12-Month clinical and radiographic outcomes of ViBone viable bone matrix in patients undergoing cervical and lumbar spinal fusion surgery.

Background: To investigate the clinical safety and efficacy of ViBone Viable Bone Matrix (VBM), a next generation cellular bone matrix allograft that comprises all three essential bone-forming components: osteogenic, osteoinductive, and osteoconductive factors, and is optimized to enhance cell viability and bone formation.

Methods: This was a multi-center, prospective, post-market study evaluating the safety and efficacy of ViBone VBM in patients undergoing 1-3 level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion or lumbar interbody fusion surgery. Patients were evaluated at baseline, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up clinically and radiographically.

Scoliosis Following Chest Wall Resection for Tumor With and Without Prophylactic Fixation: Case Series.

Posterior chest wall resection is a complex surgical procedure that involves removing any anatomical structure that surrounds the lungs and pleura, such as the intercostals, ribs, and soft tissues. The etiology of scoliosis that develops after chest wall excision is likely both mechanical and paralytic in nature. We report seven cases of scoliosis following posterior chest wall resection.

The influence of subgroup diagnosis on radiographic and clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disorders revisited: a systematic review of the literature.

Background Context: Understanding the influence of preoperative diagnosis on outcomes for lumbar fusion surgery improves the quality of research and outcomes data, and helps guide treatment decisions.

Purpose: We sought to perform a systematic review of the literature published between 2000 and 2014 regarding lumbar fusion outcomes for degenerative disorders. An assessment of the influence of subgroup diagnosis on outcomes as well as the quality of this body of literature was performed.

Virtually bloodless posterior midline exposure of the lumbar spine using the "para-midline" fatty plane.

Purpose: The authors have developed a "para-midline" approach to the posterior lumbar spine using a virtually avascular surgical plane not previously described in the literature. It was their purpose to document consistent MRI presence of this plane and to prospectively evaluate its clinical use in terms of blood loss.

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients undergoing primary lumbar surgery on 1-3 levels were prospectively enrolled from September 2014 to May 2015.

Perioperative complications associated with spine surgery in patients with established spinal cord injury.

Background Context: Only a small percentage of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) require consideration for reconstructive surgery after their initial injury. For those who do, perioperative complications can be frequent and significant. There has been very little published literature examining treatment of these patients and essentially nothing to guide the surgeon in perioperative decision making and management.