Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis (Slipped Vertebra)
The spine is made up of a series of connected bones called "vertebrae." In about five percent of the... Read More..
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Axial IF Study
In recent years advances in minimally invasive neurosurgery (MIN) and minimally invasive spine surge... Read More..
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Biomechanics of Cervical Dynamic Plate
Anterior cervical plating has been accepted in corpectomy and fusion of the cervical spine. Constra... Read More..
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Biomechanics of XLIF Lateral Lumbar Fusion Constructs
To demonstrate the comparative stabilizing effects of lateral interbody fusion with various suppleme... Read More..
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Cage Fusion For Anterior Cervical Fusion
Has been used in Europe since 1995, and here in the U.S.A. since 2000. Clinical studies including ou... Read More..
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Cervical Stenosis Newsletter
Cervical stenosis is a condition in which the spinal canal is too small for the spinal cord and nerv... Read More..
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Cervical Stenosis with Myelopathy
Stenosis refers to narrowing of a structure – in this case the spinal canal, or the bony tube in whi... Read More..
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Cervical Laminoplasty
Each spinal vertebra is formed by a round block of bone called a vertebral body and a bony arch atta... Read More..
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Coccygodynia: Evaluation and Management
Coccygodynia, pain in the region of the coccyx, typically is triggered by or occurs while sitting. T... Read More..
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Complications, Pitfalls, and Their Management in a Clinical Practice Setting
The Lumbar I/F Cage for PLIF had good results in its initial custom use (3) and was approved by the ... Read More..
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Disc Replacement in the Neck
The ProDisc-C Total Disc Replacement was determined to be safe and effective for the treatment of in... Read More..
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Evaluation of Torque and Pullout in the Cervical Spine
Understanding of implant failure mechanisms is important in the successful utilization of anterior ... Read More..
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Flexibility / Stretching Exercises For Your Back
Nod your head slowly forward, bringing your chin toward your chest. Repeat five times. Turn your hea... Read More..
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Fusion assessment of interbody fusion: X-ray ?lms and CT scans compared with surgical findings
Plain radiographic assessment of posterolateral fusion has been reported as accurate in only two thi... Read More..
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Hip spine syndrome: management of coexisting radiculopathy and arthritis of the lower extremity
Significant lumbar spinal stenosis and lower extremity arthritis may coexist in the elderly. This co... Read More..
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Is One Cage Enough in Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparison of Unilateral Single Cage Interbody
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), as recommended with bilateral lumbar interbody cages and ... Read More..
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Low Back Pain and Good Night’s Sleep
The mattress matters: If your mattress is decades old and you have low-back pain there could be a co... Read More..
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Lumbar Interbody cage brochure
Cage fusion has the risk of the same complications that occur in any spinal surgery. These include e... Read More..
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Management of Symptomatic Lumbo-Sacral Meningeal Cysts
Sacral meningeal cysts are a fairly common finding in the workup of sciatica. In most instances a cy... Read More..
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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Because of the minimally invasive nature of the procedure there is not a lot of pain following surge... Read More..
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Outcomes of L1–L2 posterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Lumbar I/F cage and the variable screw placement system: reporting unexpected poor fusion
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) was introduced 50 years ago. The Lumbar I/F cage (DePuy Spi... Read More..
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Spinal epidural lipomatosis: case reports, literature review and meta-analysis
Symptomatic spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL), a rare cause of spinal cord compression, has most oft... Read More..
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Stem Cells in Lumbar Fusion
First discovered in bone marrow aspirate 40 years ago, stem cells are early stage cells capable of d... Read More..
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Surgical treatment of dysphagia after anterior cervical interbody fusion
Dysphagia is a frequent complication after anterior cervical interbody fusion (ACIF). Although dysp... Read More..
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Surgical Outcomes Of Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Fusion
Radiographic changes of adjacent segment deterioration after lumbar fusion have commonly been report... Read More..
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What is Spinal Stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a progressive degenerative process. A range of anatomic structures including the ... Read More..
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XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion)
The XLIF procedure does not require entry through sensitive back muscles, bones, or ligaments, resul... Read More..
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