2013
Routine Imaging for Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery
Bohl DD, Ruiz FK, Webb ML, Gruskay JA, Grauer JN. Routine Imaging for Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery. Spine 2013, 38: 1233-1237. PMID: 23429678, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31828cb001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLumbar fusionElective lumbar spine surgeryOperating roomPosterior lumbar decompressionLumbar spine surgeryAnterior lumbar fusionLumbar spine proceduresStandard of careLumbar surgical proceduresPosterior lumbar fusionSingle-page questionnaireCurrent imaging practicesFlexion-extension filmsAnterior-posterior viewImaging practicesPostoperative outpatientLumbar decompressionPosterior fusionSkin incisionTomographic scanSpine surgerySpine proceduresBACKGROUND DATAPlain filmsSurgical procedures
2008
MR Findings of Exaggerated Fluid in Facet Joints Predicts Instability
Schinnerer KA, Katz LD, Grauer JN. MR Findings of Exaggerated Fluid in Facet Joints Predicts Instability. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2008, 21: 468-472. PMID: 18836356, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e3181585bab.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingFacet jointsPlain filmsLumbar spine magnetic resonance imagingLumbar magnetic resonance imagingSpine magnetic resonance imagingSupine magnetic resonance imagingAxial magnetic resonance imagingConsecutive magnetic resonance imagingLow back painLumbar facet jointsRetrospective radiographic reviewIncidence of spondylolisthesisRadiographic evidenceSingle surgeonBack painRadiographic reviewSagittal MRI sequencesBACKGROUND DATAMR findingsSpondylolisthesisResonance imagingCorresponding radiographsSubtle instabilityRelative incidence