Background: Recalcitrant sacroiliac joint pain responds well to minimally-invasive surgical (MIS)
techniques, although long-term radiographic and fusion data are limited. Objective: To …

… Other interventions to treat pain arising from the SIJ complex include prolotherapy and
injection of platelet-rich plasma or other substances. There is no high-level literature to support …

Background: Outpatient surgery has been shown safe and effective for anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion (ACDF), and more recently, for 1-level cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA). …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Dynesys is a flexible pedicle screw based system which has
been used off-label to treat degenerative lumbar conditions with the goal of preserving motion …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty has been performed with some success
and results are reported equal or superior to that of spinal fusion. It is felt preservation of …

This dissertation reports a collection of new results involving the analysis of roles of image
texture in finding the boundaries of surfaces in an image, estimating local surface shape, and …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Dynesys consists of titanium hydroxyappetite (HA) coated pedicle
screws, flexible cord and polycarbonaturethane spacer and has been used off-label as a …

Background: Outpatient surgery has been shown safe and effective for anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion (ACDF), and more recently, for 1-level cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA). …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: An undefined amount of facet arthropathy excludes patients from
consideration for lumbar disc arthroplasty. Facet arthropathy needs to be clearly defined …

The capacity to biomineralize is closely linked to the rapid expansion of animal life during the
early Cambrian, with many skeletonized phyla first appearing in the fossil record at this time…