Background: Although achieving clinical success is the main goal in the surgical treatment
of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, it is becoming increasingly important to do so in a cost-…

We conducted a Markov decision analysis to assess the cost savings associated with a
preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization program on 365 hip and …

Objective ANXA6, the gene for annexin A6, is highly expressed in osteoarthritic (OA) articular
chondrocytes but not in healthy articular chondrocytes. This study was undertaken to …

Purpose To investigate the biomechanical properties of the load shifting following opening-wedge
distal femoral varus osteotomies (DFVOs) and determine the osteotomy correction …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the indications for implantation
of the coflex device (Paradigm Spine, LLC, New York, New York), assess long-term …

Study Design. This is a retrospective, independent study comparing 2 groups of patients
treated surgically for discogenic low back pain associated with degenerative disc disease (DDD…

Study Design. Retrospective study of patients enrolled in a prospective randomized Food and
Drug Administration trial with single level cervical disc replacement (CDR) with the ProDisc…

Study Design. Prospective inter-rater and intrarater reliability analysis. Objective. To compare
the inter-rater and intrarater reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed …

Study Design. Retrospective study of patients enrolled in prospective randomized Food and
Drug Administration trial. Objective. To evaluate the influence of pre-and postoperative disc …

The progressive ankylosis protein (ANK) is a transmembrane protein that transports intracellular
pyrophosphate (PPi) to the extracellular milieu. In this study we show increased fatty …