Study Design. Reliability and agreement study, retrospective case series. Objective. To
develop a widely accepted, comprehensive yet simple classification system with clinically …

BACKGROUND: Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration remains a clinically important
condition for which treatment is costly and relatively ineffective. The molecular basis of …

Purpose This project describes a morphology-based subaxial cervical spine traumatic injury
classification system. Using the same approach as the thoracolumbar system, the goal was …

Background The various methods of lumbar interbody fusion have been described in the
literature. With the development of the lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) approach, a wider …

Background context Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is symptomatic deterioration of spinal
levels adjacent to the site of a previous fusion. A critical issue related to ASD is whether …

Purpose The goal of the current study is to establish a surgical algorithm to accompany the
AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system. Methods A survey was sent to …

Background: Patellar dislocation is a common traumatic injury in the pediatric and adolescent
population. The primary constraint to lateral subluxation and dislocation of the patella is …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. (1) To describe change in treatment patterns
for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS).(2) To report regional variation in treatment of DS.(3…

Object Lateral transpsoas interbody fusion (LTIF) permits anterior column lumbar interbody
fusion via a direct lateral approach. The authors sought to answer 3 questions. First, what is …

Lateral transpsoas interbody fusion (LTIF) is a minimally invasive technique that permits
interbody fusion utilizing cages placed via a direct lateral retroperitoneal approach. We sought …