Study Design. Epidemiological study using national administrative data. Objective. To provide
a complete analysis of national trends in spinal fusion from 1998 to 2008 and compare …

Neurologic deficits were compared to somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) spinal cord
monitoring in a survey of spinal orthopedic surgeons. Experienced SEP spinal cord monitoring …

Study Design. A retrospective review of all patients surgically treated by a single surgeon with
a three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with and without anterior plate fixation…

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and the European Spinal Deformity Society (ESDS)
membership was surveyed regarding the use of intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory …

The use of anterior plates for single-level cervical fusions is controversial. Previous studies
that evaluated single and multiple-level fusions have shown increased and decreased fusion …

Background: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are now being used as bone-graft substitutes
to enhance spinal fusion. However, the large doses of BMP required to induce a spinal …

In an effort to augment the available grafting material as well as to increase spinal fusion rates,
the utilization of a demineralized bone matrix (DBM) as a graft extender or replacement is …

Study Design. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect bone morphogenetic
proteins (BMPs) 2, 4, and 7 in 9 commercially available (“off the shelf”) demineralized bone …

Study Design. Multicenter prospective randomized study of artificial disc replacement (ProDisc)
versus circumferential fusion (standard of care) for one-and two-level degenerative disc …

Study Design Nineteen dogs underwent L4-L5 intertransverse process fusions with either 58
μg, 115 μg, 230 μg, 460 μg, or 920 μg of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-…