Issue 2/2020
Content (20 Articles)
Non-medical factors significantly influence the length of hospital stay after surgery for degenerative spine disorders
D. Mai, C. Brand, D. Haschtmann, T. Pirvu, T. F. Fekete, A. F. Mannion
Minor effect of loss to follow-up on outcome interpretation in the Swedish spine register
P. Endler, P. Ekman, F. Hellström, H. Möller, P. Gerdhem
A comprehensive review of adult onset spinal teratomas: analysis of factors related to outcomes and recurrences
G. Lakshmi Prasad, S. Divya
Clinical effectiveness of Enneking appropriate versus Enneking inappropriate procedure in patients with primary osteosarcoma of the spine: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Bruno Pombo, Ana Cristina Ferreira, Pedro Cardoso, António Oliveira
Thoracolumbar corpectomy/spondylectomy for spinal metastasis: a pooled analysis comparing the outcome of seven different surgical approaches
Alexander Spiessberger, Varun Arvind, Basil Gruter, Samuel K. Cho
Denosumab in the treatment of giant cell tumor of the spine. Preliminary report, review of the literature and protocol proposal
Stefano Boriani, Riccardo Cecchinato, Fabrizio Cuzzocrea, Stefano Bandiera, Marco Gambarotti, Alessandro Gasbarrini
Radiographic and functional outcomes of bisphosphonate use in lumbar fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies
Nickolas Fretes, Evan Vellios, Akshay Sharma, Remi M. Ajiboye
Clinical outcomes and complication profile of total hip arthroplasty after lumbar spine fusion: a meta-analysis and systematic review
James Randolph Onggo, Mithun Nambiar, Jason Derry Onggo, Kevin Phan, Anuruban Ambikaipalan, Sina Babazadeh, Raphael Hau
Biomechanics of sacropelvic fixation: a comprehensive finite element comparison of three techniques
Fabio Galbusera, Gloria Casaroli, Ruchi Chande, Derek Lindsey, Tomaso Villa, Scott Yerby, Ali Mesiwala, Matteo Panico, Enrico Gallazzi, Marco Brayda-Bruno
Does the hip positioning matter for oblique lumbar interbody fusion approach? A morphometric study
Kaissar Farah, Henri-Arthur Leroy, Melodie-Anne Karnoub, Louis Obled, Stephane Fuentes, Richard Assaker
Custom-made trabecular titanium implants for the treatment of lumbar degenerative discopathy via ALIF/XLIF techniques: rationale for use and preliminary results
Fulvio Tartara, Daniele Bongetta, Giulia Pilloni, Elena Virginia Colombo, Ermanno Giombelli
The efficacy of postoperative bracing after spine surgery for lumbar degenerative diseases: a systematic review
Davide Nasi, Mauro Dobran, Giacomo Pavesi
Effects of pregabalin on spinal fusion
Erdi İmre, Mert Çiftdemir, Ebru Taştekin
Does obesity impact lumbar sagittal alignment and clinical outcomes after a posterior lumbar spine fusion?
Jannat M. Khan, Bryce A. Basques, Kyle N. Kunze, Gagan Grewal, Young Soo Hong, Coralie Pardo, Philip K. Louie, Matthew Colman, Howard S. An
Psychological predictors of quality of life and functional outcome in patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease
Arthur Wagner, Youssef Shiban, Corinna Wagner, Kaywan Aftahy, Ann-Kathrin Joerger, Bernhard Meyer, Ehab Shiban
Value of single-level circumferential fusion: a 10-year prospective outcomes and cost-effectiveness analysis comparing posterior facet versus pedicle screw fixation
Glenn Buttermann, Sarah Hollmann, John-Michael Arpino, Nicole Ferko
External validation of a prediction model for pain and functional outcome after elective lumbar spinal fusion
Ayesha Quddusi, Hubert A. J. Eversdijk, Anita M. Klukowska, Marlies P. de Wispelaere, Julius M. Kernbach, Marc L. Schröder, Victor E. Staartjes
Letter to the editor concerning “Demographics, presentation and symptoms of patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome: analysis of a global patient-reported registry” by Nouri et al. [Eur Spine J; (2019) 28(10): 2257–2265]
Bailong Hu, Haiyan Zhou, Xiaohua Zou