Discographic, MRI and psychosocial determinants of low back pain disability and remission: a prospective study in subjects with benign persistent back pain

EJ Carragee, TF Alamin, JL Miller, JM Carragee - The spine journal, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: A range of morphologic and psychosocial variables has been
suggested as risk factors for serious low back pain (LBP) illness. Although the relative …

A gold standard evaluation of the “discogenic pain” diagnosis as determined by provocative discography

EJ Carragee, T Lincoln, VS Parmar, T Alamin - Spine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. This is a prospective study of the validity of a positive test result in provocative
lumbar discography for the diagnosis of “discogenic pain.” Objective. To investigate the …

A prospective controlled study of limited versus subtotal posterior discectomy: short-term outcomes in patients with herniated lumbar intervertebral discs and large …

EJ Carragee, AO Spinnickie, TF Alamin… - Spine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective observational study with historical control. The prospective study
population consisted of 30 patients undergoing a posterior lumbar subtotal discectomy for …

Comparison of minimally invasive and conventional open posterolateral lumbar fusion using magnetic resonance imaging and retraction pressure studies

…, KD Kim, M Zwienenberg-Lee, T Alamin… - Clinical Spine …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective To determine whether minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion results in less
paraspinal muscle damage than conventional open posterior fusion. Methods The maximum …

Are first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings?

E Carragee, T Alamin, I Cheng, T Franklin… - The Spine Journal, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is frequently used to evaluate first-time
episodes of serious low back pain (LBP). Common degenerative findings are often …

Vertebroplasty versus kyphoplasty: biomechanical behavior under repetitive loading conditions

MJ Kim, DP Lindsey, M Hannibal, TF Alamin - Spine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Ex vivo biomechanical study using osteoporotic cadaveric fractured vertebral
bodies. Objective. To investigate the behavior of fractured osteoporotic vertebral bodies …

Low-pressure positive discography in subjects asymptomatic of significant low back pain illness

EJ Carragee, TF Alamin, JM Carragee - 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective data review of positive disc injections at low pressures among
subjects without chronic low back pain (LBP) illness compared to patients with chronic LBP …

ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2017: intervertebral disc/bone marrow cross-talk with Modic changes

…, S Burch, V Deviren, I Cheng, BKB Tay, TF Alamin… - European spine …, 2017 - Springer
Study design Cross-sectional cohort analysis of patients with Modic Changes (MC). Objective
Our goal was to characterize the molecular and cellular features of MC bone marrow and …

Surgical treatment for unstable low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults: a prospective controlled study of posterior instrumented fusion compared with combined …

…, F Malek, E van den Haak, I Cheng, T Alamin… - The Spine Journal, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The surgical treatment for low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis
in adults with intractable lumbar pain is usually spinal fusion. It has been postulated that …

Predictors of survival after surgical treatment of spinal metastasis

RT Arrigo, P Kalanithi, I Cheng, T Alamin… - …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Surgery for spinal metastasis is a palliative treatment aimed at improving
patient quality of life by alleviating pain and reversing or delaying neurologic dysfunction, but …