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Mortality Rates Associated With Odontoid and Subaxial Cervical Spine Fractures
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Quantifying the Variability of Financial Disclosure Information Reported by Authors Presenting Research at Multiple Sports Medicine Conferences
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Augmented Demineralized Bone Matrix: A Potential Alternative for Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion
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Effects of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 on Surgical Infections in a Rabbit Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Model
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic proteins (rhBMPs) are often used during spine surgery, but their effects on postoperative infections have not...