Background The comparative effectiveness of performing instrumented (rigid pedicle
screws affixed to titanium alloy rods) lumbar spinal fusion in addition to decompressive …

Importance Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, in children is a rapidly growing
public health concern because epidemiologic data indicate a marked increase in the …

Seventy-five patients who underwent surgical treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy
were evaluated with respect to the operative procedure performed and their outcome. Forty …

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Transarticular screw fixation of the C1–C2 complex provides
immediate rigid fixation of the unstable spine. The technique is not feasible in a certain …

PURPOSE: To prospectively determine in patients with acute low back pain (LBP) or
radiculopathy, the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings, prognostic role of these findings, …

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS IS the most common progressive disorder in the aging cervical
spine. It results from the process of degeneration of the intervertebral discs and facet joints of …

OBJECTIVE: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae (Type I spinal AVMs) are the most common
type of spinal vascular malformations. The optimal treatment strategy has yet to be defined, …

Prepared by internationally recognized members of The Cervical Spine Research Society
Editorial Committee, the Fourth Edition of this best-selling volume is the most comprehensive, …

✓ Vertical C-2 body fractures are presented in 15 patients with clinical and imaging correlations
that suggest the existence of a variety of mechanisms of injury. In these patients, clinical …

TWENTY-SIX PATIENTS WITH blunt trauma of the cervical spine, producing a subluxation
from a “locked” or “perched” facet, facet destruction with evidence of instability, or a fracture …