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Instrumentation and Technology

A Comparison of Microdiscectomy to Microendoscopic Discectomy
A Different Approach to Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
Anterior Lumbar lnterbody Fusion Utilizing The AO Titanium Interbody Spacer (TIS)
Application–Specific Accuracy Requirements for Image Guided Spinal Surgery
Biomechanical Assessment of Hydroxyapetite Vertebroplasty in Cadaveric Compression Fractures
Biomechanical Comparison of Anterior Cervical Plating and Combined Anterior/Lateral Mass Plating
Biomechanical Comparison of Anterior versus Transverse Threaded Fusion Cages
Cervical Pedicle Screws: Comparative Accuracy of Two Insertion Techniques
Clinical Experience of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in 40 Cases of Vertebral Body Collapse
Clinical Experience with a New Load Sharing Dynamic Anterior Cervical Plate
Comparison of Clinical Outcome: Posterolateral Fusion with Transpedicular Screw Fixation and Cage
Comparison of Instrumented Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusions with Posterolateral Lumbar Fusions Using Pedicle Fixation For Management of Mechanical Back Pain
Development and Testing of a Novel Cortical Allograft Wedge for Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Discography in Failed Back Syndrome
Early Clinical Outcomes with Kyphoplasty, the Minimally Invasive Reduction and Fixation of Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Body Compression Fracture VCF
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
Evaluation of a Monocortical Screw for Anterior Cervical Fusion and Plating
Evaluation of Open Door Expansile Laminoplasties using Titanium Miniplates for Treatment of Cervical Stenosis
Failure and Complication Rates of Anterior Instrumentation in Patients Undergoing Cervical Corpectomy Decompression
Fluoroscopic Guided Targeting System with a Robotic Arm for Pedicle Screw Insertion
Impacted PLIF: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Machined, Pre–sized Allograft
In Vitro Evaluation of Self–Centering Pedicle Screws Using Computer–Aided Surgery Techniques
Increased Pedicle Screw Pullout Strength with Vertebroplasty Pedicle Augmentation
Magnetic Resonance Neurography of Sciatic Nerve Following Crush Injury, and Correlation with Functional Deficit
Midline Sparing Bilateral PLIF with Single Side Plate/Contralateral Cage Stabilization
Oblique Cervical Wiring: Technique Modification with Biomechanical Failure Testing
Outcomes and Complications of 179 Thoracoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation Increases Multilevel Cervical Fusion Rates
Pyogenic Spine Infections – New Perspectives
Radiation Exposure During Fluoroscopically–Assisted Pedicle Screw Insertion
Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Segmental Stability and Compressive Strength of Posterior Lumbar Interbodey Fusion Implants
Single Stage Anterior Cervical Reconstruction with Harms Titanium Mesh Cages, Local Bone Graft, and Plating
Surgical Anatomy of the C2 Pedicle
Percutaneous Polymethylmethacrylate Vertebroplasty In the Treatment of Osteoporotic Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fractures: Early Outcome of 159 Patients
Preliminary Results Using A New Anterior Hybrid Cervical Plate System
Prospective Randomized Multi–Center Clinical Trial of Cervical Fusion Cages
The Treatment of Posterior Wound Complication with Myocutaneous Flaps in Cancer Patients
The Use of lntraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring During Anterior and Posterior Lumbar lnterbody Fusions
Thoracoscopic surgical Resection of Thoracic Neurogenic Tumors
Transthoracic Video Assisted Endoscopic Discectomy
Treatment of Severe Cervical Spondylosis via Combined Anterior and Posterior (360 degree) Decompression and Fusion: Initial Results
Virtual Fluoroscopy for Cervical Spine Surgery
Virtual Fluoroscopy: Multiplanar X–Ray Guidance with Minimal Radiation Exposure
Far–Lateral Approach to Lumbar Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Volumes of Degenerated Lumbar Intervertebral Disks Determined From Volumetric Image Analysis
The Increase in Spinal Canal Area After Inverse Laminoplasty
A Prospective Study of Calcium Sulfate Pellets as Bone Graft Extenders in Lumbar Posterolateral Arthrodesis
Long–term Efficacy of GRAF Soft Fixation and PLIF with Cages in Multiple Spondylotic Stenosis in Lumbar Spine
Retroperitoneal Approach for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Combined Anteroposterior Lumbar Fusion
Multilevel Corpectomy Strut Graft Can Be Stabilized By Appropriate Reconstruction and Plating
Microsurgical Decompression of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Two Methods
IDET and PED: Benefits of Combination Treatment
Use of Autologous Growth Factors in Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Outcomes Assesment in Military Patients After Ultrarigid Lumbar Spinal Fusion
A Preliminary Report on the FRA Spacer: Uniform Allograft for Anterior Interbody Fusion of the Lumbar Spine
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis Treated with Interbody Fusion Cages: A Five Year Experience
Improvement of Cervical Sagittal Angulation Using Dynamic Stabilization Implant
Surgical Outcome After Transoral Odontoidectomy and Occipitocervical Fusion for Basilar Impression
Early Experience With the 'Cervifix' Modular Tension System
"Skip" Corpectomies for Anterior Cervical Decompression: Technical Note
C1–C2 Transarticular Screw Fixation for Atianto–Axial Instability: A Six Year Experience
A Case Review of Intradiscal Depomedrol and Bupivicaine for Treating Refractory Spine Pain
Comparison of Anterolateral, Lateral Extracavitary and Bilateral Transpedicular Approaches to Thoracolumbar Spine Reconstruction
Use of Titanium Mesh and Vertebral Autograft in the Reconstruction of Anterior Spinal Column
Surgical Technique and Results of Anterior Decompression and Fusion for Ossification of Cervical Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Fluoroscopically Visible Vertebral Fracture Instability Observed During Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Provocative Annulography for the Diagnosis of Outer Annular Lesions
Management of Unstable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Using a Titanium Mesh Cage and the Kanada System: A Report of 21 Cases
Surgical Management of Patients with Multiple Thoracic Herniated Disks: Analysis of Seven Cases with 18–month Follow–up
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty of Vertebra Plana
The Surgical Management of Craniocervical Junction Tumors Involving the Occipital Condyle
Circumferential Approaches for the Correction of Occipitocervical and Subaxial Deformity
Adaptation of Therapies Established in Clinical Neurosurgery to an Endangered Species
Utilization of Autogenous Blood Products for Spine Surgery
Anterior Discectomy and Fusion With BAK: The First 225 Patients
Clinical Experience with the Z–plate for Management of Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Operating Surgeon's Evaluation of
Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transduced with an Adenoviral Vector Carrying the Gene for Human BMP–2 Can Induce Anterior Spinal Fusion
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
Posterior Spinal Fixation for Disorders of the Cervico–Thoracic Junction
Sensory Ganglionectomy Versus Rhizotomy: Theory, Technical Aspects and Clinical Experience
The Tethered Cord Syndrome: Urodynamic Evidence of Improved Outcome With Early Untethering
The Treatment of Posterior Wound Complication with Myocutaneous Flaps in Cancer Patients
Transthoracic Video Assisted Endoscopic Discectomy

