Issue 4/2019
Content (35 Articles)
A histocytological and radiological overview of the natural history of intervertebral disk: from embryonic formation to age-related degeneration
Feng Wang, Cong Zhang, Arjun Sinkemani, Rui Shi, Zhi-Yang Xie, Lu Chen, Lu Mao, Xiao-Tao Wu
Radiologic parameters of ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with anti-TNF-α versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and sulfasalazine
Seung Min Son, Sung Hoon Choi, Jong Ki Shin, Tae Sik Goh, Jung Sub Lee
Quasi-automatic 3D reconstruction of the full spine from low-dose biplanar X-rays based on statistical inferences and image analysis
Laurent Gajny, Shahin Ebrahimi, Claudio Vergari, Elsa Angelini, Wafa Skalli
Can objective functional impairment in lumbar degenerative disease be reliably assessed at home using the five-repetition sit-to-stand test? A prospective study
Victor E. Staartjes, Femke Beusekamp, Marc L. Schröder
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can identify painful lumbar discs and may facilitate improved clinical outcomes of lumbar surgeries for discogenic pain
Matthew G. Gornet, James Peacock, John Claude, Francine W. Schranck, Anne G. Copay, Robert K. Eastlack, Ryan Benz, Adam Olshen, Jeffrey C. Lotz
Retroperitoneal haematoma in a postoperative ALIF patient taking rivaroxaban for atrial fibrillation
Praveena Deekonda, Oliver M. Stokes, Daniel Chan
Pain and disability after first-time spinal fusion for lumbar degenerative disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Niek Koenders, Alison Rushton, Martin L. Verra, Paul C. Willems, Thomas J. Hoogeboom, J. Bart Staal
A mouse model for the study of transplanted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell survival and proliferation in lumbar spinal fusion
Ioan A. Lina, Wataru Ishida, Jason A. Liauw, Sheng-fu L. Lo, Benjamin D. Elder, Alexander Perdomo-Pantoja, Debebe Theodros, Timothy F. Witham, Christina Holmes
Single-center, consecutive series study of the use of a novel platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) and beta-tricalcium phosphate in posterolateral lumbar fusion
Tucker C. Callanan, Antonio T. Brecevich, Craig D. Steiner, Fred Xavier, Justin A. Iorio, Celeste Abjornson, Frank P. Cammisa
Triangular titanium implants for sacroiliac joint fusion
Nikolai G. Rainov, Reinhard Schneiderhan, Volkmar Heidecke
Rehabilitation following lumbar fusion surgery (REFS) a randomised controlled feasibility study
James Greenwood, Alison McGregor, Fiona Jones, Michael Hurley
Failure to maintain segmental lordosis during TLIF for one-level degenerative spondylolisthesis negatively affects clinical outcome 5 years postoperatively: a prospective cohort of 57 patients
Matevž Kuhta, Klemen Bošnjak, Rok Vengust
Predicting the need for surgical intervention in patients with spondylodiscitis: the Brighton Spondylodiscitis Score (BSDS)
Nageswary Appalanaidu, Roozbeh Shafafy, Christopher Gee, Kit Brogan, Shuaib Karmani, Giuseppe Morassi, Sherief Elsayed
Unilateral sacroiliitis: differentiating infective and inflammatory etiology by magnetic resonance imaging and tissue studies
Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Aju Bosco, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran
Sonication of removed implants improves microbiological diagnosis of postoperative spinal infections
Justus Bürger, Doruk Akgün, Patrick Strube, Michael Putzier, Matthias Pumberger
A prediction model of surgical site infection after instrumented thoracolumbar spine surgery in adults
Daniël M. C. Janssen, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Boudewijn d’Aumerie, Paul Willems
Intervertebral disc penetration by antibiotics used prophylactically in spinal surgery: implications for the current standards and treatment of disc infections
Manu N. Capoor, Jan Lochman, Andrew McDowell, Jonathan E. Schmitz, Martin Solansky, Martina Zapletalova, Todd F. Alamin, Michael F. Coscia, Steven R. Garfin, Radim Jancalek, Filip Ruzicka, A. Nick Shamie, Martin Smrcka, Jeffrey C. Wang, Christof Birkenmaier, Ondrej Slaby
Does surgical site infection influence neurological outcome and survival in patients undergoing surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression?
