Postlaminectomy Cervical Kyphosis
Postlaminectomy Cervical Kyphosis Matthew J. Goldstein Michael P. Ast Jeff S. Silber Greg D. Anderson Todd J. Albert BACKGROUND Cervical lordosis is critical to the normal alignment of the spine….
What Is a Complication? Toward Objective Definition and Reporting of Adverse Outcomes
What Is a Complication? Toward Objective Definition and Reporting of Adverse Outcomes Robert A. Hart Paul A. Anderson Sohail Mirza DEFINITIONS Objective evaluation and presentation of adverse outcomes, or complications,…
Biologic Therapy for Disk Degeneration
Biologic Therapy for Disk Degeneration Daniel K. Park Michael B. Ellman Howard S. An Low back pain (LBP) associated with degenerative disk disease is a common clinical problem that has…
Cervical Facet Prosthesis
Cervical Facet Prosthesis Dieter Grob Axial neck pain is mainly attributed to the intervertebral disk and commonly named discogenic pain. From a biomechanical point of view, the facets might be…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Contraindications for Cervical Disk Arthroplasty
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Contraindications for Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Nancy E. Epstein The benefits of cervical disk arthroplasty compared with routine anterior diskectomy and fusion include relief…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Complications of Cervical Disk Replacement Surgery
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Complications of Cervical Disk Replacement Surgery Jan Goffin The success and long-term stability of disk prostheses theoretically depend on many factors, including the…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Multilevel Disk Replacement and Arthroplasty Adjacent to Interbody Fusion
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Multilevel Disk Replacement and Arthroplasty Adjacent to Interbody Fusion Gerald M.Y. Quan Vincent Pointillart MULTILEVEL CERVICAL DISK REPLACEMENT IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS In recent…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Biomechanics of Cervical Disk Prostheses
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Biomechanics of Cervical Disk Prostheses Juan M. Raposo Bruce V. Darden II BACKGROUND Anterior arthrodesis for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Material and Design Characteristics
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Material and Design Characteristics Wellington K. Hsu Paul A. Anderson The goal of spinal arthroplasty is to reconstruct the functional spinal unit with…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Theory and Concepts
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Theory and Concepts Joseph D. Smucker John G. Heller Cervical arthroplasty devices have evolved significantly since the development of the original Bristol/Cummins device….