360° And Posterior Spinal Fusion Segmental Biomechanics: A Cadaveric Model
A Biomechanical and Sem Analysis on Repetitive Use of Spinal Screws
Anterior Lumbar lnterbody Fusion Utilizing Titanium Mesh Cages and Coralline Hydroxyapatite
Anterior Single Solid Rod Instrumentation in Thoracolumbar Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis With and Without the Use of Interbody Structural Support

Complex Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity: Neurosurgical Management
Delayed Epidural Hematomas after Spinal Surgery
lnterbody Fusion for Disk Disease Following Discectomy
Interbody Fusion with Transpedicular Screw Fixation in Adult Spondylolisthesis
Lateral Extrapedicular Screw Fixation in the Thoracic Spine
Large Magnitude Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Anterior vs. Posterior Surgical Stabilization
Microscopic Anterior Lumbar lnterbody Fusion for Lumbar Radiculopathy
The "Crank shaft" phenomenon : Treatment options and complexity when growth is completed
Thoracic Pedicle vs Pedicle / Rib screw Fixation : A Biomechanical Study
Spinal Resources on the Internet – An Extensive Review
A Case Review of Intradiscal Depomedrol and Bupivicaine for Treating Refractory Spine Pain
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty of Vertebra Plana
Adaptation of Therapies Established in Clinical Neurosurgery to an Endangered Species
Utilization of Autogenous Blood Products for Spine Surgery
Anterior Discectomy and Fusion With BAK: The First 225 Patients
Biomechanical and Electrophysiological Characterization of the Intact and Injured Peripheral Nerve
[/B]I thought ya'll might be blown away if you knew how many ways there were to corect a problem, get 100 different surgical opinions and be offered 100 different aproaches.
Take care, Dave
PS. Sorry, I got tired of counting, what can we learn? Get more than 1 or 2 opinions and then rersearch the aproach the doc wants to take, then research the rates of succes for each procedure. There are at least 150 ways to do a fusion, which is the right way with the highest succes rate? Ask your surgeon why his method is betyter than the other 150 or so methods. It's not simply posterior or global or screws or cages, the differences are very significant.