European Spine Journal

Fusion for low-grade adult isthmic spondylolisthesis: a systematic review of the literature

Wilco C. H. Jacobs, Arnold Vreeling, Marinus De Kleuver

Tight hamstring syndrome and extra- or intraspinal diseases in childhood: A multicenter study

Ralph Kayser, Konrad Mahlfeld, Christoph E. Heyde, Henning Graßhoff, Holger Mellerowicz

Influences of trunk muscles on lumbar lordosis and sacral angle

Ho-Jun Kim, Seokhee Chung, Sungsoo Kim, Hyundae Shin, Jongsoo Lee, Sehyun Kim, Mi-Yeon Song

Sagittal alignment of spine and pelvis regulated by pelvic incidence: standard values and prediction of lordosis

C. Boulay, C. Tardieu, J. Hecquet, C. Benaim, B. Mouilleseaux, C. Marty, D. Prat-Pradal, J. Legaye, G. Duval-Beaupère, J. Pélissier

Comparison of postural control in unilateral stance between healthy controls and lumbar discectomy patients with and without pain

Katie Bouche, Veerle Stevens, Dirk Cambier, Jacques Caemaert, Lieven Danneels

Infantile scoliosis in Beals syndrome: the use of a non-fusion technique for surgical correction

Anthony Gwynne Martin, Pedro R. Foguet, David S. Marks, A. G. Thompson, A. H. Child

Combined anterior and posterior instrumentation in severe and rigid idiopathic scoliosis

Viola Bullmann, Henry F. H. Halm, Tobias Schulte, Thomas Lerner, Thomas P. Weber, Ulf R. Liljenqvist

Validation, reliability, and complications of a tethering scoliosis model in the rabbit

Patricia M. Kallemeier, Glenn R. Buttermann, Brian P. Beaubien, Xinqian Chen, David J. Polga, William D. Lew, Kirkham B. Wood

Effect of different surgical strategies on screw forces after correction of scoliosis with a VDS implant

Antonius Rohlmann, Michael Richter, Thomas Zander, Constantin Klöckner, Georg Bergmann

Spine fractures caused by horse riding

Jan Siebenga, Michiel J. M. Segers, Matthijs J. Elzinga, Fred C. Bakker, Henk J. T. M. Haarman, Peter Patka

Functional outcome 5 years after non-operative treatment of type A spinal fractures

R. B. Post, H. J. E. Keizer, V. J. M. Leferink, C. K. van der Sluis

Postoperative visual loss associated with spine surgery

Brian Gill, James E. Heavner

Contributing factors affecting the prognosis surgical outcome for thoracic OLF

Sung Uk Kuh, Young Soo Kim, Yong Eun Cho, Byung Ho Jin, Keun Su Kim, Young Sul Yoon, Dong Kyu Chin

Contributing factors affecting the prognosis of surgical outcome for thoracic OLF (S.-U. Kuh et al.)

Emre Acaroglu

Cervical osteotomy in ankylosing spondylitis: evaluation of new developments

Danielle D. Langeloo, Henricus L. Journee, Paul W. Pavlov, Marinus de Kleuver

Can autologous thrombin with a rest fraction of ethanol be used safely for activation of concentrated autologous platelets applied on nerves?

Filip De Somer, Veerle De Brauwer, Maxence Vandekerckhove, Richard Ducatelle, Dirk Uyttendaele, Guido Van Nooten

An unusual natural history of a L5–S1 spondylolisthesis presenting with a sacral insufficiency fracture

Constantin Schizas, Nicolas Theumann

Letter to the Editor concerning “Charité total disc replacement: clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years” (M. Putzier et al.)

Karin Büttner-Janz

Letter to the Editor concerning “Charité total disc replacement: clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years” (M. Putzier et al.)

Helmut D. Link

Reply to the letters of Prof. K. Buettner-Janz and Mr. H.D. Link concerning “Charité total disc replacement: clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years” by M. Putzier et al.

Michael Putzier

Reply to the author’s comment to the letters of K. Büttner-Janz and H. D. Link regarding “Charité total disc replacement—clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years (M. Putzier et al.)

Karin Büttner-Janz

April 2006

SSE Update April 2006