The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages 857-858, October 2009

Hybrids: good for cars and the environment—are they good for the spine too?

  • Christopher M. Bono, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Orthopedic Spine Service, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02478, USA. Tel.: (617) 732-7238; fax: (617) 732-6937.

Orthopedic Spine Service, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02478, USA

Received 1 July 2009; accepted 2 July 2009. published online 07 August 2009.

COMMENTARY ON: Erkan S, Rivera Y, Wu C, et al. Biomechanical comparison of a two-level Maverick disc replacement with a hybrid one-level disc replacement and one-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Spine J 2009;9:830–835 (in this issue).

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: CMB (royalties, Life Spine; consulting, Depuy Spine, Medtronic Sofamor Danek; speaking/teaching arrangements, Depuy Spine, Stryker Spine; board of directors, North American Spine Society; other office, Applied Spine; staff/materials, Archus Orthopedics, Synthes Spine; grants, Stryker Spine; fellowship support, Depuy Spine).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00322-2

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2009.07.002

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  • Biomechanical comparison of a two-level Maverick disc replacement with a hybrid one-level disc replacement and one-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion , 29 May 2009

    Serkan Erkan, Yamil Rivera, Chunhui Wu, Amir A. Mehbod, Ensor E. Transfeldt
    The Spine Journal October 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 10, Pages 830-835)

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages 857-858, October 2009

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