2021
Arthroplasty implants and materials: Cost awareness and value perception
Gardezi M, Ottesen TD, Tyagi V, Sherman JJZ, Grauer JN, Rubin LE. Arthroplasty implants and materials: Cost awareness and value perception. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0255061. PMID: 34310629, PMCID: PMC8312923, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician assistantsHigh clinical valueSurgical team membersArthroplasty casesCost differencesArthroplasty proceduresClinical valueArthroplasty surgeonsHealthcare expendituresArthroplasty implantsMajority of respondentsAdvanced practiceKnowledge deficitsSupport teamNursesImplantsCost awarenessAttendingsCurrent study
2012
Routine Anteroposterior Radiographs Have Limited Utility for Patients After Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
Blizzard DJ, Hustedt JW, Bohl DD, Telles CJ, Grauer JN. Routine Anteroposterior Radiographs Have Limited Utility for Patients After Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion. Spine 2012, 37: 1904-1908. PMID: 22565385, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31825bcce3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical decompressionLateral filmsCervical decompressionAP filmsInstrumented vertebral bodyRetrospective case seriesLast followSerial followCase seriesFirst followBACKGROUND DATAClinical valueAnteroposterior radiographsPatientsSpine surgeonsDiagnostic utilityInstrumented levelsVertebral bodyAP viewACDFImplant relativeRadiation exposureAnteroposteriorFollowImaging series
2006
Effect of daily parathyroid hormone (1–34) on lumbar fusion in a rat model
Lawrence JP, Ennis F, White AP, Magit D, Polzhofer G, Drespe I, Troiano NW, Grauer JN. Effect of daily parathyroid hormone (1–34) on lumbar fusion in a rat model. The Spine Journal 2006, 6: 385-390. PMID: 16825043, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.10.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum osteocalcin levelsParathyroid hormoneOsteocalcin levelsFusion rateDaily injectionsManual palpationLumbar fusionRat modelIntertransverse process spinal fusionDaily parathyroid hormoneSpinal fusion outcomesPosterolateral lumbar fusionIliac crest autograftSprague-Dawley ratsPreclinical animal studiesGreater fusion rateGreat clinical valuePlacebo groupIntermittent administrationSerum osteocalcinCrest autograftAnabolic effectsSpinal fusionInjectable agentsClinical value