2014
Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion
Gruskay JA, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion. Spine 2014, 39: 1718-1724. PMID: 24979140, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIliac crest bone graftLength of stayPostoperative blood transfusionAdverse eventsCrest bone graftReadmission ratesBlood transfusionOperative timeSpinal fusionMultivariate analysisICBG cohortBone graftRetrospective cohort studyShort-term morbidityTerm adverse eventsShort-term outcomesBone graft harvestBivariate logistic regressionDonor site morbidityDatabase cohortCohort studySurgical dataSurgical timeGraft harvestBACKGROUND DATA
2013
Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate
Badrinath R, Bohl DD, Hustedt JW, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate. The Spine Journal 2013, 14: 990-995. PMID: 24184640, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow aspirateVertebral levelCell countMarrow aspiratesNucleated cell countNucleated cell concentrationFusion surgerySecond pedicleTraditional iliac crest bone graftLumbar instrumented fusion surgeryIliac crest bone graftInstrumented fusion surgeryStudy-specific conflictsCell viabilitySame vertebral levelCrest bone graftSpinal fusion surgeryEffect of lateralityRegular clinical useCortical graftsPerioperative conditionsOutcome measuresBone graftSpinal instrumentationAspirates
2001
Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model
Erulkar J, Grauer J, Patel T, Panjabi M. Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model. Spine 2001, 26: 1125-1130. PMID: 11413423, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200105150-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterolateral fusionRabbit modelAutogenous iliac crest bone graftIliac crest bone graftTime pointsNew Zealand white rabbitsPosterolateral lumbar fusionAdult New Zealand white rabbitsCrest bone graftNew Zealand white rabbit modelZealand white rabbitsHuman cadaveric studyPosterolateral spinal fusionWhite rabbit modelVivo rabbit modelIntertransverse process fusionLumbar fusionClinical studiesBACKGROUND DATASpinal fusionAnimal studiesCadaveric studyBone graftWhite rabbitsManual palpation