2013
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Longitudinal Urban‐Rural Discrepancies in the US Orthopaedic Surgeon Workforce
Grauer JN, Fu MC. Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Longitudinal Urban‐Rural Discrepancies in the US Orthopaedic Surgeon Workforce. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2013, 471: 3071-3073. PMID: 23928709, PMCID: PMC3773109, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3217-y.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesMeSH KeywordsHealthcare DisparitiesHumansOrthopedicsPhysiciansRural Health ServicesUrban Health ServicesWorkforceConceptsSurgeon workforceDiscrepancies in spine surgeon conflict of interest disclosures between a national meeting and physician payment listings on device manufacturer web sites
Buerba RA, Fu MC, Grauer JN. Discrepancies in spine surgeon conflict of interest disclosures between a national meeting and physician payment listings on device manufacturer web sites. The Spine Journal 2013, 13: 1780-1788. PMID: 23830826, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.05.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLongitudinal Urban‐Rural Discrepancies in the US Orthopaedic Surgeon Workforce
Fu MC, Buerba RA, Gruskay J, Grauer JN. Longitudinal Urban‐Rural Discrepancies in the US Orthopaedic Surgeon Workforce. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2013, 471: 3074-3081. PMID: 23801063, PMCID: PMC3773137, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3131-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHealthcare DisparitiesHumansOrthopedicsPhysiciansRural Health ServicesUrban Health ServicesWorkforceConceptsOrthopaedic surgeonsHospital referral regionsRural-Urban Continuum CodesDepartment of HealthMusculoskeletal providersLevel IVReferral regionsUS physiciansOrthopaedic workforceTotal physiciansRural areasStudy periodPhysiciansProvider workforceSurgeonsHealthcare provisionUrban counterpartsProvider dataChiropractorsUrban-rural trendsWorkforce dataSurgeon workforceContinuum CodesHuman ServicesUrban-rural discrepancy
2011
Reproducibility of Radiographic Measurements for Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma
Bono CM, Schoenfeld A, Rampersaud R, Levi A, Grauer J, Arnold P, Fehlings M, Dvorak M, Vaccaro AR. Reproducibility of Radiographic Measurements for Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma. Spine 2011, 36: 1374-1379. PMID: 21587104, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318221e169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubaxial cervical spine traumaVertebral body height lossCervical spine traumaSpine traumaPlain radiographsComputed tomographyHeight lossRadiographic measurementsAnterior vertebral body height lossSubaxial cervical spine injuriesSpine Trauma Study GroupCervical plain radiographsCervical spine injurySubaxial cervical injuriesImportance of imagingVertebral body translationPlain radiographic measurementsCT imagesCervical injuryPosterior tangent methodSpine injuriesRadiographic evaluationBACKGROUND DATAStudy groupKyphosis measurement
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 specialistsCurrent Trends in Spinal Arthroplasty
Whang PG, Simpson AK, Rechtine G, Grauer JN. Current Trends in Spinal Arthroplasty. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2009, 22: 26-33. PMID: 19190431, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e3181659804.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsLumbar total disc arthroplastyTotal disc arthroplastyCervical total disc arthroplastySpine surgeonsNeurosurgical spine surgeonsAlternative surgical treatmentLong-term outcomesPercentage of surgeonsDegenerative spinal conditionsSpinal fusion proceduresOpinions of surgeonsSurgical treatmentDisc arthroplastyBACKGROUND DATASpinal conditionsDegenerative conditionsSurgeonsContemporary updateSpinal arthroplastyFusion proceduresArthroplastyDeleterious effectsSpineTreatmentSurvey study