European Spine Journal

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematomas in children

S. Soltani, M. C. Nogaro, C. Rougelot, N. Newell, K. Lim, D. C. Kieser

Symptomatic Tarlov cysts are often overlooked: ten reasons why—a narrative review

Mieke Hulens, Ricky Rasschaert, Frans Bruyninckx, Wim Dankaerts, Ingeborg Stalmans, Peter De Mulder, Greet Vansant

Endoplasmic reticulum stress regulates mechanical stress-induced ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Lei Shi, Jinhao Miao, Deyu Chen, Jiangang Shi, Yu Chen

Demographics, presentation and symptoms of patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome: analysis of a global patient-reported registry

Aria Nouri, Kishan Patel, Hardy Evans, Mohamed Saleh, Mark R. N. Kotter, Robert F. Heary, Enrico Tessitore, Michael G. Fehlings, Joseph S. Cheng

Measuring and reporting of vertebral endplate bone marrow lesions as seen on MRI (Modic changes): recommendations from the ISSLS Degenerative Spinal Phenotypes Group

Aaron J. Fields, Michele C. Battié, Richard J. Herzog, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Roland Krug, Thomas M. Link, Jeffrey C. Lotz, Conor W. O’Neill, Aseem Sharma

Early durotomy with duroplasty for severe adult spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality: a novel concept and method of surgical decompression

Fengzhao Zhu, Sheng Yao, Zhengwei Ren, Dionne Telemacque, Yanzhen Qu, Kaifang Chen, Fan Yang, Lian Zeng, Xiaodong Guo

Management of a pseudarthrosis with sagittal malalignment in a patient with ochronotic spondyloarthropathy

Wael Alkasem, Louis Boissiere, Ibrahim Obeid, Anouar Bourghli

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Management of a pseudarthrosis with sagittal malalignment in a patient with ochronotic spondyloarthropathy” by Alkasem W, Boissiere L, Obeid I, Bourghli A (Eur Spine J; 2019: doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06020-2)

H. Koller

Cervical spondylotic amyotrophy: a systematic review

Wenqi Luo, Yueying Li, Qinli Xu, Rui Gu, Jianhui Zhao

A new method for calculating the desired laminoplasty opening size based on the target sagittal canal diameter before single-door cervical laminoplasty

Xiao-jiang Yang, Hong-xun Sang, Chen-xin Liu, Zhen-sheng Ma, Bing Meng, Tian-qing Li, Ming-chun Jiang, Xiao-zhong Liu, Wei Lei, Yang Zhang

Extensor/flexor ratio of neck muscle strength and electromyographic activity of individuals with migraine: a cross-sectional study

Mariana Tedeschi Benatto, Lidiane Lima Florencio, Marcela Mendes Bragatto, Samuel Straceri Lodovichi, Fabíola Dach, Débora Bevilaqua-Grossi

Comparison of cervical sagittal parameters among patients with neck pain and healthy controls: a comparative cross-sectional study

Morteza Faghih Jouibari, Jean Charles Le Huec, Mohammad Hosein Ranjbar Hameghavandi, Navid Moghadam, Farzin Farahbakhsh, Masoud Khadivi, Mohsen Rostami, Ramin Kordi

The most appropriate cervical vertebra for the measurement of occipitocervical inclination parameter: a validation study of C3, C4, and C5 levels using multi-positional magnetic resonance imaging

Permsak Paholpak, Blake Formanek, Andrew Vega, Koji Tamai, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

Surgical outcomes for distal-type cervical spondylotic amyotrophy: a multicenter retrospective analysis of 43 cases

Tsuyoshi Yamada, Toshitaka Yoshii, Shuta Ushio, Takashi Taniyama, Takashi Hirai, Hiroyuki Inose, Kenichiro Sakai, Shigeo Shindo, Yoshiyasu Arai, Atsushi Okawa

Clival screw and plate fixation by the transoral approach for the craniovertebral junction: a CT-based feasibility study

Junyu Lin, Ganggang Kong, Xiaolin Xu, Qi Liu, Zucheng Huang, Qingan Zhu, Wei Ji

Apparent diffusion coefficient as an indicator of spinal cord compression due to anterior atlanto-axial subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Małgorzata Mańczak, Grzegorz Pracoń, Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Robert Gasik

