*Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
‡Department of Orthopaedics, Alexandra Hospital (Juronghealth), Singapore;
§Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;
¶Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), UOIT-CMCC Centre for the Study of Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada;
‖Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas;
#Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
**Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Catania, Catania, Italy;
‡‡Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Correspondence: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst Street, Room 4W-449, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8. E-mail: [email protected]
This article was presented at the CNS/AANS Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Spine Summit 2015 Meeting on March 4–7, 2015, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Received January 29, 2015
Accepted October 12, 2015