BACKGROUND: Carotid and vertebral artery dissections are a leading cause of stroke in
young individuals. OBJECTIVE: To examine the published safety and efficacy of endovascular …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of national insurance billing database. Objective. To
examine trends in reoperation after single-level lumbar discectomy. Summary of Background …

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a disease of progressive ectopic
calcification of the PLL of the spine. It occurs most frequently in the cervical spine, followed …

Study Design Retrospective analysis of a nationwide private insurance database. Chi-square
analysis and linear regression models were utilized for outcome measures. Purpose The …

Object A more comprehensive understanding of the epigenetic abnormalities associated with
meningioma tumorigenesis, growth, and invasion may provide useful targets for molecular …

Although a majority of meningiomas are benign neoplasms, those occurring at the cranial
base may be challenging tumors to treat because of extensive tissue invasion, an inability to …

Background: Spine surgery training in the United States currently involves residency
training in neurological or orthopaedic surgery. Because of different core residency surgical …

Background Recently, there has been increased interest in patient satisfaction measures
such as Press Ganey and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and …

The Dynesys dynamic stabilization system is an alternative to rigid instrumentation and fusion
for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disease. Although many outcomes studies have …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to describe and evaluate a new surgical procedure
for the correction of coronal imbalance (CI) in adult spinal deformity patients, called the “…