Issue 5/2020
Content (40 Articles)
Spinal surgery complications: an unsolved problem—Is the World Health Organization Safety Surgical Checklist an useful tool to reduce them?
Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano, Cristiana Griffoni, Jarkko Halme, Giuseppe Tedesco, Silvia Terzi, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Gisberto Evangelisti, Marco Girolami, Valerio Pipola, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Asdrubal Falavigna
Reliability of a radiation-free, noninvasive and computer-assisted assessment of the spine in children with cerebral palsy
Kristina Ruthard, Anke Raabe-Oetker, Johannes Ruthard, Thomas Oppermann, Ibrahim Duran, Eckhard Schönau
Vertebral body fracture after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with zero-profile anchored cages in adjacent levels: a cautionary tale
Tobias A. Mattei, Alisson R. Teles, Dzung H. Dinh
The role of cervical collar in functional restoration and fusion after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion without plating on single or double levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Luca Ricciardi, Alba Scerrati, Alessandro Olivi, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Pasquale De Bonis, Nicola Montano
Craniovertebral junction fixation in children less than 5 years
Patrick J. Grover, Lauren S. Harris, Dominic N. P. Thompson
Posterior fusion of the craniocervical junction in the pediatric spine: Wright’s translaminar C2 screw technique provides for more safety and effectiveness
Christian Hagemann, Ralf Stücker, Ilka Schmitt, Alexandra Höller, Philip Kunkel
Cement augmentation of odontoid peg fractures: the effect of cement volume and distribution on construct stiffness
Lukas Capek, Petr Rehousek, Petr Henys, Sabri Bleibleh, Edward Jenner, Marketa Kulvajtova, Jiri Skala-Rosenbaum
Patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy have signs of blood spinal cord barrier disruption, and its magnitude correlates with myelopathy severity: a prospective comparative cohort study
Christian Blume, Matthias Florian Geiger, Lars Ove Brandenburg, Marguerite Müller, Verena Mainz, Johannes Kalder, Walid Albanna, Hans Clusmann, Christian Andreas Mueller
The safety and efficiency of performing cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections under fluoroscopic control on an ambulatory/outpatient basis
Keith Bush, Ramin Mandegaran, Elizabeth Robinson, Ali Zavareh
Analysis of the spinal cord angle for severe cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: comparison between anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) and posterior laminectomy
Kaiqiang Sun, Shunmin Wang, Le Huan, Jingchuan Sun, Ximing Xu, Xiaofei Sun, Jiangang Shi, Yongfei Guo
Cervical muscle diseases are associated with indefinite and various symptoms in the whole body
Takayoshi Matsui, Kazuhiro Hara, Takamasa Kayama, Makoto Iwata, Nobuyuki Shitara, Shuntaro Hojo, Yuzo Endo, Hideoki Fukuoka, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Is there cervical spine muscle weakness in patients with Hirayama disease? A morphological study about cross-sectional areas of muscles on MRI
Zhechen Li, Wenming Zhang, Wence Wu, Chao Wei, Xuanwei Chen, Jianhua Lin
Age-related changes to the craniocervical ligaments in asymptomatic subjects: a prospective MR study
Benjamin Peters, Paul M Parizel, Johan W Van Goethem
C1–C2 posterior screw fixation in atlantoaxial fractures revisited: technical update based on 127 cases
Niels Buchmann, Claudia Schweizer, Jan S. Kirschke, Anna Rienmüller, Jens Gempt, Florian Ringel, Bernhard Meyer, Yu- Mi Ryang
Acceptable errors with evaluation of 577 cervical pedicle screw placements
Bijjawara Mahesh, Bidre Upendra, Rao Raghavendra
Impact of cervical sagittal parameters and spinal cord morphology in cervical spondylotic myelopathy status post spinous process-splitting laminoplasty
Hsuan-Yu Chen, Min-Hui Yang, Yen-Po Lin, Feng-Huei Lin, Po-Quang Chen, Ming-Hsiao Hu, Shu-Hua Yang
Diagnosis of spinal lesions using perfusion parameters measured by DCE-MRI and metabolism parameters measured by PET/CT
Jiahui Zhang, Yongye Chen, Yanyan Zhang, Enlong Zhang, Hon J. Yu, Huishu Yuan, Yang Zhang, Min-Ying Su, Ning Lang
Multispectral diffusion-weighted MRI of the instrumented cervical spinal cord: a preliminary study of 5 cases
