Injuries to the scapholunate ligament are common, especially among young active individuals.
Surgeons are faced with a difficult problem because of imperfect surgical outcomes and …

The intravertebral vacuum phenomenon was first described by Kümmel and is also known
as delayed vertebral collapse or vertebral pseudarthrosis. Clinically, it occurs in …

Study Design. Retrospective chart review. Objective. To examine the incidence of major
vascular injury during anterior lumbar spinal surgery, attempt to identify predisposing risk factors…

Study Design. Retrospective study. Objective. The purposes of this study were: 1) to
investigate the validity of bone mineral density measurements with DEXA in patients with adult …

Chronic vertebral osteomyelitis is a disease of substantial morbidity. Although uncommon to
most spinal surgeons, the incidence of pyogenic and granulomatous spondylitis worldwide …

Background: The rising number of morbidly obese patients has important consequences for
the health-care system. We investigated the effect of morbid obesity on outcomes, …

Scant literature exists on the treatment of infection after interbody fusion. Some authors advocate
removal of the interbody grafts. Salvage of the grafts was possible in 92.3%(12 of 13) of …

Background Postoperative instability continues to be one of the most common complications
limiting outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA). The optimal management of this …

Study Design. Case report. Objectives. To report on a patient with Pott disease, progressive
neurologic deficit, and severe kyphotic deformity, who had medical treatment fail and …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The sagittal profile of the lumbar end plates on magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) has not been investigated in patients with degenerative disc disease (…