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European Spine Journal

Issue 12/2015

Content (43 Articles)

Editorial

EuroSpine Task Force on Research: support for spine researchers

Margareta Nordin, Federico Balagué, Kim Burton, Christine Cedraschi, Pierre Côté, Björn Rydevik, L. Rachid Salmi, Marek Szpalski

Review Article

Videoassisted anterior surgical approaches to the craniocervical junction: rationale and clinical results

Massimiliano Visocchi, Alberto Di Martino, Rosario Maugeri, Ivón González Valcárcel, Vincenzo Grasso, Gaetano Paludetti

Review Article

Prevalence of C5 nerve root palsy after cervical decompressive surgery: a meta-analysis

Fenyong Shou, Zhe Li, Huan Wang, Chongnan Yan, Qi Liu, Chi Xiao

Ideas and Technical Innovations

Occipitocervical stabilization using bilateral laminar C2 screws in children with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA

Petr Vanek, Helena Homolkova, Vladimir Benes, Jiri Zeman

Open Access Ideas and Technical Innovations

How old is your cervical spine? Cervical spine biological age: a new evaluation scale

Venceslao Wierzbicki, Alessandro Pesce, Luigi Marrocco, Emanuele Piccione, Claudio Colonnese, Riccardo Caruso

Ideas and Technical Innovations

Use of intraoperative fluoroscopy for the safe placement of C2 laminar screws: technical note

John A. Engler, Michael L. Smith

Ideas and Technical Innovations

Combined endoscopic transnasal and transoral approach for extensive upper cervical osteoradionecrosis

Sien Hui Tan, Dharmendra Ganesan, Wan Z. A. Rusydi, Hari Chandran, Narayanan Prepageran, Vicknes Waran

Original Article

Unilateral laminoplasty with lateral mass screw fixation for less invasive decompression of the cervical spine: a biomechanical investigation

Gregor Schmeiser, C. Schilling, T. M. Grupp, L. Papavero, K. Püschel, R. Kothe

Original Article

Biomechanical testing of circumferential instrumentation after cervical multilevel corpectomy

Sebastian Hartmann, Claudius Thomé, Alexander Keiler, Helga Fritsch, Aldemar Andres Hegewald, Werner Schmölz

Original Article

The evaluation of cervical spine mobility without significant spondylosis by kMRI

Chengjie Xiong, Akinobu Suzuki, Michael D. Daubs, Trevor Scott, Kevin Phan, Jeffrey Wang

Original Article

Neck range of motion measurements using a new three-dimensional motion analysis system: validity and repeatability

Haruhi Inokuchi, Michio Tojima, Hiroshi Mano, Yuki Ishikawa, Naoshi Ogata, Nobuhiko Haga

Original Article

Responsiveness and minimal important changes for the Neck Disability Index and the Neck Pain Disability Scale in Italian subjects with chronic neck pain

Marco Monticone, Emilia Ambrosini, Howard Vernon, Roberto Brunati, Barbara Rocca, Calogero Foti, Simona Ferrante

Original Article

A cadaveric study of the cervical nerve roots and spinal segments

Ryoichi Kobayashi, Haku Iizuka, Masahiro Nishinome, Yoichi Iizuka, Hiroshi Yorifuji, Kenji Takagishi

Original Article

Influence of cervical bone mineral density on cage subsidence in patients following stand-alone anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Christopher Brenke, Martin Dostal, Johann Scharf, Christel Weiß, Kirsten Schmieder, Martin Barth

Original Article

Dynamic cervical stabilization: a multicenter study

Guy Matgé, Peter Buddenberg, Marcus Eif, Holger Schenke, Joerg Herdmann

Original Article

Construct stability of an instrumented 2-level cervical corpectomy model following fatigue testing: biomechanical comparison of circumferential antero-posterior instrumentation versus a novel anterior-only transpedicular screw–plate fixation technique

Heiko Koller, Werner Schmoelz, Juliane Zenner, Alexander Auffarth, Herbert Resch, Wolfgang Hitzl, Davud Malekzadeh, Lukas Ernstbrunner, Martina Blocher, Michael Mayer

Original Article

Differential segmental motion contribution of single- and two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Andy Chien, Dar-Ming Lai, Shwu-Fen Wang, Chih-Hsiu Cheng, Wei-Li Hsu, Jaw-Lin Wang

