Comparison of BRYAN cervical disc arthroplasty with anterior cervical decompression and fusion: clinical and radiographic results of a randomized, controlled, clinical …

…, SM Papadopoulos, PA Anderson, RG Fessler… - 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective, randomized, multicenter study of surgical treatment of cervical
disc disease. Objective. To assess the safety and efficacy of cervical disc arthroplasty using …

A minimally invasive technique for decompression of the lumbar spine

BH Guiot, LT Khoo, RG Fessler - Spine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. The technical feasibility of percutaneous microendoscopic bilateral decompression
of lumbar stenosis via a unilateral approach was evaluated in a human cadaver model…

[HTML][HTML] Advances in pluripotent stem cells: history, mechanisms, technologies, and applications

G Liu, BT David, M Trawczynski, RG Fessler - Stem cell reviews and …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past 20 years, and particularly in the last decade, significant developmental
milestones have driven basic, translational, and clinical advances in the field of stem cell and …

Minimally invasive cervical microendoscopic foraminotomy: an initial clinical experience

RG Fessler, LT Khoo - Neurosurgery, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: We have previously reported the feasibility of using the microendoscopic
foraminotomy (MEF) technique in a cadaveric study. We now report our initial clinical experience …

Microendoscopic decompressive laminotomy for the treatment of lumbar stenosis

LT Khoo, RG Fessler - Neurosurgery, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: By modifying existing microendoscopic discectomy techniques, we previously
developed a novel surgical treatment of lumbar stenosis and validated its ability to achieve a …

Microendoscopic lumbar discectomy

…, R Wellington, MM Smith, RG Fessler - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The microendoscopic discectomy (MED) technique was initially developed in
1997 to treat herniated lumbar disc disease. Since then, thousands of cases have been …

Minimally invasive microendoscopy-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with instrumentation

…, J Spears, K Kelly, L Rice, RG Fessler - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2005 - thejns.org
Object The authors have developed a novel technique for percutaneous fusion in which
standard microendoscopic discectomy is modified. Based on data obtained in their cadaveric …

Transpedicular screw-rod fixation of the lumbar spine: operative technique and outcome in 104 cases

CA Dickman, RG Fessler, M MacMillan… - Journal of neurosurgery, 1992 - thejns.org
✓ A total of 104 patients underwent transpedicular spinal instrumentation using the Cotrel-Dubousset
(71 cases) or the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (33) screw-rod system. Surgery was …

Prospective, multicenter study of spinal cord stimulation for relief of chronic back and extremity pain

KJ Burchiel, VC Anderson, FD Brown, RG Fessler… - Spine, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Study Design This prospective, multicenter study was designed to investigate the efficacy
and outcome of spinal cord stimulation using a variety of clinical and psychosocial outcome …

Surgical site infection rates after minimally invasive spinal surgery

JE O'Toole, KM Eichholz, RG Fessler - Journal of neurosurgery: spine, 2009 - thejns.org
Object Postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) have been reported after 2–6% of spinal
surgeries in most large series. The incidence of SSI can be < 1% after decompressive …