N. A. Quraishi, M. S. Ahmed, G. Arealis, B. M. Boszczyk, K. L. Edwards
Three-dimensionally printed vertebrae with different bone densities for surgical training
Marco Burkhard, Philipp Fürnstahl, Mazda Farshad
Surgical training in spine surgery: safety and patient-rated outcome
Guy Waisbrod, Anne F. Mannion, Támas F. Fekete, Frank Kleinstueck, Deszö Jeszenszky, Daniel Haschtmann
‘After-hours’ non-elective spine surgery is associated with increased perioperative adverse events in a quaternary center
Raphaële Charest-Morin, Alana M. Flexman, Michael Bond, Tamir Ailon, Nicolas Dea, Marcel Dvorak, Brian Kwon, Scott Paquette, Charles G. Fisher, John Street
Relation of lumbar sympathetic chain to the open corridor of retroperitoneal oblique approach to lumbar spine: an MRI study
A. Mahatthanatrakul, T. Itthipanichpong, C. Ratanakornphan, N. Numkarunarunrote, W. Singhatanadgige, W. Yingsakmongkol, W. Limthongkul
Anatomic evaluation of retroperitoneal organs for lateral approach surgery: a prospective imaging study using computed tomography in the lateral decubitus position
Jun Ouchida, Tokumi Kanemura, Kotaro Satake, Hiroaki Nakashima, Naoki Segi
Estimation of the number of feeding arteries of spinal arteriovenous malformations by using three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography
Soichiro Takamiya, Toshiya Osanai, Toshitaka Seki, Noriyuki Fujima, Kazutoshi Hida, Takeshi Asano, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Shuji Hamauchi, Toru Sasamori, Kota Ono, Shunsuke Terasaka, Kiyohiro Houkin
Identification of abnormalities in the lumbar nerve tract using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography
Hiroaki Manabe, Toshinori Sakai, Ryo Miyagi, Fumitake Tezuka, Kazuta Yamashita, Yoichiro Takata, Koichi Sairyo
Comparative tomographic study of the S2-alar-iliac screw versus the iliac screw
Mauro Costa Morais Tavares Junior, João Paço Vaz de Souza, Thiego Pedro Freitas Araujo, Raphael Martus Marcon, Alexandre Fogaça Cristante, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho, Olavo Biraghi Letaif
Reoperation following lumbar spinal surgery: costs and outcomes in a UK population cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
Sharada Weir, Tzu-Chun Kuo, Mihail Samnaliev, Travis S. Tierney, Andrea Manca, Rod S. Taylor, Julie Bruce, Sam Eldabe, David Cumming
Material failure in dynamic spine implants: are the standardized implant tests before market launch sufficient?
Stavros Oikonomidis, Rolf Sobottke, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Christian Herren, Agnes Beckmann, Kourosh Zarghooni, Jan Siewe
Reply to the Letter to the Editor of Fei Jia et al. concerning “Comparison of combined anterior–posterior approach versus posterior-only approach in neuromuscular scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Shao ZX, et al. [Eur Spine J; (2018) 27(9): 2213–2222]
Zhen-Xuan Shao, Xia Fang, Qing-Bo Lv, Zhi-Chao Hu, Yuan-Bo Hu, Shi-Yun Shao, Xiang-Yang Wang, Ai-Min Wu
Correction to: The “Risser+” grade: a new grading system to classify skeletal maturity in idiopathic scoliosis
M. J. Troy, P. E. Miller, N. Price, V. Talwalkar, F. Zaina, S. Donzelli, S. Negrini, M. T. Hresko
Correction to: ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2018: Growth differentiation factor-6 attenuated pro-inflammatory molecular changes in the rabbit anular-puncture model and degenerated disc-induced pain generation in the rat xenograft radiculopathy model
Shingo Miyazaki, Ashish D. Diwan, Kenji Kato, Kevin Cheng, Won C. Bae, Yang Sun, Junichi Yamada, Carol Muehleman, Mary E. Lenz, Nozomu Inoue, Robert L. Sah, Mamoru Kawakami, Koichi Masuda
Correction to: Spinal deformity and malocclusion association is not supported by high-quality studies: results from a systematic review of the literature
Francesco Langella, Federico Fusini, Gregorio Rossi, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Nicola Migliaccio, Sabrina Donzelli, Pedro Berjano