Highlights:
- Cages in ACDF are associated with a higher non-union rate than allograft
- Advanced method of quantifying the cone of economy may allow practitioners to determine appropriate treatment options
- While the ASBMR taskforce report concludes that “no further trials of vertebroplasty should be performed”, Douglas Beall argues that this recommendation is “dangerous” and “shameful”
- Francis Lovecchio writes about opioid consumption patterns after lumbar microdiscectomy or decompression
- Profile: Ronald Bartels
