This page lists selected research publications of faculty members in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Rush University Medical Center.
Richard W. Byrne, MD
Lad N, Jobe K, Polley J, Byrne R: Munchausen syndrome in postoperative cranial neurosurgery. Neurosurgery, 55(6):E1459-E1462, Dec 2004.
Sani S, Jobe K, Byrne RW: Successful repair of an intracranial nailgun injury to the parietal region and the superior sagittal sinus. Journal of Neurosurgery, 103(3):567-9 Sept. 2005.
Byrne R, Bagan B: Academic Center ERs Bear the Brunt of Chicago-Area Transfers. AANS Neurosurgery Bulletin, 13(4):14-15. Feb. 2005
Cosgrove G, Delashaw J, Grotenhuis A, Tew J, VanLoveren H, Spetzler R, Payner T, Rosseau G, Shaffrey M, Hopkins LN, Byrne R, Norbash A: Safety and Efficacy of a Hydrogel Sealant (Duraseal) for Watertight Dural Repair. Journal of Neurosurgery. 106 (1):52-8. Jan 2007
Byrne RW, Bagan B, Slavin K, Curry D, Koski T, Origitano TC: Neurosurgical Emergency Transfers to Academic Centers in Cook County. A Prospective, Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery. 62(3):1-7 March, 2008
Lewis P, Rue J, Byrne R, Capiola D, Steiner M, Bach B: Cervical Syrinx as a cause of Shoulder Pain in Two Athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine 36(1):169-72 January 2008
Byrne RW, Jobe KW, Smith MC, Kanner A, Bergen D, Palac S, Balabanov A, Ajiboye N, Takagi I, Whisler W: Epidural Cylinder Electrodes for Presurgical Evaluation of Intractable Epilepsy: 18261782 Surgical Neurology Feb, 2008
Sani S, Boco T, Cochran E, Huckman M, Lewis S, Byrne, R: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Hemostatic Agent in the Brain. Accepted: Journal of Neurosurgery June 2008.
Boco T, Aaleaes S, Musacchio MJ, Byrne R, Cochran E. Papillary Tumors of the pineal region. 28(1):87-92 Neuropathology, Feb, 2008.
Byrne RW, Bagan B: Acute Care Surgery and Neurosurgery in Urban Centers. What Role Would Acute Care Surgeons Play? Accepted, AANS Neurosurgeon Feb, 2008.
Book Chapters
Byrne R, Hurley T: Neurosurgery. In: Rush Review of Surgery, 4th Edition, Deziel D, Bines S. (eds). W.B. Saunders 2004.
Byrne R, Whisler W: Multiple subpial transections. In: Operative Neurosurgery, Schmidek H, Sweet W. (eds). W. B. Saunders 2004.
Smith MC, Kanner A, Byrne R: Special Surgical Procedures in Epilepsy: Multiple subpial transections and corpus callosotomy. In: The Management of Epilepsy, 4th Edition, Wylie E. (ed). Lea and Febiger 2006.
Smith MC, Byrne R: Is epilepsy surgery useful in Landau-Kleffner Syndrome? In: Issues and Controversies in Epilepsy Surgery, Miller J, Silbergeld D. (eds). Marcel Dekker 2004.
Byrne R, Foroohar M: Intradural- extramedullary tumors of the subaxial cervical spine. In: Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques. Thieme, 2006.
Kanner AM, Balabanov AJ, Hoeppner TP, Byrne R. Surgical treatment of the Landau Kleffner Syndrome. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2007, in press.
Smith MC, Byrne RW, Kanner A. Other surgeries for medically intractable epilepsy: MST and hypothalamic hamartoma. Shorvon, Engel (ed). 3rd Edition 2008. In Press.
Byrne RW, Whisler WW. Multiple Subpial Transections: In Neurological Surgery 5th Edition. Youmans, JR. (ed). Philadelphia WB Saunders 2008 In press.
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Roy A.E. Bakay, MD
Stover NP, Okun MS, Evatt ML, Raju DV, Bakay RAE, Vitek JL. Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in a Patient with Parkinson Disease and Essential Tremor. Arch Neurol 2005;62: 141-143.
Subramanian T, Deogaonkar M, Brummer M, Bakay RAE, MRI guidance improves accuracy of stereotaxic targeting for cell transplantation and gene therapy in Parkinsonian monkeys. Exp Neurol 2005; 193(1): 172-180.
