About the Authors
- Michael G. Fehlings
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* E-mail: michael.fehlings@uhn.on.ca
Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Alexander Vaccaro
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Affiliation Division of Spinal Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jefferson R. Wilson
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Anoushka Singh
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- David W. Cadotte
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- James S. Harrop
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Affiliation Division of Spinal Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Bizhan Aarabi
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Christopher Shaffrey
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Affiliation Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Marcel Dvorak
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Charles Fisher
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Paul Arnold
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
- Eric M. Massicotte
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Stephen Lewis
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Raja Rampersaud
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Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
No direct funding was received by the authors from Medtronic Inc and there are no financial ties between authors and the company. The logistics of the study were supported by PhDx through an unrestricted grant to the Spine Trauma Study Group by Medtronic Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MGF AV JRW AS DWC JSH BA CS MD CF PA EMM SL RR. Performed the experiments: MGF AV JRW AS DWC JSH BA CS MD CF PA EMM SL RR. Analyzed the data: MGF JRW. Wrote the paper: MGF JRW.