OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

We can turn spinal cord injury from a threat into an opportunity. This has two dimensions.
First, spinal cord injury challenges almost every aspect of the health system. So enabling …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. To investigate national trends of
cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 to 2011. Summary of Background Data. There …

Objective The causes and epidemiology of traumatic cervical spine fracture have not been
described with sufficient power or recency. Our goal is to describe demographics, incidence …

Background context Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) were developed with the goal of
improving clinical outcomes through the promotion of bony healing and reducing morbidity …

Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used as a life-sustaining measure in
patients with acute or end-stage cardiac or respiratory failure. We analyzed national trends …

Background Odontoid process fractures, of which type II constitute the majority, are an
increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. The …

Objective The study objective was to determine whether significant trends over time have
occurred in resource use associated with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation …

Medical evidence-based guidelines, when properly produced, represent a contemporary
scientific summary of accepted management, imaging, assessment, classification, and …

Sub-axial cervical spine injuries are commonly seen in patients with blunt trauma. They may
be associated with spinal cord injury resulting in tetraplegia and severe permanent …