Liounakos, Jason I. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-5574
Kumar, Vignessh
Jamshidi, Aria
Silman, Zmira
Good, Christopher R.
Schroerlucke, Samuel R.
Cannestra, Andrew
Hsu, Victor
Lim, Jae
Zahrawi, Faissal
Ramirez, Pedro M.
Sweeney, Thomas M.
Wang, Michael Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic
Article History
Received: 12 June 2020
Accepted: 19 October 2020
First Online: 1 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Liounakos: nothing to disclose. Dr. Kumar: nothing to disclose. Dr. Jamshidi: nothing to disclose. Ms. Silman: nothing to disclose. Dr. Good: consultant for Medtronic, Stryker/K2M. Receives royalties from Stryker/K2M. Member of scientific advisory boards for Medtronic, Stryker/K2M, Augmedics. Holds direct stock ownership in Augmedics. Member of board of directors for National Spine Health Foundation. Dr. Schroerlucke: consultant for NuVasive. Receives royalties from NuVasive. Receives research support from Mazor Robotics, Ltd/Medtronic. Dr. Cannestra: consultant for Alphatec, Alliance Spine, Integrity Implants, Spinal Elements, MiRus, NuVasive, RTI, Mazor Robotics Ltd/Medtronic. Receives royalties from Alphatec, Alliance Spine, RTI, Spinal Elements, NuVasive. Receives research funding from NuVasive, Mazor Robotics Ltd/Medtronic. Dr. Hsu: consultant for Medtronic. Receives royalties from Camber Spine, Medicrea. Dr. Lim: consultant for Nexxt Spine, Stryker/K2M. Receives royalties from Globus Medical. Dr. Zahrawi: receives royalties from Spinewave. Dr. Ramirez: consultant for Spine Wave, Captiva Spine, SI Bone. Research support for Mazor Robotics, Ltd/Medtronic. Dr. Sweeney: receives royalties from NuVasive. Receives income from sales of intellectual property from Alpine Spine, LLC. Previously served as a consultant for Mazor Robotics, Ltd. Dr. Wang: consultant for Depuy-Synthes Spine, Spineology, Stryker. Receives royalties from the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Depuy-Synthes Spine, Springer Publishing, Quality Medical Publishing. Member of speaker’s bureau for Medtronic, Globus Medical. Holds direct stock ownership in Innovative Surgical Devices, Medical Device Partners.
: This retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database (MISReFRESH; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02057744) involving human participants was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Human Investigation Committee (IRB) of each respective institution involved approved this research investigation.
: Informed consent was obtained for all study subjects at all institutions.
: All participants consented to publication of the research results.