Mimura, Tetsuhiko
Moghaddamjou, Ali
Badhiwala, Jetan H.
Vaccaro, Alexander R.
Shaffrey, Christopher I.
Harrop, James S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-3406
Guest, James D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0931-0286
Aarabi, Bizhan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-457X
Fehlings, Michael G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-6364
Article History
Received: 26 May 2025
Revised: 27 November 2025
Accepted: 5 December 2025
First Online: 8 January 2026
Competing interests
: Dr. Michael Fehlings is a co-author of this study and the Editor-in-Chief of Spinal Cord. He was not involved in handling this manuscript during the submission and review processes. No other conflicts have been identified.