We performed magnetic resonance imaging on sixty-seven individuals who had never had
low-back pain, sciatica, or neurogenic claudication. The scans were interpreted …

Objectives: To clarify the factors associated with prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
osteoporosis, and to present the most recent information available in these areas. Participants: …

ContextLumbar diskectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for back and
leg symptoms in US patients, but the efficacy of the procedure relative to nonoperative care …

Background Surgery for spinal stenosis is widely performed, but its effectiveness as compared
with nonsurgical treatment has not been shown in controlled trials. Methods Surgical …

Previous investigations with plain radiography, myelography, and computed tomography have
shown that degenerative disease of the cervical spine frequently occurs in the absence of …

The Emergence of Bone-Grafting t is estimated that more than 500,000 bone-grafting
procedures are performed annually in the United States, with approximately half of these …

Study Design. Randomized trial and concurrent observational cohort study. Objective. To
compare 4 year outcomes of surgery to nonoperative care for spinal stenosis. Summary of …

Study Design. A prospective randomized controlled human clinical pilot trial. Objectives. To
determine the feasibility of using rhBMP-2/collagen as a substitute for autogenous bone graft …

… Address reprint requests to Scott D. Boden, MD, The Emory Spine Center, 2165 North Decatur
Road… Boden SD. Bioactive factors for bone tissue engineering. Clin Orthop 1999: S84–94: …

Background: In 1989, a group of sixty-seven asymptomatic individuals with no history of back
pain underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine. Twenty-one subjects (31…