Khazanchi, Rushmin
Chen, Austin R.
Desai, Parth
Herrera, Daniel
Staub, Jacob R.
Follett, Matthew A.
Krushelnytskyy, Mykhaylo
Kemeny, Hanna
Hsu, Wellington K.
Patel, Alpesh A.
Divi, Srikanth N.
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Revised: 24 August 2025
Accepted: 27 August 2025
First Online: 9 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Northwestern University Institutional Review Board under STU00214424.
: Dr. Alpesh Patel has received royalties from Alphates Spine, Amedica, the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Nuvasive, and Springer and consulting fees from Alphates Spine, Amedica, DePuy (a Johnson & Johnson company), Kuros Biosciences, Muvasive, and Zimmer. Dr. Patel also holds leadership roles in the American Arthepaedic Association, the Cervical Spine Research Society, the North American Spine Society, Surgical Neurology.International, and Wolters Kluwer Health—Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Additionally, Dr. Patel owns stock in Extenics, Endaluxe, Necimed, nView Medical Inc, Spine BioPharma, and Tissue Differentiation Intelligence.Dr. Wellington Hsu has received royalties from Stryker and consulting fees from Asahi, Medtronic Sofamer Danek, and Stryker. Dr. Hsu also holds leadership roles in the Cervical Spine Research Society, the Lumbar Spine Research Society, and the North American Spine Society and owns stock in Amphix Bio.Dr. Srikanth Divi has received payment for lectures from Atec Spine, Inc. and travel support from Kuros Biosciences.For the remaining authors none were declared.