Improving accuracy and reducing radiation exposure in minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion

MJ Wood, RJ Mannion - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2010 - thejns.org
Object The authors assessed the accuracy of placement of lumbar transpedicular screws by
using a computer-assisted, imaged-guided, minimally invasive technique with continuous …

The surgical learning curve and accuracy of minimally invasive lumbar pedicle screw placement using CT based computer-assisted navigation plus continuous …

MJ Wood, J McMillen - International journal of spine surgery, 2014 - ijssurgery.com
Objective This study retrospectively assessed the accuracy of placement of lumbar pedicle
screws placed by a single surgeon using a minimally-invasive, intra-operative CT-based …

Neurobehavioral effects of dental amalgam in children: a randomized clinical trial

…, MD Martin, BG Leroux, BD Townes, JS Woods… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextDental (silver) amalgam is a widely used restorative material containing 50% elemental
mercury that emits small amounts of mercury vapor. No randomized clinical trials have …

Behavioral effects of low-level exposure to Hg∘ among dentists

…, NJ Heyer, MD Martin, CA Naleway, JS Woods… - Neurotoxicology and …, 1995 - Elsevier
Exposure thresholds for health effects associated with elemental mercury (Hg ∘ ) exposure
were examined by comparing behavioral test scores of 19 exposed (mean urinary Hg = 36 μg…

Urinary porphyrin profiles as a biomarker of mercury exposure: studies on dentists with occupational exposure to mercury vapor

JS Woods, MD Martin, CA Naleway… - Journal of Toxicology …, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Porphyrins are formed as intermediates in the biosynthesis of heme. In humans and other
mammals, porphyrins with eight, seven, six, five, and four carboxyl groups are excreted in the …

The contribution of dental amalgam to urinary mercury excretion in children

JS Woods, MD Martin, BG Leroux… - Environmental …, 2007 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Urinary mercury concentrations are widely used as a measure of mercury
exposure from dental amalgam fillings. No studies have evaluated the relationship of these …

Laboratory animal models to study foot-and-mouth disease: a review with emphasis on natural and vaccine-induced immunity

M Habiela, J Seago, E Perez-Martin… - Journal of General …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
Laboratory animal models have provided valuable insight into foot-and-mouth disease virus
(FMDV) pathogenesis in epidemiologically important target species. While not perfect, these …

Real-time analysis of hospital length of stay in a mixed SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta epidemic in New South Wales, Australia

RJ Tobin, JG Wood, D Jayasundara, G Sara… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background The distribution of the duration that clinical cases of COVID-19 occupy hospital
beds (the ‘length of stay’) is a key factor in determining how incident caseloads translate into …

Evidence that the earliest generated cells of the murine cerebral cortex form a transient population in the subplate and marginal zone

JG Wood, S Martin, DJ Price - Developmental brain research, 1992 - Elsevier
We used bromodeoxyuridine to label the earliest generated cells of the murine cerebral cortex
while they were dividing, and then observed their distributions at several instances later in …

Behavioral effects of low-level exposure to Hg0 among dental professionals: a cross-study evaluation of psychomotor effects

AC Bittner JR, D Echeverria, JS Woods… - Neurotoxicology and …, 1998 - Elsevier
A cross-study design was used to evaluate the sensitivities of five psychomotor tasks
previously used to assess preclinical effects of low-level Hg 0 (urinary ⩽55 μg/l). Pooling dental …