Study Design. A prospective study of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis was initiated in
1955 with a radiographic and clinical study of 500 first-grade children. Objective. To determine …

Study Design. A detailed review of anterior cervical fusion procedures from a university-based
spine specialty service was completed. Noted were the laterality of approach, number of …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures have a
known incidence of subsidence. The individual risk of subsidence for specific lumbar levels in …

Study Design. Technique development to use the da Vince Robotic Surgical System for anterior
lumbar interbody fusion at L5–S1 is detailed. A case report is also presented. Objective. …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Anterior cervical plating increases stability and hence improves
fusion rates to treat cervical spine pathologies, which are often symptomatic at multiple levels…

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Adjacent level degeneration (ALD) has been reported as one of
the long-term consequences of anterior discectomy and fusion despite its clinical success in …

The ganglioside composition of three Chinese hamster cell lines was investigated. The
parental spontaneously transformed DC-3F cell line has a full complement of gangliosides from …

Background: The appropriate approach for surgical removal of thoracic disc herniations is
controversial. The posterior approach historically acquired a bad reputation due to high rates …

In the decade since the discovery of englerin A (1) and its potent activity in cancer models,
this natural product and its analogues have been the subject of numerous chemical, biological…

Congenital bilateral renal agenesis has been considered a uniformly fatal condition. However,
the report of using serial amnioinfusions followed by the live birth in 2012 and ongoing …