European Spine Journal

Assessing the predictive power of the GAP score on mechanical complications: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Minseong Cho, Sanghoon Lee, Ho-Joong Kim

Identifying clusters of objective functional impairment in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal disease using unsupervised learning

Victor E. Staartjes, Anita M. Klukowska, Vittorio Stumpo, W. Peter Vandertop, Marc L. Schröder

Iatrogenic vertebral fracture in ankylosed spine during liver transplantation: a case report and biomechanical study using finite element method

Maxime Huneidi, Nicolas Bailly, Kaissar Farah, Adrien May, Pierre-Jean Arnoux, Stéphane Fuentes

Does type of bone graft matter? A retrospective review of the use of biological bone grafts in patients undergoing elective 1–3 level spinal interbody fusion

Daniel Zeitouni, Deborah Pfortmiller, Domagoj Coric, Paul K. Kim, Mark D. Smith, E. Hunter Dyer, Tim E. Adamson, Matthew J. McGirt, Vincent J. Rossi

A new classification of lumbar Basstrup’s disease based on radiographic and clinical symptoms

Haigang Hu, Chao Wu, Lun Tan

A decade of experience in over 300 surgically treated spine patients with long-term oral anticoagulation: a propensity score matched cohort study

Romy Sweda, Anne F. Mannion, Dave O’Riordan, Daniel Haschtmann, Markus Loibl, Frank Kleinstück, Dezső Jeszenszky, Fabio Galbusera, Tamás F. Fekete

Sarcopenia and its effects on outcome of lumbar spine surgeries

Manojkumar B. Gaddikeri, Abhay Nene, Priyank Patel, Harshal Bamb, Shubhanshu Bhaladhare

Surgically treated degenerative disk disease in twins

Lilla Szigethy, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Anders Joelson

Surgical outcome after treatment of thoracolumbar spinal stenosis in adults with achondroplasia

Lukas Urbanschitz, Dezsö J. Jeszenszky, Mario Ropleato, Tamás F. Fekete

Evaluation of the effect of cervical and lumbar disc herniations on female sexual function: a comparative prospective study

Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din, Nashaat Nabil, Mohamed Alaa, Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Salam, Ahmed Raef, Rana Barakat Elhalaly, Ahmed Abo Sief

Discovery of circulating blood biomarkers in patients with and without Modic changes of the lumbar spine: a preliminary analysis

Khaled Aboushaala, Ana V. Chee, Sheila J. Toro, Rajko Vucicevic, Catherine Yuh, Jake Dourdourekas, Ishani K. Patel, Alejandro Espinoza-Orias, Chundo Oh, Lena Al-Harthi, Jaro Karppinen, Edward J. Goldberg, Frank M. Phillips, Matthew Colman, Frances M. K. Williams, Jeffrey A. Borgia, Stefan Green, Christopher Forsyth, Howard S. An, Dino Samartzis

Interventional treatments for low back pain due to sacroiliac joint dysfunction: a systematic review of the literature

Sergio De Salvatore, Fabrizio Russo, Gianluca Vadalà, Giuseppe Pascarella, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Luca Ambrosio, Alessandro Ruggiero, Sabrina Migliorelli, Massiliano Carassiti, Rocco Papalia, Vincenzo Denaro

Causal associations between gut microbiota with intervertebral disk degeneration, low back pain, and sciatica: a Mendelian randomization study

Miaojie Fang, Wei Liu, Zhan Wang, Jun Li, Shaojun Hu, Zilong Li, Weishan Chen, Ning Zhang

History of pain around the lumbopelvic region during perinatal period: a prospective cohort study

Saori Morino, Mika Ishihara, Fumiko Umezaki, Hiroko Hatanaka, Mamoru Yamashita, Tomoki Aoyama

Subgroup characteristics in care workers with low back pain: cluster analysis-based severity of central sensitivity syndromes and low back pain

Hayato Shigetoh, Teppei Abiko, Michie Ohyama, Eiji Sakata, Shin Murata

Postural control and trunk stability on sway parameters in adults with and without chronic low back pain

Paul S. Sung, Dongchul Lee

In subjects with chronic low back pain, does neuropathia exclusively correlated to neuronal compression? A correlation study of PainDETECT questionnaire and corresponding MRI and X-ray findings

Stone Sima, Samuel Lapkin, Ashish D. Diwan

Reconsidering high intensity zones: its role in intervertebral disk degeneration and low back pain

Stone Sima, Xiaolong Chen, Kyle Sheldrick, Jeff Kuan, Ashish D. Diwan

Clinical significance of cement leakage in kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty: a systematic review

