Many approaches are used to repair skeletal defects in reconstructive orthopaedic surgery,
and bone grafting is involved in virtually every procedure. The type of bone graft used …

Background Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is
controversial. Surgery is widely used, but its effectiveness in comparison with that of nonsurgical …

ContextFor patients with lumbar disk herniation, the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial
(SPORT) randomized trial intent-to-treat analysis showed small but not statistically …

Postoperative infection remains a troublesome but not uncommon complication after spinal
surgery. Most previous reports, however, are small or involve cases with more than one …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a large series of patients who underwent spinal surgery
at a single institution during a 10-year period. Objectives. To further clarify the frequency …

Study Design. A retrospective chart review was conducted for 112 patients who underwent
revision posterior lumbar spine decompression, fusion, and segmental instrumentation. …

Background: Surgical site infection in the spine is a serious postoperative complication.
Factors such as posterior surgical approach, arthrodesis, use of spinal instrumentation, age, …

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 …

Study Design. Multicenter, prospective equivalency trial with each patient serving as his/her
own control. Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a Grafton® DBM gel composite with …

Background: Symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease is a challenging entity to treat.
The results of arthrodesis may be compromised in the short term by pseudarthrosis and in …