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Behavioral dimensions of adjustment in persons with chronic pain: pain-related anxiety and acceptance by McCracken, L M, Spertus, I L, Janeck, A S, Sinclair, D, Wetzel, F T

“…Through empirical methods we now characterize patients with chronic pain as either dysfunctional, interpersonally distressed, or adaptive copers. Studying…”
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Hardware failure in an unconstrained lumbar pedicle screw system: A 2-year follow-up study by WETZEL, F. T, BRUSTEIN, M, PHILLIPS, F. M, TROTT, S

“…A consecutive study of patients who underwent lumbar spinal arthrodesis with an unconstrained pedicle screw system. To determine the rate of arthrodesis and of…”
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Intervertebral disc degeneration adjacent to a lumbar fusion: An experimental rabbit model by PHILLIPS, F. M, REUBEN, J, WETZEL, F. T

“…Our study establishes a rabbit model of disc degeneration which requires neither a chemical nor physical injury to the disc. Disc degeneration similar to that…”
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The failed posterior lumbar interbody fusion by Wetzel, F T, LaRocca, H

“…The problems presented by unsuccessful posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) have not been addressed. The cases of 12 patients who presented with failed…”
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Occipitocervical neutral position : Possible surgical implications by PHILLIPS, F. M, PHILLIPS, C. S, WETZEL, F. T, GELINAS, C

“…The study defines the occipitocervical neutral position using cervical radiographs from 30 subjects. To identify reproducible radiographic measures of the…”
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Peridiscal vascular anatomy of the lower lumbar spine : An endoscopic perspective by VRANEY, R. T, PHILLIPS, F. M, WETZEL, F. T, BRUSTEIN, M

“…An analysis of the vascular anatomy relative to the underlying discs in the lower lumbar spine performed by using radiologic studies. To define better the…”
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Extradural sensory rhizotomy in the management of chronic lumbar radiculopathy : A minimum 2-year follow-up study by WETZEL, F. T, PHILLIPS, F. M, APRILL, C. N, BERNARD, T. N, LAROCCA, H. S

“…Fifty-one consecutive patients who underwent extradural sensory rhizotomy for chronic radiculopathy after lumbar surgery were reviewed retrospectively. To…”
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Cauda equina syndrome from intradiscal electrothermal therapy by Wetzel, F T

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The effectiveness of the cervical halo: open versus closed ring: a preliminary report by WETZEL, F. T, DUNSIETH, N. W, KUHLENGEL, K. R, PAUL, E. M, LAHEY, D. M

“…The halo cervical orthosis has proven extremely effective in stabilizing the spine, both non-operatively and as a supplement to operative procedures. Current…”
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The treatment of chronic extremity pain in failed lumbar surgery. The role of lumbar sympathectomy by Wetzel, F T, LaRocca, S H, Adinolfi, M

“…Persistent lower extremity pain after unsuccessful lumbar surgery continues to be a disabling condition. The results of deafferentation procedures for…”
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Freeze-dried fibular allograft in anterior spinal surgery: cervical and lumbar applications by Wetzel, F T, Hoffman, M A, Arcieri, R R

“…Fifty-six patients who underwent anterior fusion utilizing fibular allograft are reviewed. Thirty-two patients underwent multiple-level anterior cervical…”
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The treatment of lumbar spinal pain syndromes diagnosed by discography. Lumbar arthrodesis by Wetzel, F T, LaRocca, S H, Lowery, G L, Aprill, C N

“…This retrospective review of patients whose discogenic pain syndromes were treated by lumbar arthrodesis was designed to examine the clinical efficacy of this…”
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Controversy. The use of selective nerve root blocks: diagnostic, therapeutic, or placebo? by Slosar, Jr, P J, White, A H, Wetzel, F T

“…An increasing number of therapeutic spinal injections are performed each year despite little validation in randomized controlled trials. Additional injections…”
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Biomechanics of the rabbit cervical spine as a function of component transection by Wetzel, F T, Panjabi, M M, Pelker, R R

“…The rabbit cervical spine in the form of the functional spinal unit was tested in a manner analogous to that used to study human functional spinal units…”
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Can infant malnutrition cause adult vertebral stenosis? by Clark, G A, Panjabi, M M, Wetzel, F T

“…Does infant malnutrition produce smaller adult spinal canals? Lumbar and thoracic vertebrae (n X 1073), from a prehistoric American Indian population (15-55…”
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Surgery for Herniated Vertebral Disks by Wetzel, F T

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Temporal stability of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in patients undergoing lumbar fusion: a poor predictor of surgical outcome by Wetzel, F T, McCracken, L, Robbins, R A, Lahey, D M, Carnegie, M, Phillips, F M

“…In this prospective study, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was administered to patients before and after lumbar spines fusion to…”
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Management of metastatic disease of the spine by Wetzel, F T, Phillips, F M

“…Accurate assessment of spinal cord stability, pain, and neurologic function is essential to any rational approach to metastatic disease of the spine. The…”
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Upper cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis by Wetzel, F T

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Chronic benign cervical pain syndromes. Surgical considerations by Wetzel, F T

“…The results of surgical intervention for chronic benign pain syndromes are generally poor. In this review, pertinent ablative and modulatory techniques are…”
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