Original Article

Delayed postoperative C5 root palsy and the use of neurophysiologic monitoring

Steven Spitz, Daniel Felbaum, Nima Aghdam, Faheem Sandhu

Original Article

Bone loss of the superior adjacent vertebral body immediately posterior to the anterior flange of Bryan cervical disc

Sang Hyun Kim, Young Sun Chung, Alexander E. Ropper, Kyung Hoon Min, Tae Keun Ahn, Keun Soo Won, Dong Ah Shin, In Bo Han

Original Article

Influence of cervical spine position on the radiographic parameters of the thoracic inlet alignment

Piotr Janusz, Marcin Tyrakowski, Pawel Glowka, Roosevelt Offoha, Kris Siemionow

Original Article

Head repositioning accuracy in patients with neck pain and asymptomatic subjects: concurrent validity, influence of motion speed, motion direction and target distance

Pierre-Michel Dugailly, Roberta De Santis, Mathieu Tits, Stéphane Sobczak, Anna Vigne, Véronique Feipel

Original Article

Photographic measurement of head and cervical posture when viewing mobile phone: a pilot study

Xiaofei Guan, Guoxin Fan, Xinbo Wu, Ying Zeng, Hang Su, Guangfei Gu, Qi Zhou, Xin Gu, Hailong Zhang, Shisheng He

Original Article

Predictors of morbidity and mortality among patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically

I. David Kaye, Bryan J. Marascalchi, Angel E. Macagno, Virginie A. Lafage, John A. Bendo, Peter G. Passias

Original Article

Functional computed tomography scanning for evaluating fusion status after anterior cervical decompression fusion

Jun Ouchida, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Keigo Ito, Masaaki Machino, Taro Inoue, Keisuke Tomita, Fumihiko Kato

Original Article

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: the prediction of outcome following surgical intervention in 93 patients using T1- and T2-weighted MRI scans

Hatem M. I. Salem, Khalid M. I. Salem, Filip Burget, Raj Bommireddy, Zdenek Klezl

Original Article

Predictors of surgical outcome in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: focusing on the quantitative signal intensity

Jing Tao Zhang, Fan Tao Meng, Shuai Wang, Lin Feng Wang, Yong Shen

Original Article

Does lumbar spinal stenosis increase the risk of spondylotic cervical spinal cord compression?

Blanka Adamova, Josef Bednarik, Tereza Andrasinova, Ivana Kovalova, Roman Kopacik, Michal Jabornik, Milos Kerkovsky, Barbora Jakubcova, Jiri Jarkovsky

Original Article

Retrospective review of 22 surgically treated adults with congenital anomalies of the upper cervical spine: a clinical and radiological review

Haku Iizuka, Yoichi Iizuka, Tokue Mieda, Ryoichi Kobayashi, Masahiro Nishinome, Tsuyoshi Ara, Yasunori Sorimachi, Takashi Nakajima, Kenji Takagishi

Original Article

The accuracy of 3D fluoroscopy-navigated screw insertion in the upper and subaxial cervical spine

J. Bredow, J. Oppermann, B. Kraus, P. Schiller, G. Schiffer, R. Sobottke, P. Eysel, T. Koy

Original Article

Craniocervical junction involvement in ankylosing spondylitis

Gleb Slobodin, Arsen Shpigelman, Hanna Dawood, Doron Rimar, Simona Croitoru, Nina Boulman, Michael Rozenbaum, Lisa Kaly, Itzhak Rosner, Majed Odeh

Original Article

Normal values of cervical spinal cord diffusion tensor in young and middle-aged healthy Chinese

Tin-Yan Chan, Xiang Li, Kin-Cheung Mak, Jason Pui-yin Cheung, Keith Dip-Kei Luk, Yong Hu

Original Article

Relationship between modic changes and facet joint degeneration in the cervical spine

Moon Soo Park, Seong-Hwan Moon, Tae-Hwan Kim, Seung Yeop Lee, Yoon-Geol Jo, K. Daniel Riew

Original Article

Minimally invasive cervical foraminotomy and diskectomy for laterally located soft disk herniation

Chi Heon Kim, Kyoung-Tae Kim, Chun Kee Chung, Sung Bae Park, Seung Heon Yang, Sung Mi Kim, Joo-Kyung Sung