The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 580-584 , July 2009

Lumbar intersegmental spacing and angulation in the modified lateral decubitus position versus variants of prone positioning

  • Vijay Agarwal, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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  • Michael Wildstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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  • John B. Tillman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic Spine, LLC, 1221 Crossman Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA
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  • William L. Pelkey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic Spine, LLC, 1221 Crossman Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA
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  • Todd F. Alamin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, room R-171, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: (650) 725-6797; fax: (650) 723-9805.

Received 10 July 2008 ,Revised 1 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 April 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: JBT (stockholder, manager for medical affairs, Medtronic Spine LLC); WLP (stockholder, data and statistics director at Medtronic Spine LLC); TA (royalties, Medtronic Spine; stockholder at Simpirica Spine; consultant for Medtronic and Simpirica; member of board of directors and scientific advisory board of Simpirica Spine; research support from SPO #38201).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00152-1

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.002

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 580-584 , July 2009

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