title: Honored guest presentation: discovery of the spine specialist: instrumentation of the cervical spine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Eric W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Nottmeier
authors.forename: Volker K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sonntag
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices / Q000266:history*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery