Contents

 Editorial

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
I Am from the Government and I Am Here to Help...   
Eeric Truumees, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Ethics on the Front Lines 
Thomas Faciszewski, MD

 Current Concepts

n INVITED REVIEW
Dynamic Stabilization 
Dilip K. Sengupta, MD, DrMed


n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
TLIF, XLIF or ALIF for Adjacent Segment Degenerative
Disc Disease? 
Nitin N. Bhatia, MD; Stephen Timon, MD; Eric S. Wieser, MD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

n RADIOLOGY ROUNDS
Lap Belt Injury in the Pediatric Patient 
Francis H. Shen, MD; Michelle Barr, MD; Dino Samartzis, DSC, MSC, DipEBHC

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Jesse E. Bible, BS; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; Jeffrey Stambough, MD

 Socioeconomics &  Politics

n ETHICS
Deferred Prosecution Agreements Demystified 
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, MD, JD

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Physician Extenders in Spine Health Care: Physician Assistants 
Thomas C. Schuler, MD, FACS 

n CODING Q & A
Epidurography, Radiologic Supervision and Interpretation 
Christopher Standaert, MD
 

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
State Health Care Reform: What Can We Learn from Massachusetts? 
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD; Nicholas A. Schilligo, MS

 NASS News