Publications
Thomas C. Schuler, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Lumbar Disc Replacment: A Panacea or a Potential Nightmare?
Sep 15, 2009
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Six-year Outcomes of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Arthrodesis with Use of Interbody Fusion Cages and Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
May 25, 2009
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 May;91(5):1181-9. BACKGROUND: Twenty-four-month outcomes have been reported for patients with degenerative lumbar disc disease who were treated with stand-alone anteri...
Minimum Clinically Important Difference in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients: a Choice of Methods Using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes...
Dec 22, 2008
Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire Short Form 36, and pain scales. ...
Effect of a Collaborative multidisciplinary Pain Management program on Outcomes for Spine Surgery Patients
May 17, 2008
Podium Presentation Effect of a Collaborative multidisciplinary Pain Management program on Outcomes for Spine Surgery Patients. Proceedings 5th Annual Nursing Research Conference, Res...
Understanding the Minimum Clinically Important Difference: a Review of Concepts and Methods.
Sep 20, 2007
Spine J. 2007 Sep-Oct;7(5):541-6. Epub 2007 Apr 2 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The effectiveness of spinal surgery as a treatment option is currently evaluated through the assessment of patient-reported ...
Facet Changes after MaverickT Total Disc Replacement: A study of patient outcomes at 24 months
Sep 16, 2006
Podium Presentation “Facet Changes after MaverickT Total Disc Replacement: A study of patient outcomes at 24 months” North American Spine Society Sept. 2006 Seattle, WA...
Facet Changes after MaverickT Total Disc Replacement: A study of patient outcomes at 24 months
Jul 22, 2006
Podium Presentation “Facet Changes after MaverickT Total Disc Replacement: A study of patient outcomes at 24 months” 13th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques July 2006...
The Correlation Between Preoperative Disc Space Height and Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Oct 04, 2005
J Spinal Disord Tech. 2005 Oct;18(5):396-401. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether preoperative disc space height (DSH) influences the clinical outcomes of patients diagnosed with single-level sympto...
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with rhBMP-2 for Revision Disc Surgery
Sep 24, 2005
Podium Presentation “Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with rhBMP-2 for Revision Disc Surgery.” 20th Annual North American Spine S...
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: Differences in Outcome With/Without a prior Discectomy
Jul 30, 2005
Podium Presentation “Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: Differences in Outcome With/Without a prior Discectomy.” The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; July 2005 Banff, A...
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: Early Differences in Clinical Outcome between Males and Females
Jul 09, 2005
Podium Presentation “Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: Early Differences in Clinical Outcome between Males and Females.” The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; July 2005...
Segmental Lumbar Lordosis: Manual Versus Computer-assisted Measurement Using Seven Different Techniques
Oct 23, 2004
J Spinal Disord Tech. 2004 Oct;17(5):372-9. OBJECTIVES: Obliteration of end-plate landmarks by interbody fusion has made the traditional measurement of segmental lumbar lordosis nearly impossible. Bec...
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Management of Chronic Lower Back Pain: Current Strategies and Concepts.
Jan 14, 2004
Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan;35(1):25-32. In a retrospective analysis of two large multicenter clinical studies, 321 patients with degenerative lumbar disc disease were divided into two groups who u...
The effect of preoperative disc space height on clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Oct 18, 2003
Podium Presentation “The effect of preoperative disc space height on clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion.” North American Spine Society 18th Annual Meeting, San Diego,...
Lumbar Spine Study Group. Radiographic Measurement of Lumbar Lordosis: Comparison of a new computerized technique with manual measurement
Jul 05, 2003
Podium Presentation “Lumbar Spine Study Group. Radiographic Measurement of Lumbar Lordosis: Comparison of a new computerized technique with manual measurement.” Spine Across the Sea,...
The effect of preoperative disc space height on clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Jul 05, 2003
Podium Presentation “The effect of preoperative disc space height on clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion.” The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Rome...
C-Shaped Threaded Cages Increase Radiographic Imaging Capability of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
May 18, 2002
Podium Presentation “C-Shaped Threaded Cages Increase Radiographic Imaging Capability of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.” The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Montreau...
Surgical treatment of symptomatic Bertolotti's Syndrome in post-fusion patients
Apr 28, 2001
Podium Presentation “Surgical treatment of symptomatic Bertolotti’s Syndrome in post-fusion patients.” American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2001 Annual Meeting. Poster...
Surgical Irrigation with Pooled Human Immunoglobulin G to Reduce Post-operative Spinal Implant Infection
Aug 06, 2000
Tissue Eng. 2000 Aug;6(4):401-11. A multiple-site, nonlethal rabbit surgical model of spinal implant infection was used to assess the efficacy of a spinal wound lavage to reduce post-operative infecti...
A Novel Spinal Implant Infection Model in Rabbits
Feb 15, 2000
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Feb 15;25(4):406-10. STUDY DESIGN: A new spinal implant model was designed to study device-centered infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in multiple n...
Local application of pooled human IgG to prevent postoperative biomaterial centered MRSA infection in a rabbit spinal implant infection model
Dec 19, 1998
Podium Presentation “Local application of pooled human IgG to prevent postoperative biomaterial centered MRSA infection in a rabbit spinal implant infection model.” American Society for Mi...
Diagnosis and treatment of SI-joint dysfunction: a team approach
Nov 21, 1998
Podium Presentation “Diagnosis and treatment of SI-joint dysfunction: a team approach” The 3rd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low back and Pelvic Pain Vienna, Austria, November 1998...
Spondylolisthesis in the athlete.
Nov 06, 1993
Podium Presentation “Spondylolisthesis in the athlete.” The AAOS Annual Meeting; San Francisco, California; 1993...
Dynamic EMG of trunk muscle in golfers
Oct 09, 1993
Podium Presentation “Dynamic EMG of trunk muscle in golfers.” Spine Science and Management; New Orleans; 1993...
Cast Wedging: A cadaveric study comparing wedge position at the axis of intersection vs. the fracture site
Sep 21, 1991
Podium Presentation “Cast Wedging: A cadaveric study comparing wedge position at the axis of intersection vs. the fracture site.” The Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery; 1991...
Drummond instrumentation: A follow-up study
Aug 18, 1990
Podium Presentation “Drummond instrumentation: A follow-up study.” Presented at the Michigan Orthopaedic Society, 1989, and at the Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1990...
