23 Bone Morphogenetic Protein in the Cervical Spine: Efficacy and Associated Risks CYRUS E. TAGHAVI AND JEFFREY C. WANG In July 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved…
28 Bone Morphogenetic Protein in the Setting of Infection: Indications, Risks, and Efficacy R. TODD ALLEN AND STEVEN R. GARFIN The incidence of pyogenic spinal infection is increasing,1–6 occurring in…
20 Recurrent Lumbar Disk Herniation: Repeat Diskectomy versus Fusion CRISTIAN GRAGNANIELLO, IGOR DECASTRO, AND REMI NADER Lumbar diskectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the United States for…
22 Rigid versus Dynamic Cervical Plates: Indications and Efficacy PAUL E. KRAEMER AND RICK C. SASSO Over the course of 50 years of anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF),1 graft-related…
25 Role of Lumbar Disk Replacement: Does It Avoid the Shortcomings of a Fusion? LOUIS G. JENIS The prevalence of lumbar disk degeneration is estimated to be present in 15…
18 Adult High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Role of Reduction versus Fusion In Situ JOHN C. SEFTER AND IVAN E. LAMOTTA Spondylolisthesis a common spinal condition in adolescents and adults defined as the…
11 Role of Early Surgical Decompression for Spinal Cord Injury DAVID W. CADOTTE AND MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS The role of early surgical decompression following acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is…
15 Avoidance of Cervical Adjacent Segment Disease HARVEY E. SMITH AND ALAN S. HILIBRAND Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) has demonstrated consistently good outcomes for the management of cervical…
19 Surgery for Axial Back Pain: ALIF versus PLIF or TLIF ENSOR E. TRANSFELDT, FARHANG RAAII, AND AMIR A. MEHBOD Broadened application of lumbar fusions in treating chronic low back…
21 Management of Thoracic Disk Herniation MARK S. ESKANDER AND JASON C. ECK Thoracic disk herniation is not a common disease. In 1838, Key1 wrote the first report of a…