Heterotopic ossification is related to change in disc space angle after Prestige-LP cervical disc arthroplasty

Lingyun Hu, Jianying Zhang, Hao Liu, Yang Meng, Yi Yang, Guangzhou Li, Chen Ding, Beiyu Wang

Clinical and radiological evaluation of cervical disc arthroplasty with 5-year follow-up: a prospective study of 384 patients

T. Dufour, J. Beaurain, J. Huppert, P. Dam-Hieu, P. Bernard, J. P. Steib

Comparison of a novel anterior-only approach and the conventional posterior–anterior approach for cervical facet dislocation: a retrospective study

Ke Liu, Zhengfeng Zhang

Management and prognosis of acute traumatic cervical central cord syndrome: systematic review and Spinal Cord Society—Spine Trauma Study Group position statement

P. K. Karthik Yelamarthy, H. S. Chhabra, Alex Vaccaro, Gayatri Vishwakarma, Patrick Kluger, Ankur Nanda, Rainer Abel, Wee Fu Tan, Brian Gardner, P. Sarat Chandra, Sandip Chatterjee, Serdar Kahraman, Sait Naderi, Saumyajit Basu, Francois Theron

Adjacent segment motion following multi-level ACDF: a kinematic and clinical study in patients with zero-profile anchored spacer or plate

Wei Cui, Bingxuan Wu, Baoge Liu, Dongmei Li, Lei Wang, Song Ma

Risk assessment of vertebral artery injury in anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) surgery: a cadaveric and radiologic study

Qing-Jie Kong, Xiao-Fei Sun, Yuan Wang, Jing-Chuan Sun, Pei-Dong Sun, Hong-di Lv, Zi-qin Wang, Xi-Ming Xu, Yong-Fei Guo, Jian-Gang Shi

Letter to the Editor concerning “Correlations between sedimentation sign, dural sac cross-sectional area, and clinical symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis” by Sangbong Ko (Eur Spine J [2018] 27:1623–1628)

Qiuhan Li, Yong Xu

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Y. Xu et al. concerning "Correlations between sedimentation sign, dural sac cross-sectional area, and clinical symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis" by Sangbong Ko (Eur Spine J [2018] 27:1623–1628)

Sangbong Ko

Letter to the Editor concerning “The effect of patient positioning on the relative position of the aorta to the thoracic spine” by Plataniotis N, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5812-9)

Omer Ersen, Ahmet Metin Ozsezen, Tolga Ege

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of O. Ersen et al. concerning "The effect of patient positioning on the relative position of the aorta to the thoracic spine" by Plataniotis N, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5812-9)

N. Plataniotis, O. Karargyris, D. S. Evangelopoulos, G. Katzouraki, S. Pneumaticos

Letter to the Editor concerning “The incidence of myocardial infarction after lumbar spine surgery” by Harwin B, Formanek B, Spoonamore M, Robertson D, Buser Z, Wang JC (Eur Spine J. 2019; doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06072-4)

Teruhiko Imamura

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of T. Imamura concerning “The incidence of myocardial infarction after lumbar spine surgery” by Harwin B, Formanek B, Spoonamore M, Robertson D, Buser Z, Wang JC (Eur Spine J. 2019; doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06072-4)

Brett Harwin, Blake Formanek, Mark Spoonamore, Djani Robertson, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

Letter to the Editor concerning "Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study" by Hides JA, et al. (Eur Spine J. 2019; doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7)

Peter Kent, Mark Hancock

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of P. Kent et al. concerning "Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study" by Hides JA, et al. (Eur Spine J. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7)

Julie Hides, Michael Murphy, Ellen Jang, Linda Blackwell, Margot Sexton, Christopher Sexton, M. Dilani Mendis

Correction to: Primary vascular bone tumors in the spine: a challenge for pathologists and spine oncology surgeons

Stefano Boriani, Riccardo Cecchinato, Alberto Righi, Stefano Bandiera, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos, Riccardo Ghermandi, Alessandro Gasbarrini

Correction to: Surgical growth guidance with non-fused anchoring segments in early-onset scoliosis

Dezsö Jeszenszky, Bettina Kaiser, Martin Meuli, Tamas F. Fekete, Daniel Haschtmann

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