Back pain and associated maladies can account for an immense amount of healthcare cost
and loss of productivity in the workplace. In particular, spine related injuries in the US affect …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine
the differences in 30-day readmission, reoperation, and morbidity for patients undergoing …

Polypeptides based on the alternating hydrophobic and cross-linking domain structure of
human elastin are capable of undergoing self-assembly to produce polymeric matrices with …

Study Design Systematic review. Objective To examine the relationship between the
patient's preoperative expectations and short-term postoperative satisfaction and functional …

Study Design. Preclinical animal study. Objective. Determine the in vivo effects of platelet-derived
growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) delivered in a thiol-modified hyaluronic acid (TMHA) …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine
the difference in 30-day readmission, reoperation, and morbidity for patients undergoing …

There are important species-specific differences in K + current profiles and arrhythmia
susceptibility, but interspecies comparisons of K + channel subunit expression are lacking. We …

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) results in deterioration of the spinal motion
segment and can lead to debilitating back pain. Given the established mitotic and anti‐apoptotic …

Study Design. Biomechanical, in vitro, and initial in vivo evaluation of a thiol-modified hyaluronan
(TM-HA) and elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) composite hydrogel for nucleus pulposus (…

There are a wide variety of interbody devices available for use in transforaminal lumbar
interbody fusion (TLIF). While traditionally these interbodies are bullet-shaped, crescent-shaped …