Answer to the letter to the editor by Zhi-Hui Dai concerning "Artificial intelligence in predicting early-onset adjacent segment degeneration following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion" by Rudisill SS et al. (Eur Spine J [2022]; doi: 10.1007/s00586-022-07238-3).

Abstract

Authors

• Samuel S Rudisill
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60642, USA.
• Alexander L Hornung
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
• J Nicolas Barajas
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Building, Suite 204-G, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
• Jack J Bridge
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60642, USA.
• G Michael Mallow
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
• Wylie Lopez
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60642, USA.
• Arash J Sayari
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
• Philip K Louie
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
• Garrett K Harada
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
• Youping Tao
  From the Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
• Hans-Joachim Wilke
  Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 14, Ulm 89081, Germany. Electronic address: hans-joachim.wilke@uni-ulm.de.
• Matthew W Colman
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60642, USA.
• Frank M Phillips
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Building, Suite 204-G, 1611 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
• Howard S An
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
• Dino Samartzis
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.

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