Study Design. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Objective. To compare the
reported incidence of adjacent segment disease (ASD) requiring surgical intervention between …

The applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing, or additive manufacturing, to the field of
spine surgery continue to grow in number and scope especially in recent years as improved …

Study Design. Retrospective case series. Objective. The objectives of this study were to (1)
determine the rate of postoperative urinary retention (POUR) in a series of patients …

Early onset adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) can be found within six months after
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Deficits in deep paraspinal neck muscles may …

Background Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches to transforaminal lumbar interbody
fusion (TLIF) have been developed as an alternative to the open approach. However, …

Cutibacterium acnes, long thought to be skin flora of pathological insignificance, has seen a
surge in interest for its role in spine pathology. C acnes has been identified as a pathogen in …

Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion has been and remains the benchmark surgical
management of cervical degenerative disk disease. However, an increased use of cervical disk …

Background The purpose of our study was to examine the effect of controlled delivery of TGF-β
3 , BMP-4, and TIMP-2 with a biocompatible biopolymer, chitosan, on an acutely injured …

OBJECTIVE Lateral lumbar corpectomy with interbody fusion has been well described via a
transpsoas approach in the lateral position, as has lumbar interbody fusion with posterior …

Study Design. Case–control. Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate fusion rates
and compare a stand-alone cage construct with an anterior-plate construct in the setting …