European Spine Journal

Surgical treatment of a 180° thoracolumbar fixed kyphosis in a young achondroplastic patient: a one-stage “in situ” combined fusion and spinal cord translocation

J. C. Aurégan, T. Odent, M. Zerah, J. P. Padovani, C. Glorion

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Surgical treatment of a 180° thoracolumbar fixed kyphosis in a young achondroplastic patient: a one stage ‘in situ’ combined fusion and spinal cord translocation” (by J. C. Aurégan, T. Odent, M. Zerah, J.-P. Padovani and C. Glorion)

Christopher I. Shaffrey

The Edwin Smith papyrus: a clinical reappraisal of the oldest known document on spinal injuries

Joost J. van Middendorp, Gonzalo M. Sanchez, Alwyn L. Burridge

Sagittal plane deformity: an overview of interpretation and management

Pierre Roussouly, Colin Nnadi

Volume matters: a review of procedural details of two randomised controlled vertebroplasty trials of 2009

Bronek Boszczyk

Predictors of outcome after decompressive lumbar surgery and instrumented posterolateral fusion

Javier Cobo Soriano, Marcos Sendino Revuelta, Martín Fabregate Fuente, Ignacio Cimarra Díaz, Paloma Martínez Ureña, Roberto Deglané Meneses

Predictors of residual symptoms in lower extremities after decompression surgery on lumbar spinal stenosis

Nobuhiro Hara, Hiroyuki Oka, Takashi Yamazaki, Katsushi Takeshita, Motoaki Murakami, Kazuto Hoshi, Sei Terayama, Atsushi Seichi, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ko Matsudaira

Step activity monitoring in lumbar stenosis patients undergoing decompressive surgery

Tobias L. Schulte, Tim Schubert, Corinna Winter, Mirko Brandes, Lars Hackenberg, Hansdetlef Wassmann, Dennis Liem, Dieter Rosenbaum, Viola Bullmann

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis and lumbar spine configuration

J. Abbas, K. Hamoud, H. May, O. Hay, B. Medlej, Y. Masharawi, N. Peled, I. Hershkovitz

Clinical applications of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar foraminal nerve root entrapment

Yawara Eguchi, Seiji Ohtori, Masaomi Yamashita, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Munetaka Suzuki, Sumihisa Orita, Hiroto Kamoda, Gen Arai, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Masayuki Miyagi, Nobuyasu Ochiai, Shunji Kishida, Yoshitada Masuda, Shigehiro Ochi, Takashi Kikawa, Masashi Takaso, Yasuchika Aoki, Tomoaki Toyone, Takane Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Five-year outcome of surgical decompression of the lumbar spine without fusion

Anne F. Mannion, R. Denzler, J. Dvorak, D. Grob

Reviewer’s comment on “Five-year outcome of surgical decompression of the lumbar spine without fusion” by Mannion AF, Denzler R, Dvorak J, Grob D (doi:10.1007/s00586-010-1535-2)

Alison H. McGregor

Routine needle biopsy during vertebral augmentation procedures. Is it necessary?

Spiros G. Pneumaticos, Sofia N. Chatziioannou, Christiana Savvidou, Anastasia Pilichou, Dimitra Rontogianni, Dimitrios S. Korres

The impact of preoperative magnetic resonance images on outcome of cemented vertebrae

Wei-Che Lin, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Hung-Chen Wang, Chun-Yen Yu, Re-Wen Wu, Yu-Fan Cheng, Chun-Chung Lui

Recompression of vertebral body after balloon kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture

Young-Yul Kim, Kee-Won Rhyu

Cardiovascular changes after PMMA vertebroplasty in sheep: the effect of bone marrow removal using pulsed jet-lavage

Lorin M. Benneker, Jörg Krebs, Vanessa Boner, Andreas Boger, Simon Hoerstrup, Paul F. Heini, Armando Gisep

Navigation of vertebro-pelvic fixations based on CT-fluoro matching

Ivan Marintschev, Florian Gras, Kajetan Klos, Arne Wilharm, Thomas Mückley, Gunther O. Hofmann

Placement of pedicle screws using three-dimensional fluoroscopy-based navigation in lumbar vertebrae with axial rotation

Wei Tian, Zhao Lang

Anterior approaches to the cervicothoracic junction: a study on the surgical accessibility of three different corridors based on the CT images

Yi-xing Huang, Wen-fei Ni, Sheng Wang, Hui Xu, Xiang-yang Wang, Hua-zi Xu, Yong-long Chi, Jia-wei He

Bone mineral density, body mass index, postmenopausal period and outcomes of low back pain treatment in Korean postmenopausal women

Jongbae J. Park, Joonshik Shin, Yousuk Youn, Catherine Champagne, Eunseok Jin, Soonsung Hong, Kwanhye Jung, Sangho Lee, Sunkyu Yeom

Percutaneous anterolateral balloon kyphoplasty for metastatic lytic lesions of the cervical spine

Vasilis Lykomitros, Kleovoulos S. Anagnostidis, Ziad AlZeer, George A. Kapetanos

Pedicle screw fixation of the C7 vertebra using an anteroposterior fluoroscopic imaging technique

Shaunak Desai, Anil Sethi, Christopher C. Ninh, Stephen Bartol, Rahul Vaidya

Letter to the Editor concerning “Nucleus pulposus deformation in response to lumbar spine lateral flexion: an in vivo MRI investigation” by Fazey PJ et al. (2010) Eur Spine J 19:1115–1120

Edwin C. W. Lim

Authors’ reply to the Letter to the Editor of Edwin C.W. Lim concerning “Nucleus pulposus deformation in response to lumbar spine lateral flexion: an in vivo MRI investigation”, Eur Spine J (2010) 19:1115–1120 by Fazey PJ et al.

Peter J. Fazey

Erratum to: Clinical factors of importance for outcome after lumbar disc herniation surgery: long-term follow-up

Katarina Silverplats, B. Lind, B. Zoëga, K. Halldin, L. Rutberg, M. Gellerstedt, H. Brisby

Abstracts 5. Deutscher Wirbelsäulenkongress Jahrestagung der Deutschen Wirbelsäulengesellschaft 16. – 18. Dezember 2010, Bremen

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