Kim, Jin-Sung
Lee, Jun Ho
Bae, Junseok
Lee, Dong Chan
Shin, Sang-Ha
Keum, Han Joong
Choi, Young Soo
Eun, Sang Soo
Shin, Seung Ho
Hong, Hyun Jin
Kim, Ji Yeon
Kim, Tae Hyun
Lim, Woojung
Kim, Junghoon
Park, Sang-Min
Park, Hyun-Jin
Lee, Hong-Jae
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea’s Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HC20C0163)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2021
Accepted: 2 March 2022
First Online: 28 March 2022
Declarations
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: The design and protocol of this multicenter, assessor-blinded, prospective RCT have been approved by the institutional review board of the five participating hospitals (Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon St Mary’s Hospital, DC21ENDOI0021; Catholic University of Korea Seoul St Mary’s Hospital, KC21ENDOI0469; Kyung Hee University Medical Center, KHUH 2021; Chungdam Wooridul Spine Hospital, 2021-07-WSH-008; and Wiltse Memorial Hospital, 2021-W03). All participants meeting our eligibility criteria will be required to provide informed consent for the surgery and for the use of their data in research before enrollment and randomization.
: Not applicable.
: Jin-Sung Kim is a consultant for RIWOSpine, GmbH, Germany, Stöckli Medical AG, Switzerland and Elliquence, LLC, USA. Jun Ho Lee is a consultant for RIWOSpine, GmbH, Germany. Junseok Bae is a consultant for Joimax, GmbH, Germany. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.