Session II - Spine Friday, October 17, 1997

Moderator: Jeffrey Anglen, MD
11:30 a.m. The Effect of Postoperative Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Administration on Spinal Fusion

Steven D. Glassman, MD, S. Matthew Rose, BE, John R. Dimar, MD, Rolando M. Puno, MD, Mitchell J. Campbell, MD, John R. Johnson, MD

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

11:37 a.m. Observations on the Effect of Surgically Implanted Metallic Bullet Fragments on the Spinal Cord and Intervertebral Disc: An Animal Model

Nathaniel Tindel, MD, Mitchell Reiter, MD, Alexander Marcillo, MD, Richard Bunge, MD, Frank J. Eismont, MD

University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

11:44 a.m. Discussion - Alan M. Levine, MD
11:49 a.m. Longterm Follow-Up of Operative Treatment of Low Lumbar Burst Fractures

Alan M. Levine, MD, Walter Virkus, MD

University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

11:56 a.m. Rotationally Unstable Fractures of the Cervical Spine

Robert Lifeso, MD, Michael Colucci, MD, Christopher Hamill, MD

Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York, USA

12:03 p.m. Discussion - Mitchel B. Harris, MD