Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is typically associated with devastating outcomes.
The injury to the spinal cord results in damage to motor, sensory, and autonomic functions of …

Abstract Background context The North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence Based
Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain features evidence …

Patients presenting with stenosis associated with a spondylolisthesis will often describe
signs and symptoms consistent with neurogenic claudication, radiculopathy, and/or low …

Background The comparative effectiveness of performing instrumented (rigid pedicle screws
affixed to titanium alloy rods) lumbar spinal fusion in addition to decompressive laminectomy …

Study Design. A retrospective chart review was performed. Objective. To determine whether
preoperative spinal radiation increases the number of major wound complications in …

Patient care data will soon inform all areas of health care decision making and will define
clinical performance. Organized neurosurgery believes that prospective, systematic tracking …

Importance Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is the most common cause of spinal cord
dysfunction worldwide. It remains unknown whether a ventral or dorsal surgical approach …

Object. There is considerable debate among spine surgeons regarding whether fusion
should be used to augment decompressive surgery in patients with symptomatic lumbar …

Study Design. Prospective observational cohort study. Objective. To determine if
postoperative cervical sagittal balance is an independent predictor of health-related quality …

Object It is not known whether adding fusion to lumbar decompression is necessary for all
patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with symptomatic …