Tuszynski MH, Thal L, Pay M, Salmon D, Hoi SU, Bakay R, Piyush P, Blesch A, Vahlsing H85L, Ho G, Tong G, Potkin S.G, Fallon, J, Hansen, L, Mufson, EJ, Kordower, JH, Gall C & Conner J. A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease. Nat Med 2005; (doi:10.1038/nm1239) 11:551-555.
Stover SP, Bakay RAE, Subramanian T, Raiser CD, Cornfeldt ML, Scjweikert AW, Allen RC, Watts RL. Intrastriatal implantation of human retinal pigment epithelial cells attached to microcarriers in advanced Parkinson’s Disease, Arch Neurol 2005; 62:1833-1837.
Bakay RAE, Neural transplantation, J Neurosurg 2005; 103(1): 6-8; discussion 8.
Kutz SC, Bakay RAE. Deep brain stimulation in patients with non-Parkinson’s movement disorders. Contemp Neuroscurg 27(3):1-6, 2005.
Vaillancourt DE, Prodoehl J, Sturman MM, Verhagen Metman L, Bakay RAE, Corcos DM. Effects of deep brain stimulation and medication on strength, bradykinesia and electromyographic patterns of the ankle joint in Parkinson’s disease, Mov Disord 2006;21(1):50-58.
Bakay RAE. Limits of brain-computer interface. Neurosurg Focus 2006; 20(5):E6.
Scott T. Grafton, MD, Robert S. Turner, PhD, Michael Desmurget PhD, Bakay RA, MD, Mahlon Delong, MD, Vitek JL, MD, PhD, Michael Crutcher PhD Normalization of Cortical Activity during Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease, Neurology 2006; 66(8):1192-1199.
Kordower JH, Herzog CD, Bass B, Bakay RAE, Stansell II J, Gasmi M, Bartus RT. Delivery of neurturin by AAV2 (CERE-120)-mediated gene transfer provides structural and functional neuroprotection and neurorestoration in MPTP-treated monkeys. Ann Neurol 2006;60(6):706-715.
Wang EQ, Verhagen Metman L, Bakay RAE, Arzbaecher J, Bernard B, Corcos DM. Hemisphere-specific effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on speaking rate and articulatory accuracy of syllable repetitions in Parkinson’s disease. J Med Speech Lang Path 14(4):323-333, 2006.
Prodoehl J, Corcos DM, Rothwell JC, Verhagen Metman L,, Bakay RAE, Vaillancourt DY. Effects of STN DBS on memory guided force control in Parkinson’s Disease. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 15(2):155-165, 2007.
Shapiro MB, Vaillancourt DE, Sturman MM, Verhagen Metman L, Bakay RAE, Corcos M. Effects of STN DBS on rigidity in Parkinson’s Disease. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 15(2):173-181, 2007.
Sani S, Jobe K, Smith A, Kordower JH, Bakay AE. Deep brain stimulation for treatment of obesity in rats. J Neurosurg 107:809-813, 2007.
Pilitsis JG, Bakay RAE. Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. Contemp Neurosurg 29(19):1-8, 2007.
Sturman MM, Vaillancourt DE, Metman LV, Sierens DK, Bakay RA, Corcos DM. Deep brain stimulation and medication for parkinsonian tremor during secondary tasks. Movement Disorders 22(8):1157-63, 2007.
Collier TJ, Lipton J, Daley BF, Palfi S, Chu Y, Sortwell C, Bakay RA, Sladek JR Jr., Kordower JH. Aging-related changes in the nigrostriatal dopamine system and the response to MPTP in nonhuman primates: diminished compensatory mechanisms as a prelude to parkinsonism. Neurobiol Dis 26(1):56-65, 2007.
Shapiro MB, Vaillancourt DE, Sturman MM, Verhagen L, Bakay RAE, Corcos DM. Effects of STN DBS on rigidity in Parkinson’s disease. IEEE Transactions of Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Special Issue on Deep Brain Stimulation. 15(2):173-81, 2007.
Pilitsis JG, Chu Y, Kordower J, Bergen DC, Cochran EJ, Bakay RAE, et al. Post-mortem study of deep brain stimulation of the anterior thalamus. Neurosurgery (in press), 2007.
Pallavaram S, Bakay RAE. Inter-surgeon variability in the selection of anterior and posterior commissures and its potential effects on target localization. Stereotactic and Funcational Neurosurgery (in press), 2007.
Pilitsis JG, Bakay RAE. Deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders. sychopharm Review 2007 42(9).
