Allografts and spinal fusion

JD Cohen, LE Kanim, AJ Trontis… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Back pain is a common chief complaint within the United States and is caused
by a multitude of etiologies. There are many different treatment modalities for back pain, with …

Four-strand versus 2-strand suture-button constructs in first carpometacarpal arthroplasty: a biomechanical study

BL Grasu, AJ Trontis, BG Parks, RA Wittstadt - Hand, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Suture-button fixation is an alternative to no fixation, first metacarpal distraction
techniques, or Kirschner wire fixation after trapeziectomy in treatment of first …

Surgical management of high-grade spondylolisthesis

AJ Trontis, MA Lemma - Seminars in Spine Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
High-grade spondylolisthesis, defined as Meyerding grades III, IV, and V or greater than 50%
anterior translation, represent a unique spinal pathology. Most commonly isthmic in …

Impaction Grafting Increases Bone Contact Area During TLIF: A Quantitative in Vitro Comparative Study and Early Clinical Results

…, H Kempegowda, W Wang, AJ Trontis… - The Spine …, 2017 - thespinejournalonline.com
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Despite great success in other areas of orthopedics, impaction
grafting (IG) heretofore has not been reported in spine. Given the increasing popularity and …

Optimal position of the suture button suspensionplasty (TightRope) for thumb basal joint arthritis

BA Hozack, B Fram, AM Ilyas, M Rivlin, FE Liss… - Hand, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Surgical treatment of basal joint arthritis commonly consists of trapeziectomy
followed by various suspensionplasty techniques to provide stability to the thumb ray. Our …

Biomechanical comparison of suture-button suspensionplasty and LRTI for basilar thumb arthritis

MJ Desai, DM Brogan, MJ Richard, SK Mithani… - Hand, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the initial biomechanical strength of
trapeziectomy and suture-button suspensionplasty (SBS) with ligament reconstruction and …

Radiographic analysis of simulated first dorsal interosseous and opponens pollicis loading upon thumb CMC joint subluxation: a cadaver study

JE Adams, V O'Brien, E Magnusson, B Rosenstein… - Hand, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Therapy programs to treat thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthritis may engage
selective activation and reeducation of thenar muscles, particularly the first dorsal …

Epidural hematoma in patients with ankylosing spondylitis requiring surgical stabilization: a single-institution retrospective review with literature analysis

G Hanna, SA Uddin, A Trontis, L Ross, D Drazin… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the
sacroiliac joints and axial spine that is closely linked with human leukocyte antigen–B27. There …

Spine Surgery Contemporary

GS Sidhu, A Trontis, KE Radcliff, K Savage… - 2013 - journals.lww.com
The spinal cord parenchyma is supplied by the intrinsic arterial system, subdivided into a
central arterial system and a peripheral (vasocorona) system. The central arteries originate …

Hemorrhage in spinal cord injury: a review

GS Sidhu, A Trontis, KE Radcliff, K Savage… - Contemporary Spine …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The spinal cord parenchyma is supplied by the intrinsic arterial system, subdivided into a
central arterial system and a peripheral (vasocorona) system. The central arteries originate …