical spine after a …

Despite the significant impairment associated with degenerative disc disease, a clear
understanding of its pathogenesis is still lacking. Currently, no particular model parallels the …

Background context The published literature has not characterized the surgeon's learning
curve with the technically demanding technique of a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar …

Objective. To identify whether rhBMP-2 is associated with an increased incidence of clinically
relevant postoperative prevertebral swelling problems in patients undergoing anterior …

Study Design and Objective. This study performs a meta-analysis to compare complication
rates from vertebroplasty (VP) and kyphoplasty (KP). Summary of Background Data. Recently, …

Study Design. A study of the disc height and biochemical changes in the rabbit intervertebral
disc after injection of osteogenic protein-1 into the nucleus pulposus. Objectives. To …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of a population-based database. Objective. To investigate
national epidemiological trends of cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002–2009. …

Study Design. To characterize age-related changes in the matrix of human intervertebral
disc (IVD) specimens, human specimens from the third to the eighth decade of life were …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. A population-based database
was analyzed to characterize the incidence, hospital costs, mortality, and risk factors …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. To investigate national trends of
cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 to 2011. Summary of Background Data. There …