Diederich N, Bakay RAE, Verhagen L, Alesch F. VIM stimulation in complex tremor syndromes. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (in press), 2008.
Pilitsis J, Bakay RAE, Verhagen L. Factors involved in long-term efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus for essential tremor. J Neurosurg (in press), 2008.
Sturman M, Bakay RAE, Verhagen L, Corcos D, Shapiro M. Effect of short and long term STN stimulation periods on Parkinsonian signs. Movement Disorders (in press), 2008.
Marks WJ, Verhagen L, Bakay RAE, et al. A phase I, open-label study of CERE-120 (adeno-associated virus serotype 2 [AAV2]-neurturin [NTN]) to assess the safety and tolerability of intraputaminal delivery to subjects with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. The Lancet Neurology (in press), 2008.
Book Chapters
Ribak CE, Shappiro LA, Seress L, Bakay RAE. Alumina Gel Injection Models of Epilepsy in Monkeys, In: Models of Seizures and Epilepsy. Elsevier Science, Cambridge England 2005, pp. 179-187.
Pilitsis J, Bakay RAE, Lozano AM. Stimulation and Ablative Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease In: Kordower J, Tuszynski M (eds), CNS Regeneration 2nd Edition:Basic Science and Clinical Advances. Elsevier. Dec 2007.
Bakay, RAE. Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces: Neurosurgical Experience and Perspective In: DiLorenzo DJ and Bronzino JD (eds), Neuroengineering. Dec 2007. pp. 13.1 – 13.12.
Bakay RAE, Kurtz S: The Thalamus, In: Starr P, Barbaro N, Larson P (eds), Neurosurgical Operative Atlas 2nd Edition: Functional Neurosurgery. Thieme. In Press.
Pilitsis JG, Bakay RAE. The future of deep brain stimulation In: Tarsy, Okun, Staff, and Vitek (eds), Deep Brain Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders. Humana, Totowa, NJ (In press).
Pilitsis JG, Bakay RAE. Novel neuromodulation strategies in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders In: Krames E, Peckhas PH, Rezai A (eds), Textbook of Neuromodulation. Blackwell, Boston, MA (In press).
Sierens D, Kutz S, Pilitsis JG, Bakay RAE. Stereotactic surgery with microelectrode recordings In: Bakay RAE (ed), Movement Disorder Surgery: The Essentials. Thieme, New York. (In press
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Harel Deutsch, MD
Deutsch H, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV, Rodts GE. Occipitocervical fixation: long-term results. Spine. 30(5):530-5, 2005.
Jimenez J, Sepehr S, Braverman B, Deutsch H, Ratliff JK. Palsies of the 5th cervical
nerve root after cervical decompression: prevention using continuous
intraoperative EMG monitoring. J Neurosurg: Spine. 3:92-97, 2005.
Sani S, Boco T, Deutsch H. Cervical stenosis presenting with acute Brown-Sequard
syndrome: case report. Spine. 15;30(16):E481-3, 2005.
Deutsch H, Musacchio M. Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with unilateral pedicle screw fixation. Neurosurg Focus. 20(3):E10, 2006.
Mummaneni PV, Deutsch H, Mummaneni VP. Cervicothoracic kyphosis. Neurosurg Clin N Am. Jul;17(3):277-87, 2006.
Deutsch H, Haid R, Rodts G Jr, Mummaneni PV. The decision-making process: Allograft versus autograft. Neurosurgery. 60(1 SUPP):S98-S102, 2007.
Musacchio M, Patel N, Bagan B, Deutsch H, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff J. Minimally invasive lumbar laminectomy via a dual-tube technique: evaluation in a cadaver model. Surg Neurol. 67(4):348-52, 2007.
Patel N, Bagan B, Vadera S, Maltenfort MG, Deutsch H, Vaccaro AR, Harrop J, Sharan A, Ratliff JK. Obesity and spine surgery: relation to perioperative complications. J Neurosurg Spine. Apr;6(4):291-7, 2007.
Musacchio M, Patel N, Bagan B, Deutsch H, Vaccaro AR, Ratliff J. Minimally Invasive Thoracolumbar Costotransversectomy and Corpectomy via a Dual-Tube Technique: Evaluation in a Cadaver Model. Surg Technol Int. 16:221-5, 2007.
Boco T, Deutsch H. Delayed symptomatic presentation of epidural hematoma after epidural catheter anesthesia. Spine. 32(22):E649-51, 2007.
Deutsch H, Ratliff J, Phillips F. Idiopathic scoliosis. Neurosurgery. Accepted, 2007.
