… A t test was used to test means. The primary effectiveness evaluation for the study was an …
discussed in more detail in subsequent papers by Holt et al, and McAfee et al, respectively. …

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. A preliminary outcome assessment study of titanium cage implants with
anterior cervical plating in anterior cervical reconstruction. Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy …

There is no scientific consensus on the role of posterior instrumentation in vertebral osteomyelitis.
No study has examined the use of titanium cages to reconstruct the anterior column of …

Pseudarthrosis remains a significant problem in spinal fusion. The objective of our study was
to investigate the effects of autologous growth factors (AGF) in instrumented transforaminal …

No previous study has compared the complications between anterior/posterior and transforaminal
interbody fusions. We performed a retrospective analysis of 164 patients to compare …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity in worldwide elderly
populations. Patients may become susceptible to vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) …

Study Design. Fifty-six adult residents with cerebral palsy and significant scoliosis or
kyphosis at the Hazelwood Center in Louisville, Kentucky were studied periodically using …

The ideal surgical treatment of multilevel cervical spondylosis remains unclear. This study
analyzed the complications in using titanium cages and plating to reconstruct multilevel …

Transcranial magnetic motor evoked potentials (tcMMEP) were used to assess the functional
integrity of the descending motor pathways. The tcMMEP, recorded bilaterally from anterior …