Objective. To identify whether rhBMP-2 is associated with an increased incidence of clinically
relevant postoperative prevertebral swelling problems in patients undergoing anterior …

Cervical radiculopathy is a disorder involving dysfunction of cervical nerve roots that commonly
manifests as pain radiating from the neck into the distribution of the affected root. Acute …

Study Design. Radiographic analysis of anterior and posterior instrumentation for
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Objectives. To compare effects of anterior versus posterior …

Study Design. Prospective clinical series. Objective. To evaluate the ability of plate-only
laminoplasty to achieve stable laminar arch reconstruction and to determine the rate and time …

Lumbar disc herniations remain among the most common diagnoses encountered in clinical
spine practice. The incidence of symptomatic lumbar disc herniations in the American …

Objective. To conduct a systematic review investigating the evidence of (1) efficacy, effectiveness,
and safety of nonoperative treatment of patients with cervical myelopathy;(2) whether …

Cervical myelopathy describes a constellation of symptoms and signs arising from compression
of the cervical spinal cord (Table 1). Because the presentation of the myelopathic patient …

Purpose. The development of isthmic spondylolisthesis is influenced by forces across the
lumbosacral region of the spine. Pelvic incidence is a radiographic parameter that has been …

Study Design. Prospective case-control study. Objective. To determine the prevalence and
utility of commonly tested myelopathic signs in surgically treated patients with cervical …

The sandwiched osmotic tablet system (SOTS), which is composed of a sandwiched osmotic
tablet core surrounded by a cellulose acetate membrane with two orifices on both side …