Published in J Spinal Disord Tech on June 01, 2010
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The lumbosacral plexus: anatomic considerations for minimally invasive retroperitoneal transpsoas approach. Surg Radiol Anat (2011) 1.08
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Multimodality intraoperative neuromonitoring in extreme lateral interbody fusion. Transcranial electrical stimulation as indispensable rearview. Eur Spine J (2015) 0.75
The learning curve of lateral access lumbar interbody fusion in an Asian population: a prospective study. Eur Spine J (2015) 0.75
Lumbar plexus nervous distortion in XLIF(®) approach: an anatomic study. Eur Spine J (2016) 0.75
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Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels in ambulatory patients with established chronic symptomatic systolic heart failure. Circulation (2003) 4.25
Biomechanical study on the effect of cervical spine fusion on adjacent-level intradiscal pressure and segmental motion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 3.38
Osteogenic activity of the fourteen types of human bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 3.36
Drosophila Aurora A kinase is required to localize D-TACC to centrosomes and to regulate astral microtubules. J Cell Biol (2002) 3.05
Incidence of dysphagia after anterior cervical spine surgery: a prospective study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 3.01
A novel rabbit model of mild, reproducible disc degeneration by an anulus needle puncture: correlation between the degree of disc injury and radiological and histological appearances of disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 2.87
The bromodomain protein Brd4 insulates chromatin from DNA damage signalling. Nature (2013) 2.46
A prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter evaluation of extreme lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis: perioperative outcomes and complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 2.23
Increased swelling complications associated with off-label usage of rhBMP-2 in the anterior cervical spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 2.19
Evaluating common outcomes for measuring treatment success for chronic low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 2.19
Incidence and mortality of perioperative cardiac events in cervical spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 2.01
The origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus and histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal nucleus pulposus to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus in intact rabbit intervertebral discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.91
Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with spine problems, 1997-2006. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2009) 1.89
Osteogenic protein-1 injection into a degenerated disc induces the restoration of disc height and structural changes in the rabbit anular puncture model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.74
Percutaneous treatment of vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2009) 1.73
Osteogenic protein-1 enhances matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells previously exposed to interleukin-1. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 1.72
Intradiscal administration of osteogenic protein-1 increases intervertebral disc height and proteoglycan content in the nucleus pulposus in normal adolescent rabbits. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 1.68
Clinical guidelines and payer policies on fusion for the treatment of chronic low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.62
Effects of growth differentiation factor-5 on the intervertebral disc--in vitro bovine study and in vivo rabbit disc degeneration model study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.62
Hypothermia for spinal cord injury. Spine J (2008) 1.61
Growth factors and treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.57
Vertebral augmentation and the limits of interpreting complications reported in the food and drug administration manufacturer and user facility device experience database. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2004) 1.53
The use of bone morphogenetic protein in lumbar spine surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2008) 1.52
Is autograft the gold standard in achieving radiographic fusion in one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with rigid anterior plate fixation? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 1.49
Biological impact of the fibroblast growth factor family on articular cartilage and intervertebral disc homeostasis. Gene (2008) 1.45
Three-dimensional in vivo measurement of lumbar spine segmental motion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.44
Corpectomy versus discectomy for the treatment of multilevel cervical spine pathology: a finite element model analysis. Spine J (2012) 1.43
Augmentation of pedicle screw fixation strength using an injectable calcium phosphate cement as a function of injection timing and method. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.43
Biomechanical comparison of cervical spine reconstructive techniques after a multilevel corpectomy of the cervical spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.42
Changes in mRNA and protein levels of proteoglycans of the anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus during intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 1.42
Anatomical and pathological considerations in percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: a reappraisal of the vertebral venous system. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.41
Proinflammatory cytokines stimulate the expression of nerve growth factor by human intervertebral disc cells. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.39
Letter by Lee et al regarding article, "training of future interventional neuroradiologists: the European approach". Stroke (2013) 1.37
Anatomical variations of the vertebral artery segment in the lower cervical spine: analysis by three-dimensional computed tomography angiography. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.35
Risk factors for readmission of orthopaedic surgical patients. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2013) 1.29
Prevention of disc degeneration with growth factors. Eur Spine J (2006) 1.29
Interbody cage devices. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.28
Using the spine surgical invasiveness index to identify risk of surgical site infection: a multivariate analysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2012) 1.26
Risk factors for unintended durotomy during spine surgery: a multivariate analysis. Spine J (2012) 1.25
Potential use of Sox9 gene therapy for intervertebral degenerative disc disease. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.25
Adult deformity correction through minimally invasive lateral approach techniques. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 1.22
Combined experimental and computational analysis of DNA damage signaling reveals context-dependent roles for Erk in apoptosis and G1/S arrest after genotoxic stress. Mol Syst Biol (2012) 1.20
Animal models for human disc degeneration. Spine J (2005) 1.20
Age-related changes in the extracellular matrix of nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus of human intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2009) 1.19
