Passias, Peter G.
Horn, Samantha R.
Vasquez-Montes, Dennis
Shepard, Nicholas
Segreto, Frank A.
Bortz, Cole A.
Poorman, Gregory W.
Jalai, Cyrus M.
Wang, Charles
Stekas, Nicholas
Frangella, Nicholas J.
Deflorimonte, Chloe
Diebo, Bassel G.
Raad, Micheal
Vira, Shaleen
Horowitz, Jason A.
Sciubba, Daniel M.
Hassanzadeh, Hamid
Lafage, Renaud
Afthinos, John
Lafage, Virginie
Article History
Received: 22 May 2018
Accepted: 27 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
Change Date: 3 October 2019
Change Type: Correction
Change Date: 3 October 2019
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: The AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) has requested the correction of the result Tables��1���3 of this study: All stated numbers below 10 shall be modified to read ���<10��� instead.
Change Details: The AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) has requested the correction of the result Tables��1���3 of this study: All stated numbers below 10 shall be modified to read ���<10��� instead.
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Passias reports personal fees from Medicrea, personal fees from SpineWave, non-financial support from Allosource, personal fees from Zimmer Biomet, personal fees from Globus, grants from CSRS, and personal fees from Aesculap, outside the submitted work. Dr. Sciubba reports consulting for Medtronic, DePuy Synthes, Stryker, NuVasive, and K2M, outside the submitted work. Dr. Hassanzadeh reports consulting for NuVasive, research support from Pfizer, and grant from Orthofix, outside the submitted work. Dr. Lafage reports stock ownership of Nemaris INC, speaking and/or teaching arrangements from NuVasive, DePuy Spine, Nemaris INC, Medicrea, and board of directors for Nemaris INC, and grants from SRS, NIH, and DePuy Spine, outside the submitted work. All other authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee Institutional Review Board and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.