Current Concepts Review - Interbody Fusion Cages in Reconstructive Operations on the Spine*

Degenerative disk disease: assessment of changes in vertebral body marrow with MR imaging.

1988 • 1,862 citations

The Effect of Implants Loaded with Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Healing of Canine Segmental Bone Defects*

1998 • 878 citations

A Prospective, Randomized Study of Lumbar Fusion

1993 • 760 citations

The Treatment of Ruptured Lumbar Intervertebral Discs by Vertebral Body Fusion

1953 • 629 citations

A New Microsurgical Technique for Minimally Invasive Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1997 • 515 citations

The Bagby and Kuslich Method of Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1998 • 497 citations

Long-term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients

1987 • 483 citations

Threaded Titanium Cages for Lumbar Interbody Fusions

1997 • 462 citations

Carbon Fiber Implant to Aid Interbody Lumbar Fusion: 1-year Clinical Results in the First 26 Patients

1993 • 426 citations

The Incidence of Complications in Endoscopic Anterior Thoracolumbar Spinal Reconstructive Surgery

1995 • 368 citations

Arthrodesis by the Distraction-Compression Method Using a Stainless Steel Implant

1988 • 366 citations

Toward Uniformity in Evaluating Results of Lumbar Spine Operations

1986 • 344 citations

Results of In Situ Fusion for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis

1992 • 328 citations

Anterior Interbody Lumbar Spine Fusion

1972 • 285 citations

In Vivo Evaluation of Recombinant Human Osteogenic Protein (rhOP-1) Implants As a Bone Graft Substitute for Spinal Fusions

1994 • 266 citations

A Comparison of Radiographic Findings in Fusion and Nonfusion Patients Ten or More Years Following Lumbar Disc Surgery

1979 • 249 citations

Laparoscopic Fusion of the Lumbar Spine: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

1999 • 246 citations

Lumbar Interbody Cages

1998 • 243 citations

Laparoscopic Anterior Spinal Arthrodesis with rhBMP-2 in a Titanium Interbody Threaded Cage

1998 • 242 citations

1989 Volvo Award in Basic Science: Device-Related Osteoporosis with Spinal Instrumentation

1989 • 241 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Plates

1988 • 232 citations

Minimally Invasive Anterior Retroperitoneal Approach to the Lumbar Spine

1998 • 229 citations

Can Lumbar Spine Radiographs Accurately Determine Fusion in Postoperative Patients?

1993 • 228 citations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Disc Degeneration 10 Years After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1995 • 226 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1997 • 218 citations

Effective Doses of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Experimental Spinal Fusion

1996 • 215 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

2020 • 199 citations

The Use of an Osteoinductive Growth Factor for Lumbar Spinal Fusion

1995 • 186 citations

The Use of an Osteoinductive Growth Factor for Lumbar Spinal Fusion

1995 • 184 citations

Evaluation of rhBMP-2 With an OPLA Carrier in a Canine Posterolateral (Transverse Process) Spinal Fusion Model

1995 • 183 citations

Interbody Lumbar Fusion Using a Carbon Fiber Cage Implant Versus Allograft Bone

1994 • 182 citations

Interbody, Posterior, and Combined Lumbar Fusions

1995 • 168 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Updated

1985 • 167 citations

Comparison of Disc Space Heights after Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1989 • 165 citations

Osteogenic Protein Versus Autologous Interbody Arthrodesis in the Sheep Thoracic Spine

1999 • 164 citations

The Failed Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1991 • 154 citations

REVIEW OF 100 CASES

1954 • 147 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Technique

1985 • 144 citations

Interspace Distraction and Graft Subsidence After Anterior Lumbar Fusion With Femoral Strut Allograft

1993 • 137 citations

Biomechanical Properties of Threaded Inserts for Lumbar Interbody Spinal Fusion

1995 • 136 citations

Comparison of Interbody Fusion Approaches for Disabling Low Back Pain

1997 • 131 citations

Experimental Spinal Fusion With Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Without Decortication of Osseous Elements

1997 • 128 citations

Increasing Neuroforaminal Volume by Anterior Interbody Distraction in Degenerative Lumbar Spine

1995 • 125 citations

Pseudarthrosis Rate After Allograft Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Pedicle Screw and Plate Fixation

1994 • 122 citations

Revision Strategies for Salvaging or Improving Failed Cylindrical Cages

1999 • 119 citations

Spondylolisthesis

1981 • 117 citations

The Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Pain Syndromes Diagnosed by Discography

1994 • 117 citations

Cervical vertebral interbody fusion in the horse: a comparative study of bovine xenografts and autografts supported by stainless steel baskets.