Comparison of clinical and radiographic outcome in instrumented anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with or without direct uncovertebral joint decompression. Spine J (2004) 1.19
Does rigid instrumentation increase the fusion rate in one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion? Spine J (2004) 1.19
Comparing effects of kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, and non-surgical management in a systematic review of randomized and non-randomized controlled studies. Eur Spine J (2012) 1.17
Lower incidence of dysphagia with cervical arthroplasty compared with ACDF in a prospective randomized clinical trial. J Spinal Disord Tech (2010) 1.16
Static versus dynamic plating for multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Spine J (2007) 1.16
Does multilevel lumbar stenosis lead to poorer outcomes?: a subanalysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) lumbar stenosis study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 1.16
Posterior C2 instrumentation: accuracy and complications associated with four techniques. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.16
Aggrecanases and aggrecanase-generated fragments in the human intervertebral disc at early and advanced stages of disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.15
Correlation between computed tomography measurements and direct anatomic measurements of the axis for consideration of C2 laminar screw placement. Spine J (2008) 1.15
Prevalence of lumbar facet arthrosis and its relationship to age, sex, and race: an anatomic study of cadaveric specimens. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.14
A 2-base pair deletion polymorphism in the partial duplication of the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine gene (CHRFAM7A) on chromosome 15q14 is associated with schizophrenia. Brain Res (2009) 1.13
In vivo measurements of lumbar segmental motion during axial rotation in asymptomatic and chronic low back pain male subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.13
Biomechanical evaluation of an injectable calcium phosphate cement for vertebroplasty. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 1.12
Index and adjacent level kinematics after cervical disc replacement and anterior fusion: in vivo quantitative radiographic analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.12
Minimally invasive spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 1.11
Restoration of disc height loss by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injection into intervertebral discs undergoing degeneration induced by an intradiscal injection of chondroitinase ABC. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.10
The apoptotic effects of oxidative stress and antiapoptotic effects of caspase inhibitors on rat notochordal cells. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.10
Infection after spinal fusion for pediatric spinal deformity: thirty years of experience at a single institution. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 1.10
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) stimulates the extracellular matrix metabolism of porcine nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells cultured in alginate beads. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.08
The safety and efficacy of OP-1 (rhBMP-7) as a replacement for iliac crest autograft for posterolateral lumbar arthrodesis: minimum 4-year follow-up of a pilot study. Spine J (2007) 1.08
Enhancement of stability following anterior cervical corpectomy: a biomechanical study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.08
Osteogenic protein-1 is most effective in stimulating nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells to repair their matrix after chondroitinase ABC-induced in vitro chemonucleolysis. Spine J (2005) 1.07
Does lumbar facet arthrosis precede disc degeneration? A postmortem study. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2007) 1.07
Extended interval for retrieval of Günther Tulip filters. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2004) 1.07
Rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation and surgical management of the cervical spine. Spine J (2004) 1.04
The use of the three-pronged Mayfield head clamp resulting in an intracranial epidural hematoma in an adult patient. Eur Spine J (2010) 1.03
Intradiscal injections of osteogenic protein-1 restore the viscoelastic properties of degenerated intervertebral discs. Spine J (2006) 1.03
A prospective, randomized, double-blind study of the efficacy of postoperative continuous local anesthetic infusion at the iliac crest bone graft site after posterior spinal arthrodesis: a minimum of 4-year follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 1.03
Epidemiological trends in cervical spine surgery for degenerative diseases between 2002 and 2009. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 1.03
Defining value in spine care. Am J Med Qual (2009) 1.02
Notochordal cells stimulate migration of cartilage end plate chondrocytes of the intervertebral disc in in vitro cell migration assays. Spine J (2008) 1.02
The current state of minimally invasive spine surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2011) 1.02
Comparison of allograft to autograft in multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with rigid plate fixation. Spine J (2003) 1.02
Growth factors and the intervertebral disc. Spine J (2004) 1.01
Action of fibroblast growth factor-2 on the intervertebral disc. Arthritis Res Ther (2008) 1.01
Osteoporotic spinal deformity: a biomechanical rationale for the clinical consequences and treatment of vertebral body compression fractures. J Spinal Disord Tech (2004) 1.01
Comparative effectiveness of exercise, acupuncture, and spinal manipulation for low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.00
The action of resveratrol, a phytoestrogen found in grapes, on the intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 0.99
New treatments and imaging strategies in degenerative disease of the intervertebral disks. Radiology (2012) 0.99
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: enteral nutrition provision--endoscopic or radiologic gastrostomy? Radiology (2002) 0.99
Incidence and risk factors for postoperative delirium after lumbar spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 0.99
Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective, control-matched, cohort radiographic analysis. Spine J (2005) 0.99
Disc replacement adjacent to cervical fusion: a biomechanical comparison of hybrid construct versus two-level fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 0.98
Novel model to analyze the effect of a large compressive follower pre-load on range of motions in a lumbar spine. J Biomech (2006) 0.98
Vertebral artery anomalies at the craniovertebral junction in the US population. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2014) 0.97
Retracted Prospective, randomized, controlled trial of silicate-substituted calcium phosphate versus rhBMP-2 in a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2014) 0.97
Lactoferricin mediates anabolic and anti-catabolic effects in the intervertebral disc. J Cell Physiol (2012) 0.97
An autocrine or paracrine Fas-mediated counterattack: a potential mechanism for apoptosis of notochordal cells in intact rat nucleus pulposus. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2005) 0.97