STUDY DESIGN
A new proposed classification system for thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries, including injury severity assessment, designed to assist in clinical management.
OBJECTIVE
To devise a… (More)
The spine journal : official journal of the North…
2013
BACKGROUND
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration remains a clinically important condition for which treatment is costly and relatively ineffective. The molecular basis of degenerative disc disease… (More)
STUDY DESIGN
This retrospective, questionnaire-based investigation evaluated iliac crest bone graft (ICBG) site morbidity in patients having undergone a single-level anterior cervical discectomy and… (More)
Although all human ESC (hESC) lines have similar morphology, express key pluripotency markers, and can differentiate toward primitive germ layers in vitro, the lineage-specific developmental… (More)
STUDY DESIGN
A rabbit annular laceration model was used to investigate intervertebral disc gene expression in normal and lacerated discs.
OBJECTIVES
To determine and compare the pattern of… (More)
Elevated levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and a resultant increase in ADAMTS (a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type I motifs) expression is seen during disc degeneration. However, if… (More)
OBJECTIVES
The optimal surgical approach and treatment of unstable thoracolumbar spine injuries are poorly defined owing to a lack of widely accepted level I clinical literature. This lack of… (More)
STUDY DESIGN
Retrospective review.
OBJECTIVE
(1) To describe change in treatment patterns for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). (2) To report regional variation in treatment of DS. (3) To… (More)
STUDY DESIGN
Laboratory study.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate expression of chemokine regulated and normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES)/C-C motif ligand 5 (CCL5) and interleukins in intervertebral… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Significant controversy exists regarding the optimal management of thoracolumbar injuries. This is in part due to the lack of understanding of the natural history of various injury subtypes… (More)