J. Patrick Johnson, MD, recently participated in a study that examined the cost-effectiveness of peptide enhanced bone graft i-FACTOR versus the use of local autologous bone in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery. The study suggested that i-FACTOR marginally reduced costs, had fewer complications, and showed a statistically non-significant reduction in surgical intervention over ninety […]

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J. Patrick Johnson, M.D., coauthored the peer-reviewed article, Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery: Highlights From Augmented Reality Lectures at the Emerging Technologies Annual Meetings which was published in the online medical journal, Cureus. The article examines the current and future direction of the use of augmented reality in spine surgery and is based on information presented […]

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J. Patrick Johnson, M.D., & Doniel Drazin, M.D., provide introductions and course overview at the 6th Annual Robotics, Endoscopy, Emerging Technologies and Navigation Course held recently by the Seattle Science Foundation. The Seattle Science Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the international collaboration among physicians, scientists, technologists, engineers and educators.  

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Dr. J. Patrick Johnson recently coauthored Introduction. Ankylosing spondylitis, along with Doniel Drazin, MD, Tiffany Perry, MD, Michael Y. Wang, MD, Jens R. Chapman, MD, and Bernhard Meyer, MD. The article appeared in Neurosurgical Focus, published by the Journal of Neurosurgery, the official journal of the AANS. Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that […]

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