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The Legal Ramifications of Spinal Care Medical Malpractice and Its Implications for Spinal Surgery
30 January 2012
James Ghadially
A brief review of the conflicting desires of a medical profession's desire to be relieved of the burden of malpractice litigation in the context of the constitutional framework of the American legal s...
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Spinal Care: What Measurements Should be Used to Define Value to Society?
24 January 2012
Kathryn J. McCarthy, Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman
Evidence-based approaches to the treatment of spinal pathology are needed as the field evolves. Patient-reported outcomes have become the standard by which therapeutic success is defined. There are 4 ...
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The Latest Lessons Learned from Retrieval Analyses of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, Metal-on-Metal, and Alternative Bearing Total Disc Replacements
16 January 2012
Steven M. Kurtz, Jeffrey M. Toth, Ryan Siskey, Lauren Ciccarelli, Daniel MacDonald, Jorge Isaza, Todd Lanman, Ilona Punt, Marla Steinbeck, Jan Goffin, André van Ooij
Knowledge regarding the in vivo performance and periprosthetic tissue response of cervical and lumbar total disc replacements (TDRs) continues to expand. This review addresses the following 4 main que...
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Regulatory Challenges in Getting Total Disc Replacements Onto the Market in an Era of Increased Food and Drug Administration Scrutiny
16 January 2012
Glenn Stiegman, Kevin B. McGowan
The growing list of total disc replacements attempts to give options and variability to surgeons while treating degenerative disc disease. However, despite surgeon and patient interest, their path to ...
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The Argument for Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion Over Total Disk Replacement
16 January 2012
Jeremy S. Smith, Melvin D. Helgeson, Todd J. Albert
Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion is one of the most commonly performed cervical spine procedures with historically excellent results. In an effort to preserve segmental motion and prevent adjac...
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