2013
Methods of evaluating lumbar and cervical fusion
Gruskay JA, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Methods of evaluating lumbar and cervical fusion. The Spine Journal 2013, 14: 531-539. PMID: 24183750, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.07.459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlexion/extension radiographsCases of pseudarthrosisDiagnosis of pseudarthrosisFocused clinical assessmentFirst postoperative yearBone graft optionsPreferred imaging modalityAssessment of motionPostoperative yearRadicular symptomsCommon complicationCervical fusionGraft optionsExtension radiographsClinical assessmentClinical failureSurgical techniqueSpinal fusionSpinal arthrodesisComputed tomographyClinical practicePseudarthrosisSignificant causeDiagnosisUse of instrumentation
2009
Survey of spine surgeons on attitudes regarding osteoporosis and osteomalacia screening and treatment for fractures, fusion surgery, and pseudoarthrosis
Dipaola CP, Bible JE, Biswas D, Dipaola M, Grauer JN, Rechtine GR. Survey of spine surgeons on attitudes regarding osteoporosis and osteomalacia screening and treatment for fractures, fusion surgery, and pseudoarthrosis. The Spine Journal 2009, 9: 537-544. PMID: 19328744, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-energy X-ray absorptiometrySpine fracturesSpine surgeonsMetabolic laboratoriesRisk factorsPractice patternsInstrumentation failureSpinal arthrodesisIndependent risk factorSignificant risk factorsLow-energy fracturesSpinal fusion operationsMetabolic bone disordersDegenerative spine conditionsX-ray absorptiometryPreoperative treatmentElderly patientsFracture careInstrumented fusionTreatment patternsOsteoporosis screeningFusion surgerySpine conditionsBone densitySpine specialists
2007
rhBMP-2 (ACS and CRM Formulations) Overcomes Pseudarthrosis in a New Zealand White Rabbit Posterolateral Fusion Model
Lawrence JP, Waked W, Gillon TJ, White AP, Spock CR, Biswas D, Rosenberger P, Troiano N, Albert TJ, Grauer JN. rhBMP-2 (ACS and CRM Formulations) Overcomes Pseudarthrosis in a New Zealand White Rabbit Posterolateral Fusion Model. Spine 2007, 32: 1206-1213. PMID: 17495777, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318054721e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Bone Morphogenetic ProteinsBone SubstitutesBone TransplantationChemistry, PharmaceuticalDisease Models, AnimalDrug CarriersFemaleHumansIliumLumbar VertebraeNicotineOsseointegrationPseudarthrosisRabbitsRecombinant ProteinsSpinal FusionTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTransforming Growth Factor betaTransplantation, Autologous
2006
Osteogenic Protein-1 Induced Gene Expression: Evaluation in a Posterolateral Spinal Pseudarthrosis Model
White AP, Maak TG, Prince D, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ, Hilibrand AS, Grauer JN. Osteogenic Protein-1 Induced Gene Expression: Evaluation in a Posterolateral Spinal Pseudarthrosis Model. Spine 2006, 31: 2550-2555. PMID: 17047543, DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240713.24367.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionOsteogenic protein-1Protein 1Differential gene expressionGlyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenaseGene expression dataBone morphogenetic protein-2Morphogenetic protein-2Platelet-derived growthExpression dataTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionPolymerase chain reactionMolecular studiesProtein 2Messenger ribonucleic acidRibonucleic acidChain reactionAdhesion moleculesCytokine gene expressionExpressionGrowth factorVascular endothelial growth factorEnhanced levelsEndothelial growth factorReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
2004
Development of a New Zealand White Rabbit Model of Spinal Pseudarthrosis Repair and Evaluation of the Potential Role of OP-1 to Overcome Pseudarthrosis
Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Kato M, Kwon BK, Beiner JM, Patel TC, Hilibrand AS, Chiba K, Albert TJ. Development of a New Zealand White Rabbit Model of Spinal Pseudarthrosis Repair and Evaluation of the Potential Role of OP-1 to Overcome Pseudarthrosis. Spine 2004, 29: 1405-1412. PMID: 15223930, DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000129028.25671.96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 7Bone Morphogenetic ProteinsCotinineDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleHumansIliumInfusion Pumps, ImplantableLumbar VertebraeNicotinePostoperative ComplicationsPseudarthrosisRabbitsRadiographyRecombinant ProteinsSingle-Blind MethodSpinal DiseasesSpinal FusionTransforming Growth Factor betaTransplantation, AutologousWound HealingConceptsNew Zealand white rabbitsPosterolateral lumbar fusionOsteogenic protein-1Zealand white rabbitsLumbar fusionPseudarthrosis repairFusion massFusion rateWhite rabbitsManual palpationIliac crest autograftNew Zealand white rabbit modelTreatment of pseudarthrosesRabbit fusion modelWhite rabbit modelPresence of nicotineCrest autograftBACKGROUND DATAPseudarthrosesComputed tomographyAnimal modelsRabbit modelAutograftGraftWeeks