L. D. Rose, G. Bateman, A. Ahmed

Kyphoplasty is associated with reduced mortality risk for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yijian Zhang, Jun Ge, Hao Liu, Junjie Niu, Shenghao Wang, Hao Shen, Hanwen Li, Chen Qian, Zhuorun Song, Pengfei Zhu, Xuesong Zhu, Jun Zou, Huilin Yang

Assessing bone density on MRI: comparison between routine MRI sequences and DEXA scans

A. Saad, N. Jenko, E. Petrou, S. Ariyaratne, J. S. Mehta, M. G. Djearaman, F. T. Rasul, R. Botchu

Comparison of the predictive values of MRI-based vertebral bone quality scores for the determination of osteoporosis in different diseases

Lu Wang, Qian Deng, Bang Wang, Xing-Bin Li, Zhi-Jun Sha, Zhao-Rui Wang, Ai-Bing Huang

Sacral insufficiency fracture: a single-center experience of 185 patients with a minimum 5-year follow-up

Buse Sarigul, Ahmet Ogrenci, Mesut Yilmaz, Orkun Koban, Mazhar Mammadov, Sedat Dalbayrak

Prognostic nutritional index and modified frailty index, independent risk factors for recompression in elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Gang Ju, Xiaoqing Liu

Analysis of adjacent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty: do radiological or surgical features matter?

Benqiang Tang, Liang Liu, Libin Cui, Yanhui Wang, Xin Yuan, Yadong Liu, Xueming Chen

The correlation between altmetric score and traditional measures of article impact for studies pertaining to spine trauma

E. S. Fox, J. M. McDonnell, A. Kelly, G. M. Cunniffe, S. Darwish, R. Bransford, J. S. Butler

How frequently MRI modifies thoracolumbar fractures’ classification or decision-making? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohamed M. Aly, Youssef Soliman, Rmy A. Elemam, Javier Pizones, Ahmed Alzahrani, Sherif Elwatidy

Defining threshold for sagittal correction in lumbar fractures

Laura Marie-Hardy, Yann Mohsinaly, Raphaël Pietton, Raphaël Bonaccorsi, Raphaël Vialle, Hugues Pascal-Moussellard

How does vertical laminar fracture impact the decision-making in thoracolumbar fractures? A systematic scoping review and meta-analysis

Mohamed M. Aly, Omar A. Abdelwahab, Mostafa M. E. Atteya, Abdulbaset M. Al-Shoaibi

Paediatric spine injuries in the thoracic and lumbar spine—results of the German multicentre CHILDSPINE study

Christian Herren, Jan-Sven Jarvers, Matthias K. Jung, Christian Blume, Holger Meinig, Michael Ruf, Thomas Weiß, Hauke Rüther, Thomas Welk, Andreas Badke, Oliver Gonschorek, Christoph E. Heyde, Frank Kandziora, Christian Knop, Philipp Kobbe, Matti Scholz, Holger Siekmann, Ulrich Spiegl, Peter Strohm, Christoph Strüwind, Stefan Matschke, Alexander C. Disch, Michael Kreinest

Quality of in-hospital care in traumatic spinal column and cord injuries (TSC/SCI) in I.R Iran

Mohsen Sadeghi-Naini, Seyed Behnam Jazayeri, Samuel Berchi Kankam, Zahra Ghodsi, Vali Baigi, Arman Zeinaddini Meymand, Ahmad Pourrashidi, Zahra Azadmanjir, Mohammad Dashtkoohi, Kazem Zendehdel, Habibollah Pirnejad, Esmaeil Fakharian, Gerard M. O’Reilly, Alex R. Vaccaro, Aidin Shakeri, Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Mohammadreza Babaei, Leila Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati, Abdolkarim Haji Ghadery, Armin Aryannejad, Seyed Mohammad Piri, Amir Azarhomayoun, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Salman Daliri, Mohammad Sajjad Lotfi, Yasaman Pourandish, Laleh Bagheri, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Risk factors for kyphosis recurrence after implant removal in percutaneous osteosynthesis for post-traumatic thoracolumbar fracture

G. Lainé, I. Mezjan, D. Masson, T. Civit, N. Mansouri

Validation of the AO Spine CROST (Clinician Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) in the clinical setting

Said Sadiqi, Erin E. A. de Gendt, Sander P. J. Muijs, Marcel W. M. Post, Lorin M. Benneker, Martin Holas, Jin W. Tee, Christoph E. Albers, Sonja Häckel, Juraj Svac, Richard J. Bransford, Mohammad M. El-Sharkawi, Frank Kandziora, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Klaus J. Schnake, Alexander R. Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Oner

Evidence of spinal stiffening following fusionless bipolar fixation for neuromuscular scoliosis: a shear wave elastography assessment of lumbar annulus fibrosus

