Commentary: Implications and limitations of cost-utility analysisDavid A Wong
Denver Spine Surgeons, 7800 E Orchard Rd, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA Electronic address
Spine J 12:691-2. 2012
..COMMENTARY ON: Kepler CK, Wilkinson SM, Radcliff KE, et al. Cost-utility analysis in spine care: a systematic review. Spine J 2012;12:676-90 (in this issue)...
Incidence of contraindications to total disc arthroplasty: a retrospective review of 100 consecutive fusion patients with a specific analysis of facet arthrosisDavid A Wong
Advanced Center for Spinal Microsurgery at Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
Spine J 7:5-11. 2007
..En face, this appears to be an extremely large number...
To err is human: quality and safety issues in spine careDavid A Wong
Advanced Center for Spinal Microsurgery, Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:S2-8. 2007
..A review of issues linking advocacy, patient safety, and quality...
Neurologic impairment from ectopic bone in the lumbar canal: a potential complication of off-label PLIF/TLIF use of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2)David A Wong
Advanced Center for Spinal Microsurgery, Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
Spine J 8:1011-8. 2008
..Complications using BMP in the cervical spine have been reported. Heretofore, there has not been a similar warning voiced for use of BMP in a lumbar PLIF or TLIF...
Medical errors in orthopaedics. Results of an AAOS member surveyDavid A Wong
Denver Spine, Suite 100, 7800 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 91:547-57. 2009
..The Patient Safety Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has compiled the results of a member survey to identify trends in orthopaedic errors that would help to direct quality assurance efforts...
Spinal surgery and patient safety: a systems approachDavid A Wong
Advanced Center for Spinal Microsurgery, Presbyterian/ St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 14:226-32. 2006
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Prospective analysis of imaging prediction of pseudarthrosis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: computed tomography versus flexion-extension motion analysis with intraoperative correlationGary Ghiselli
Rose Spine Institute, Denver, CO, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:463-8. 2011
..A prospective comparison of quantitative motion analyzed (QMA) flexion/extension radiographs versus computed tomography (CT) as an analytical predictor of cervical pseudarthrosis. Intraoperative confirmation of the fusion was performed...
Approaches to avoiding wrong site surgeryJames H Herndon
Am J Orthop 32:274; author reply 274-5. 2003