1984 • 114 citations

Threaded fusion cages for lumbar interbody fusions

1999 • 112 citations

Distractive Properties of a Threaded Interbody Fusion Device

1996 • 111 citations

Observations on the management of failed spinal operations

1976 • 100 citations

Posterior Intervertebral Body Fusion A 25-year Study

1983 • 97 citations

Assessment of Pseudarthrosis in Pedicle Screw Fusion

1996 • 95 citations

Biomechanical Analysis of Lumbosacral Fixation

1996 • 93 citations

Results of Lumbosacral Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease With and Without Instrumentation

1992 • 89 citations

Biomechanical Comparison of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cages

1997 • 88 citations

Compression Strength of Donor Bone for Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1993 • 88 citations

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Open Thoracotomy for Anterior Thoracic Spinal Fusion

1998 • 84 citations

A biomechanical analysis of decompression and reconstruction methods in the cervical spine. Emphasis on a carbon-fiber-composite cage.

1993 • 83 citations

Anterior lumbar fusion using a hybrid interbody graft

1994 • 83 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Specialized Instruments

1985 • 76 citations

Biomechanical Analysis of Multilevel Fixation Methods in the Lumbar Spine

1997 • 74 citations

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Posterior Elements as Chip Grafts

1985 • 69 citations

Biomechanical evaluation of methods of posterior stabilization of the spine and posterior lumbar interbody arthrodesis for lumbosacral isthmic spondylolisthesis. A calf-spine model.

1991 • 69 citations

Anterior thoracic corpectomy for spinal cord decompression performed endoscopically.

1995 • 64 citations

Cervical osteochondrosis and disc herniation. Eighteen years' use of interbody fusion by Cloward's technique in 755 cases

1984 • 64 citations

Intercorporal bone graft in spinal fusion after disc removal.

1946 • 62 citations

Laparoscopic fusion of the lumbar spine in a multicenter series of the first 34 consecutive patients.

1996 • 62 citations

CT Evaluation of Interbody Fusion

1985 • 61 citations

Total Disc Replacement

1985 • 61 citations

The development of discopathy in lumbar discs adjacent to a lumbar anterior interbody spondylodesis. A retrospective matched-pair study with a postoperative follow-up of 16 years.

1992 • 47 citations

Unilateral Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

1985 • 46 citations

The Clinical and Roentgenographic Interpretation of Lumbosacral Anomalies

1934 • 45 citations

A critique of posterior lumbar interbody fusion: 12 years' experience with 250 patients

1989 • 41 citations

PAINFUL INTERNAL DISC DERANGEMENTS OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE: DISCOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT BY POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION

1991 • 33 citations

Titanium-Mesh Block Replacement of the Intervertebral Disk

1994 • 31 citations

Quantitative Histologic Study of the Influence of Anterior Spinal Instrumentation and Biodegradable Polymer on Lumbar Interbody Fusion After Corpectomy; A Canine Model

1992 • 28 citations

Intervertebral Body Fusion By the Use of Posterior Bone Dowel

1964 • 25 citations

A Comparative Evaluation of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Disc Disease

1985 • 24 citations

A Modified Cloward's Technique for Arthrodesis of the Normal Metacarpophalangeal Joint in the Horse

1988 • 24 citations

Anterior cervical interbody fusion with threaded cylindrical bone

1985 • 21 citations

Management of Iatrogenic Spinal Stenosis Complicating Placement of a Fusion Cage

1996 • 21 citations

The biomechanical and histomorphometric properties of anterior lumbar fusions: a canine model.

1988 • 20 citations

The prefit dowel intervertebral body fusion as used in lumbar disc therapy: a preliminary report.

1953 • 12 citations

Radiographic Evidence of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Emphasis on Computed Tomographic Scanning

1989 • 10 citations

Lumbar interbody fusion using the Brantigan I/F Cage for PLIF and the VSP pedicle screw system : Two year results of a Food and Drug Administration IDE clinical trial

2000 • 7 citations