About the Authors

Alan H. Daniels

alandanielsmd@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

David J. Paller

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sarath Koruprolu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Mark A. Palumbo

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Joseph J. Crisco

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

Flexuspine provided the implants for the investigation. 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: AHD DJP SK MAP JJC. Performed the experiments: AHD DJP SK. Analyzed the data: AHD DJP SK MAP JJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHD DJP SK JJC. Wrote the paper: AHD DJP SK MAP JJC.