This paper reviews the design criteria, biomechanical and biological (wear and safety)
testing of this chrome cobalt metal-on-metal, ball and socket design prosthesis. The surgical …

Study Design. Meta-analysis of 4 prospective randomized controlled Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trials. Objective. To maximize …

Lumbar disc prostheses have been used in treating symptomatic degenerative disc diseases.
A few prostheses of the ball-socket design are currently available for clinical use, the joint …

Atotal of 24 patients with normal flexion-extension cervical radiographs and a second group
of 22 consecutive patients with multilevel deformities had middle column gap balancing (…

Background: Middle-column gap balancing (MCGB) is a reference measurement of the path
of the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL), which is reconstructed under tension and …

… Eisermann has ownership in and holds a patent with Ei sertech LLC and holds patents
with Medtronic, Integra, and Nu Vasive. Author contributions to the study and manuscript …

Electroencephalography allows the functional analysis of electrical brain cortical activity and
is the gold standard for analyzing electrophysiological processes involved in epilepsy but …

Purpose To maximize the information available from four high-level studies by analyzing the
combined outcomes of cervical arthroplasty versus those of cervical fusionat 24 months …

… Plastids occur in several tissue-specific and developmental-stage-specific forms, the most
extensively characterized of which is the chloroplast [l -31. Among the many genes located on …

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Pre and postop Measurement
Testing. This is a retrospective study of 33 consecutive interbody spacers in 21 patients who …