Deutsch H, Boco T. Minimally invasive transpedicular vertebrectomy for metastatic disease to the thoracic spine. J Spinal Disord Tech. Accepted, 2007.
Book Chapters
Jenkins A, Deutsch H, Patel N, Post KP. Complication avoidance in neurosurgery. In: Winn HR. Youman’s Textbook of Neurosurgery. 5th Edition. Saunders, 2005.
Deutsch H, Mummaneni PV, Haid, RW. Resorbable spacers for anterior and posterior lumbar fusion. In: Kim, D, Vaccaro A, Fessler R. Spinal Instrumentation. Thieme, 2005.
Deutsch H, Haid RW. Cervical Ankylosing Spondylitis. In:Mummaneni P, Haid RW, Lenke L. Spinal Deformity: A Guide to Surgical Planning and Management. Quality Medical Publishing, 2007.
Deutsch H, Ratliff J. Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Surgery of the Spine. In: Scmidek and Sweet. Neurosurgical Techniques. Elsevier Publishing, 2005.
Deutsch H, Mummaneni P. Distraction-extension injuries of the cervical spine. In: Kim D and Vaccaro A. Pediatric and Adult Spine Trauma , 2007.
Deutsch H. Craniocervical Instrumentation Techniques. In: Wolfla CE and Resnick DK. Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, 2nd Edition. Thieme, 2007.
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Demetrius Lopes, MD
Sani S, Jobe KW, Lopes D: Treatment of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms with the Neuroform2 Treo Sent. Neurosurg Focus 18(2):E4, 2005
Lopes D, Sani S: Histological postmortem study of an internal carotid artery aneurysm treated with Neuroform stent. Neurosurgery 56 (2): E416, February 2005
Chu J, Hsi W, Bernard D, Hubbard L, Reeder R, Lopes D: Performance of Magnetic Field Guided Navigation System for Interventional Neurosurgical and Cardiac Procedures. Am Coll Med Phys 6 (3): 143-150 2005
Qureshi AI, Suri MFK, Siddiqui AM, Kim SH, Boulos AS, Ringer AJ, Lopes DK, Guterman LR, Hopkins LN: Clinical and Angiographic Results of angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease. J Neuroimaging 15:240-249,July 2005
Sani S, Lopes D: Treatment of middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm using double Neuroform stent “Y” configuration and coil embolization: Technical case report. Operative Neurosurgery 57:209, July 2005
Musacchio M, Kuchay B, Patel N, Sani S, Lopes D: Long-Term Follow-up of Quality of Life after Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Treatmtent for Arteriovenous Malformations. Radiosurgery 6:213-222, 2006
Doshi R, Spoon J, Lopes D, Spies C, Snell RJ. Carotid Artery Stent Type Influences Duplex Ultrasonography Derived Flow Velocities? Findings of an In-Vitro Model. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 94(9) Suppl. B: 21B, 2007
Barton B, Prabhakaran S, Lopes D, Lee V: Pseudo-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Cerebellar Infarction. NeuroCritical Care online, 2007
Patel N, Heiferman M, Wells K, Reeder P, Lopes D: Minimally invasive cerebrovascular surgery in elderly patients. Interventional Neuroradiology (2007)
Musacchio M, Lopes D: Initial clinical experience with Onyx embolization of AVM. Neurosurgery (2007)
Ringer A, Lopes D, et al: Risk of Surveillance Angiography after coiling of cerebral aneurysms. Stroke (2007)
Prabhakaran S, Wells K, Lee V, Flaherty C, Lopes D: Prevalence and risk factors for aspirin and clopidogrel resistance in cerebrovascular stenting. AJNR (2007)
Book Chapters
Kim S, Ringer A, Lopes D. Trends in Endovascular Surgery, in Lawton M (ed.). Controversies in Neurological Surgery: Neurovascular Disease. Thieme New York, 2005
Wiebers D, Molyneux A, Hanel R, Lopes D. Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm: Stents, Coils, Onyx, and Other Embolic Agents, In: Neuroendovascular Surgery: Techniques, Indications, and Patient Selection. 2006
Hanel R, Lopes D, Wehman J, Sauvageau E, Levy E, Guterman L, Hopkins LN: Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms and Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 2006
Lopes, D. transarterial approaches to dural AVMs, In: Surgical Endovascular Neuroradiology. Thieme New York, 2007
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Shaun O’Leary, MD, PhD
Verhagen ML, O’Leary ST: The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Motor Complications. Movement Disorders. 20(11): S45-S56, 2005.
