Study Design. Eighteen patients with lumbar instability from fractures, postlaminectomy
syndrome, or infection were treated prospectively with minimally invasive retroperitoneal lumbar …

Study Design. This study retrospectively examines outcomes of unilateral transforaminal
lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with posterior fixation using anterior carbon fiber cages and 360 …

Revisability of the CHARITÉ Artificial Disc Replacement: Ana... : Spine Revisability of the
CHARITÉ Artificial Disc Replacement: Analysis of 688 Patients Enrolled in the US IDE Study of …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: For decades there has been a desire to restore motion of a
painful degenerated spinal segment. Artificial discs have been used in Europe for almost 20 …

Study Design. Using an in vivo interbody arthrodesis model, the efficacy of the Bagby and
Kuslich (BAK) device packed with recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (rhOP-1) was …

Study Design. This is a review of 20 patients who experienced failure of threaded interbody
fusion cages and underwent surgical correction. Objective. To review the causes and …

Sixty patients with one-level discogenic pain confirmed by plain radiography, magnetic
resonance imaging, and provocative discography for degenerative disc disease were randomized…

Study Design. In this in vivo investigation, a sheep model was used to compare the efficacy
of a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach and a traditional thoracotomy in promoting a …

A prospective study was undertaken during the past 3 years to investigate the effectiveness
of thoracoscopic corpectomy—endoscopic removal of the vertebral body in 15 cases (8 for …

Study Design. A study was conducted to investigate the biomechanical, histochemical, and
biologic ingrowth characteristics of the most widely used total disc prosthesis, the …