BACKGROUND CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused nationwide suspensions of
elective surgeries due to reallocation of resources to the care of COVID-19 patients. Following …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Expandable cages (EXP) are being more frequently utilized in
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions (TLIF). EXP were designed to reduce complications …

… Zhong, Jack BA a ; O’Connell, Brooke MS a ; Balouch, Eaman MD, PhD a ; Stickley,
Carolyn BS a ; Leon, Carlos ME a ; O’Malley, Nicholas BS a ; Protopsaltis, Themistocles S …

Abundant literature exists describing the incidence of dysphagia following anterior cervical
surgery; however, there is a paucity of literature detailing the incidence of dysphagia …

Cruzain is a member of the papain/cathepsin L family of cysteine proteases, and the major
cysteine protease of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas …

Mechanisms that sense and regulate epithelial morphogenesis, integrity, and homeostasis
are incompletely understood. Protease-activated receptor 2 (Par2), the Par2-activating …

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to reliably predict sagittal and coronal spinal
alignment with clinical photographs by using markers placed at easily localized anatomical …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore the rate of proximal junctional failure (PJF)
and functional outcomes of normative alignment goals compared with alignment …

Background Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2, or BMP for short)
is a popular biological product used in spine surgeries to promote fusion and avoid the …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis. Objective. To compare outcomes of plastic versus
spine surgeon wound closure in revision 1 to 4 level thoracolumbar fusions. Summary of …