Book Chapters
O’Leary ST, Ganju A, Rauzzino MR, Nockles RP: Costotransversectomy. In Fessler RG, Sekhar LN (ed.): Atlas of Neurosurgery Techniques. New York: Thieme, 2005 58: 433-39.
O’Leary ST, Gliklich R, Rock JP: Outcomes studies in neurosurgical oncology. In Harbaugh RE (ed.): Outcomes Analysis in Neurological Surgery. In press.
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John O'Toole, MD
Voyadzis JM, Gala VC, O'Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Approaches for Thoracolumbar Deformity. Neurosurgery, in press
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Far Lateral Microendoscopic Discectomy for Extraforaminal Disc Herniation at the Lumbosacral Junction: cadaveric dissection and technical case report. The Spine Journal 7(4):414-21, Jul-Aug 2007.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Insertion of Syringosubarachnoid Shunt for Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia: Technical Report. Neurosurgery 61(5 Suppl 2):E331-2, Nov 2007.
Eichholz KM, O’Toole JE, Fessler RG. Thoracic Microendoscopic Discectomy in Supplement to Pan Arab Journal, in press
Komotar RJ, O'Toole JE, Mocco J, Khandji AG, Keller CE, Connolly ES Jr, Bilsky MH, McCormick PC. Gangliocytoma of the spinal cord. Neurosurgery 60(5):895-900, May 2007.
Rosen DS, O'Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Hrubes M, Huo D, Sandhu FA, Fessler RG. Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly: outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and older. Neurosurgery 60(3):503-9, Mar 2007.
Irwin N, Li YM, O'Toole JE, Benowitz LI. Mst3b, a purine-sensitive Ste20-like protein kinase, regulates axon outgrowth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(48):18320-5, Nov 2006.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Tumors. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 17(4), Oct 2006.
Eichholz KM, O’Toole JE, Christie SD, Fessler RG. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 17(4), Oct 2006.
Eichholz KM, O’Toole JE, Fessler RG. Thoracic Microendoscopic Discectomy: Indications, Surgical Technique, Complications. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 17(4), Oct 2006.
O’Toole JE, Sheikh H, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG, Perez-Cruet, MJ. Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Discectomy. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 17(4), Oct 2006.
Fessler RG, O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Perez-Cruet, MJ. The Development of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 17(4), Oct 2006.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Far Lateral Microendoscopic Discectomy for Extraforaminal Disc Herniation at the Lumbosacral Junction: cadaveric dissection and technical case report. The Spine Journal, in press
Eichholz KM, O’Toole JE, Fessler RG. Thoracic Microendoscopic Discectomy in Supplement to Pan Arab Journal, in press
Book Chapters
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG, editors, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, volume 17, issue 4, Elsevier, Philadelphia, October 2006.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Laminectomy in A Practical Guide to the Anatomy and Techniques for Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgery, Ozgur BM, Garfin SR, and Benzel EC, eds. New York, Springer, 2007.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Cervical Foraminotomy and Decompression of Stenosis in Scuderi G, Tria A (eds), Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics, New York, Springer, 2007.
Eichholz KM, O’Toole JE, Myers GR, Fessler RG. Minimally Invasive Thoracic Microendoscopic Discectomy in Scuderi G, Tria A (eds), Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics, New York, Springer, 2007.
O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Nockles, RP, Fessler RG. Surgery-Related Neurological Deterioration in Cervical Spine Trauma, Vaccaro A and Anderson P, eds. Philadelphia, LWW, 2007.
Alstadt TJ, O’Toole JE, Eichholz KM, Fessler RG. Modern Instrumentation in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery in Craniovertebral Junction Disorders: Current Management Concepts, Goel A, ed. Medknow Publication Ltd, India (in press)
Hankinson TC, O’Toole JE, Kaiser MG. Multilevel ACDF vs. Corpectomy for Cervical Kyphosis in Spinal Deformity: A guide to surgical planning and management, Mummaneni PV et al., eds. QMP, St. Louis, (in press).
O’Toole JE, McCormick PC. Vascular Malformations of the Spinal Cord in Rothman-Simeone The Spine, Herkowitz HN et al, eds. 5th ed. Chap 83. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2006.
O’Toole JE, McCormick PC. Zephir Anterior Cervical Plate in Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques, Kim D, Vaccaro A, and Fessler R, eds. Thieme, New York, 2005.
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