Mathilde Gaume, Klervie Loiselet, Hedi Chekir, Tristan Langlais, Nathalie Boddaert, Sarah Stricker, Stéphanie Pannier, Wafa Skalli, Lotfi Miladi, Claudio Vergari

Incidence and risk factors of distal adjacent disc degeneration in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing fusion surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jesús Burgos, Eduardo Hevia, Ignacio Sanpera, Vicente García, María Teresa de Santos Moreno, Gonzalo Mariscal, Carlos Barrios

Adult versus adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery: a meta-analysis of clinical and radiographic outcomes

Jeffrey W. Chen, Hani Chanbour, Rishabh Gupta, Justine Izah, Wilson E. Vaughan, Amir M. Abtahi, Scott L. Zuckerman, Byron F. Stephens

Diagnostic utility of different types of somatosensory evoked potential changes in pediatric idiopathic scoliosis correction surgery

Vamsi Krishna Gorijala, Rajiv P. Reddy, Katherine M. Anetakis, Jeffrey Balzer, Donald J. Crammond, Varun Shandal, Jeremy D. Shaw, Michelle R. Christie, Parthasarathy D. Thirumala

The effect of Providence night-time bracing on the sagittal profile in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Martin Heegaard, Niklas Tøndevold, Benny Dahl, Thomas B. Andersen, Martin Gehrchen, Søren Ohrt-Nissen

Assessment of malalignment at early stage in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a longitudinal cohort study

Tristan Langlais, Claudio Vergari, Gregoire Rougereau, Mathilde Gaume, Laurent Gajny, Kariman Abelin-Genevois, Jean Claude Bernard, Zongshan Hu, Jack Chun Yiu Cheng, Winnie Chiu Wing Chu, Ayman Assi, Mohamad Karam, Ismat Ghanem, Tito Bassani, Fabio Galbusera, Luca Maria Sconfienza, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Isabelle Courtois, Eric Ebermeyer, Raphael Vialle, Jean Dubousset, Wafa Skalli

Progressive coronal caudal curve after corrective osteotomies for congenital cervicothoracic scoliosis: incidence and predictors

Ziqun Liu, Bin Jiang, Yifang Jiang, Yawei Li, Yuliang Dai, Lei Li, Yupeng Zhang, Zhenzhong Zheng, Bing Wang

Analysis of duration of different stages of surgery in posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients: comparison between severe versus non-severe AIS

Saturveithan Chandirasegaran, Chris Yin Wei Chan, Chee Kidd Chiu, Weng Hong Chung, Mohd Shahnaz Hasan, Mun Keong Kwan

Automatic assessment of scoliosis surgery outcome on trunk shape using left–right trunk asymmetry

Maryam Khani, Philippe Debanné, François Guibault, Hubert Labelle, Stefan Parent, Farida Cheriet

Letter to the Editor concerning "Virtual reality is effective in the management of chronic low back ache in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" by V. Kumar et al. (Eur Spine J [2023]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-08040-5)

S. Slatman, J. B. Staal, J. Knoop

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of S. Slatman, et al. concerning "Virtual reality is effective in the management of chronic low back ache in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" by V. Kumar, et al. (Eur Spine J [2023]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-023–08040-5)

Vishal Kumar, Arvind Janardhan Vatkar, Mohak Kataria, Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt, Vishnu Baburaj

Letter to the editor concerning "characteristics of baseline frequency data in spinal RCTs do not suggest widespread non-random allocation" by MMS Levayer, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2023; 32: 3009–3014)

Mark J. Bolland, Alison Avenell, Andrew Grey

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of MJ Bolland, et al. concerning “Characteristics of baseline frequency data in spinal RCTs do not suggest widespread non-random allocation” by MMS Levayer, et al. (Eur Spine J [2023]32:3009–3014)

Manon Malia Sydney Levayer, Gem Rui Ping Chew, Kyle Alexander Sheldrick, Ashish Dhar Diwan

Letter to the editor concerning “Modic change is associated with increased BMI but not autoimmune diseases in TwinsUK” by F. Gualdi et al. (Eur Spine J; [2023]:3379–3386)

Tomo Hanamura, Tadatsugu Morimoto, Hirohito Hirata, Masaaki Mawatari

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of T. Hanamura et al. concerning “Modic change is associated with increased BMI but not autoimmune diseases in TwinsUK” by F. Gualdi et al. (Eur Spine J; [2023]:3379–3386)

Francesco Gualdi

Correction to: Encrypted smartphone text messaging between spine surgeons may reduce after‑hours surgery

Amit R. Persad, Rosalie Mercure-Cyr, Michael Spiess, Allan Woo, Zane Tymchak, Adam Wu, Luke Hnenny, Daryl R. Fourney

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