OBJECTIVE The authors have provided a review of radiographic subsidence after lateral
lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) as a comparative analysis between titanium and …

OBJECTIVE Recently, authors have called into question the utility and complication index of
the lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedure at the L4–5 level. Furthermore, the need for …

Background Bone graft material for lumbar fusion was historically autologous bone graft (ABG).
In recent years alternatives such as allograft, demineralized bone matrix (DBM), ceramics…

Reports of tiger attacks in the United States are rare. This article presents a case of a young
woman who was violently attacked by a Siberian tiger and sustained penetrating trauma to …

Q banding of chromosome preparations from chinook salmon revealed heteromorphic
quinacrine bright bands on several chromosomes. These bands appear to represent AT-rich …

Microchimerism, the stable persistence of an allogeneic cell population, can result from
allogeneic exposures including blood transfusion. Transfusion-associated microchimerism (TA-…

BACKGROUND: Trauma and transfusion can both alter immunity, and while transfusions are
common among traumatically injured patients, few studies have examined their combined …

Most hatchery programs for anadromous salmonids have been initiated to increase the numbers
of fish for harvest, to mitigate for habitat losses, or to increase abundance in populations …

A second issue of current interest is the recent inclusion within Oncorhynchus of trout species,
formerly designated as Salmo, that are indigenous to Pacific drainages (Smith & Stearly …

Background Both leukoreduction and ultraviolet ( UV ) light treatment of blood products have
been shown to reduce the incidence of HLA antibody development in recipients, but the …