Cauda equina syndrome is a relatively uncommon condition typically associated with a
large, space-occupying lesion within the canal of the lumbosacral spine. The syndrome is …

Symptomatic lumbar degenerative disk disease, or discogenic back pain, is difficult to treat.
Patients often report transverse low back pain that radiates into the sacroiliac joints. …

Study Design. Retrospective study. Objectives. To determine the frequency of pedicle screw
violation of superior nonfused facet joints adjacent to the most cephalad pedicle screws after …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objectives. To determine whether radiographic measurements
derived from standard computed tomography (CT) evaluation can be used to predict …

Background The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BPCI) initiative was implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act. We …

Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a well-accepted procedure
for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. Hilibrand et al. reported that adjacent segment …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective database. Objective. Certain subset of
patients undergoing surgical treatment for spinal metastasis will require a revision surgery in …

The relationship of the esophagus to the cervical vertebral body (CVB), disc space and longus
colli (LC) muscles, to our knowledge, has not been previously studied. The purpose of this …

Purpose Many investigators have reported the financial conflicts of interest (COI), which
could result in potential bias in the reporting of outcomes for patients undergoing total disc …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Surgical outcomes depend on operative technique, surgical
indications, patient satisfaction, and communication of expectations. However, even prior to the …