Craniofacial abnormalities often involve sutures, the growth centers of the skull. To characterize
the organization and processes governing their development, we profile the murine …

OBJECTIVE Potential advantages of using expandable versus static cages during transforaminal
lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) are not fully established. The authors aimed to compare …

OBJECTIVE Patients undergoing long-segment fusions from the lower thoracic (LT) spine to
the sacrum for adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction are at risk for proximal junctional …

OBJECTIVE There is a learning curve for surgeons performing “awake” spinal surgery. No
comprehensive guidelines have been proposed for the selection of ideal candidates for …

OBJECTIVE A consequence of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is graft
subsidence, potentially leading to kyphosis, nonunion, foraminal stenosis, and recurrent pain. …

OBJECTIVE Reduction of Meyerding grade is often performed during fusion for
spondylolisthesis. Although radiographic appearance may improve, correlation with patient-reported …

OBJECTIVE Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for spinal deformity uses interbody techniques
for correction, indirect decompression, and arthrodesis. Selection criteria for choosing a …

The digitization of smart grid distributed generation and industrial control systems has prompted
utilities to deploy tools with ubiquitous communications that potentially widen the attack …

BACKGROUND Posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCF) is a common procedure
used to treat various cervical spine pathologies, but the 90-d outcomes following PCF …

BRCA1 germline mutations are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Recent findings of others suggest that BRCA1 mutation carriers also bear an increased …