Study Design. In vitro study to determine occupational radiation exposure during lumbar
fluoroscopy. Objectives. To assess radiation exposure to the spine surgeon during …

Methods Fluoroscopic images of the lumbar spine of an intact, unembalmed cadaver were
obtained, calibrated, and saved to an image-guided surgery system (StealthStation; …

Methods A geometric model was developed relating spinal pedicle anatomy to accuracy
requirements for image-guided surgery. This model was used to derive error tolerances for …

… MD, PhD; Rampersaud, Y Raja MD, FRCSC; Öner, F C. MD, PhD; Aarabi, Bizhan MD;
Vaccaro, Alexander R. MD … Elgafy H, Fisher CG, Zhao Y, et al. The radiographic failure of …

OBJECT The objective of this study was to determine the clinical comparative effectiveness
and adverse event rates of posterior minimally invasive surgery (MIS) compared with open …

The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of performing far-lateral lumbar
discectomy by using the microendoscopic discectomy (MED) technique. The authors studied 11 …

Study Design. Observational cohort study with computerized tomography (CT) analysis of in
vivo pedicle screw placement. Objective. To evaluate the clinical accuracy of computer-…

Objectives We have previously shown that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
(PPARγ), a transcription factor, is essential for the normal growth and development of …

Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To assess the incidence and
clinical consequence of intraoperative adverse events from a wide variety of spinal surgical …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: To date, most reports on the incidence of adverse events (AEs)
in spine surgery have been retrospective and dependent on data abstraction from hospital-…