Kevin M. Koch, Sampada Bhave, S. Sivaram Kaushik, Andrew S. Nencka, Matthew D. Budde
Dynamic imaging of the craniovertebral junction is mandatory in patients with posterior circulation strokes
Hemanth Vupputuri, Edmond Jonathan Gandham, Sunithi Alexandar Mani, Krishna Prabhu Raju, Sanjith Aaron, Ari George Chacko
The normal appearance of CT myelograms
Brett Rocos, David R. S. Evans, Brathaban Rajayogeswaran, M. John Hutchinson
Characteristics of vertebral CT Hounsfield units in elderly patients with acute vertebral fragility fractures
Da Zou, Kaifeng Ye, Yun Tian, Weishi Li, Fang Zhou, Zhishan Zhang, Zhengyang Lu, Zhongning Xu
Assessment of bone quality at the lumbar and sacral spine using CT scans: a retrospective feasibility study in 50 comparing CT and DXA data
J. Berger-Groch, D. M. Thiesen, D. Ntalos, F. Hennes, M. J. Hartel
Hounsfield units value is a better predictor of pedicle screw loosening than the T-score of DXA in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases
Da Zou, Zhuoran Sun, Siyu Zhou, Woquan Zhong, Weishi Li
Use of monoexponential diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced-MRI for the differentiation of spinal tumors
Jiahui Zhang, Yongye Chen, Enlong Zhang, Nan Li, Huishu Yuan, Ning Lang
Diagnostic value and clinical significance of magnetic resonance imaging with the FS-PD-TSE sequence in diagnosing lumbar cartilaginous endplate failure
Ruopeng Mai, Huanyu Tan, Yiwei Zhao, Jun Jia, Wubo Liu, Yonghao Tian, Suomao Yuan, Xinyu Liu
Endplate volumetric bone mineral density measured by quantitative computed tomography as a novel predictive measure of severe cage subsidence after standalone lateral lumbar fusion
Ichiro Okano, Conor Jones, Stephan N. Salzmann, Marie–Jacqueline Reisener, Oliver C. Sax, Colleen Rentenberger, Jennifer Shue, John A. Carrino, Andrew A. Sama, Frank P. Cammisa, Federico P. Girardi, Alexander P. Hughes
Developmental sacral morphology: MR study from infancy to skeletal maturity
Andrew M. Hresko, Emily M. Hinchcliff, David G. Deckey, M. Timothy Hresko
Contactless treatment for scoliosis by electromagnetically controlled shape-memory alloy rods: a preliminary study in rabbits
Zhiqiang Hou, Zhibo Liu, Xiaobin Zhu, Yuanlong Xie, Feifei Yan, Hao Yin, Zeheng Zhang, Minhao Wu, Xiaoxiao Liang, Zhouming Deng, Chao Hu, Kangwen Xiao, Shiliang Chen, Yan Chen, Zheyu Wu, Xudong Gu, Qingping Sun, Binbin Ni, Lin Cai
Comparative effectiveness of PEEK rods versus titanium alloy rods in cervical fusion in a new sheep model
Jie Wu, Lei Shi, Yanjun Pei, Di Yang, Peng Gao, Xin Xiao, Shuo Guo, Minghui Li, Xiaokang Li, Zheng Guo
Relationship between the laminectomy extension and spinal cord injury caused by acute spinal shortening: goat in vivo experiment
Hao-Zhi Yang, Bin-Bin Wang, Xiao-Bao Zou, Su Ge, Yu-Yue Chen, Shuang Zhang, Ling Ni, Heng-Rui Li, Jin-Cheng Yang, Xiang-Yang Ma
Is fractal dimension a reliable imaging biomarker for the quantitative classification of an intervertebral disk?
Junchao Ma, Ruifeng Wang, Yong Yu, Xiaotong Xu, Haifeng Duan, Nan Yu
Letter to the Editor concerning “Bacteria: back pain, leg pain and Modic sign—a surgical multicentre comparative study” by Fritzell P, et al. (Eur Spine J [2019]; doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06164-1)
S. Dilip Chand Raja, S. Rajasekaran
Letter to Editor concerning "Diagnostic accuracy of whole spine magnetic resonance imaging in spinal tuberculosis validated through tissue studies" by Kanna RM, et al. (Eur Spine J; 28 [2019]:3003–3010)
Abhinandan Reddy Mallepally, Nandan Marathe
Letter to the Editor concerning “The role of non-rigid cervical collar in pain relief and functional restoration after whiplash injury: a systematic review and a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Ricciardi L, et al. (Eur Spine J; [2019] 28:1821–1828)
Steffan W. M. Christensen, Søren T. Skou
Answer to the letter to the editor of Christensen S et al. concerning “The role of non-rigid cervical collar in pain relief and functional restoration after whiplash injury—a systematic review and a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Ricciardi L et al. (Eur Spine J; [2019] 28:1821–1828)
Luca Ricciardi, Sonia D’Arrigo, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale