Clinical Implementation of Tissue-Sparing Posterior Cervical Fusion: Addressing Market Access Challenges

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Perioperative and safety outcomes following tissue-sparing posterior cervical fusion to revise a pseudarthrosis: A multicenter retrospective review of 150 cases.

Lemons, Alexander C.; Haglund, Michael M.1; McCormack, Bruce M.2; Williams, Daniel M.; Bohr, Adam D.3; Summerside, Erik M.4.

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Long-term outcomes in patients treated with tissue-sparing posterior cervical fusion to revise a 1-level pseudarthrosis following ACDF

Michael M. Haglund, Bruce M. McCormack, Daniel M. Williams, Alexander C. Lemons, Erik M. Summerside

J Clin Neurosci. 2024 Jan; 119 85-92 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.020

Effectiveness of cervical zero profile integrated cage with and without supplemental posterior Interfacet stabilization

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Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Fusion with Facet Cages to Augment High-Risk Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis: A Case Series.

Sterling Kramer, Mohamed F. Albana, John B. Ferraro, Rahul V. Shah

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Length of stay associated with posterior cervical fusion with intervertebral cages: experience from a device registry.

Kris Siemionow , William Smith, Mark Gillespy, Bruce M. McCormack, Mukund I. Gundanna, Jon E. Block

J Spine Surg. 2018 Jun;4(2):281-286. doi: 10.21037/jss.2018.05.27.

Perioperative complications in patients treated with posterior cervical fusion and bilateral cages

Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Pawel Glowka, Robert J. Blok, Mark C. Gillespy, Mukund I. Gundanna, William D. Smith, Zeshan Hyder, Bruce M. McCormack

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Anterior Cervical Pseudarthrosis Treated with Bilateral Posterior Cervical Cages

William Smith, Mark Gillespy, Jason Huffman, Veasna Vong, Bruce M. McCormack

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Multilevel cervical laminectomy and fusion with posterior cervical cages

Jad N. Bou Monsef, Krzysztof B. Siemionow

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Posterior Cervical Transfacet Fusion with Facetal Spacer for the Treatment of Single-Level Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized, Controlled Prospective Study

Jacopo Lenzi, Antonio Nardone, Emiliano Passacantilli, Alessandro Caporlingua, Gennaro Lapadula, Federico Caporlingua

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Novel instrumentation and technique for tissue sparing posterior cervical fusion

Bruce M. McCormack, Raman Dhawan

J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Dec;34:299-302. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.08.008. Epub 2016 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 27590864.

Clinical and Radiographic Results of Indirect Decompression and Posterior Cervical Fusion for Single-Level Cervical Radiculopathy Using an Expandable Implant with 2-Year Follow-Up

Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Piotr Janusz, Frank M. Phillips, Jim A. Youssef, Robert Isaacs, Marcin Tyrakowski, Bruce M. McCormack

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Biomechanical evaluation of posterior cervical cage stabilization with and without lateral mass fixation

Leonard I. Voronov, Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Robert M. Havey, Gerard Carandang, Frank M. Phillips, and Avinash G. Patwardhan

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Cervical cages placed bilaterally in the facet joints from a posterior approach significantly increase foraminal area

Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Piotr Janusz, Pawel Glowka

Eur Spine J. 2016 Jul;25(7):2279-85. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4430-7. Epub 2016 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 26869077.

Bilateral posterior cervical cages provide biomechanical stability: assessment of stand-alone and supplemental fixation for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Leonard I. Voronov, Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Robert M. Havey, Gerard Carandang, Frank M. Phillips, and Avinash G. Patwardhan

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Preliminary Analysis of Adjacent Segment Degeneration in Patients Treated with Posterior Cervical Cages – 2 Year Follow-Up

Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Jad B. Monsef, Piotr Janusz

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Minimally Disruptive Posterior Cervical Fusion with DTRAX Cervical Cage for Single Level Radiculopathy – Results in 10 Patients at 1-Year

Bruce M. McCormack, Edward Eyster, John Chiu, Krzysztof B. Siemionow

Spine Research. Published January 20, 2016

Biomechanical evaluation of an interfacet joint decompression and stabilization system

Jeremi M. Leasure, Jenni Buckley

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Percutaneous posterior cervical fusion with the DTRAX Facet System for single-level radiculopathy: results in 60 patients

Bruce M. McCormack, Rafael C. Bundoc,, Mario R. Ver, Jose Manuel F. Ignacio Sigurd H. Berven, Edward F. Eyster

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