Theologis, Alexander A. MD*; Burch, Shane MD*
*Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alexander A. Theologis, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143; E-mail: [email protected]
Acknowledgment date: October 16, 2014. First revision date: April 4, 2015. Second revision date: May 28, 2015. Acceptance date: June 23, 2015.
The manuscript submitted contains information about polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) for the prevention of vertebral body fractures at the top of thoracolumbar posterior fusion constructs, which is not FDA approved for this particular clinical scenario.
Supported by funds from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through UCSF-CTSI (Grant Number UL1 TR00004).
Relevant financial activities outside the submitted work: consultancy, employment, grants.
