Study Design. A prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration-regulated
Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial. Objectives. The purpose of this study was …

For anterior approaches to the thoracic spine, a posterolateral thoracotomy has been the
standard approach. Recent expanded experience with video-assisted thoracic surgical …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The CHARITÉ artificial disc, a lumbar spinal arthroplasty device,
was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2004 based on two-…

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

Study Design. A prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration-regulated,
investigational device exemption clinical trial. Objectives. To compare the safety and …

Study Design. Two hundred-forty consecutive patients underwent laparoscopic instrumented
interbody fusion using custom-designed instrumentation and BAK (Sulzer SpineTech, …

… These findings contrast with earlier reports by Regan et al, 34 who thought that patients
with central thoracic pain and disc herniation may not be suitable candidates for thoracic disc …

Study Design. A description of a novel surgical approach to the lumbar spine and a prospective
evaluation of the early surgical outcomes. Objectives. Describe the early postoperative …

Study Design The current study of 251 consecutive 1-level anterior cervical reconstructions
was undertaken to compare the incidence of dysphagia between cervical disk replacement …

Study Design: This report is a preliminary description of the efficacy of video-assisted
thoracoscopic surgery in thoracic spinal procedures that otherwise require open thoracotomy. …