Issue 5/2016
Content (36 Articles)
Does usage of a parachute in contrast to free fall prevent major trauma?: a prospective randomised-controlled trial in rag dolls
Patrick Czorlich, Till Burkhardt, Jan Hendrik Buhk, Jakob Matschke, Marc Dreimann, Nils Ole Schmidt, Sven Oliver Eicker
Smartphone apps for spinal surgery: is technology good or evil?
Greg A. J. Robertson, Seng Juong Wong, Richard R. Brady, Ashok S. Subramanian
A new dynamic six degrees of freedom disc-loading simulator allows to provoke disc damage and herniation
Hans-Joachim Wilke, Annette Kienle, Sebastian Maile, Volker Rasche, Nikolaus Berger-Roscher
Microendoscopic discectomy versus open discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: a meta-analysis
JuLiang He, ShanWen Xiao, ZhenJie Wu, ZhenChao Yuan
Radiological analysis of upper lumbar disc herniation and spinopelvic sagittal alignment
Junseok Bae, Sang-Ho Lee, Sang-Ha Shin, Jin Suk Seo, Kyeong Hwan Kim, Jee-Soo Jang
A diagnostic study in patients with sciatica establishing the importance of localization of worsening of pain during coughing, sneezing and straining to assess nerve root compression on MRI
Annemieke J. H. Verwoerd, Jan Mens, Abdelilah el Barzouhi, Wilco C. Peul, Bart W. Koes, Arianne P. Verhagen
Three-dimensional analysis of volumetric changes in herniated discs of the lumbar spine: does spontaneous resorption of herniated discs always occur?
Jun-Yeong Seo, Young-Ho Roh, Young-Hoon Kim, Kee-Yong Ha
Risk factors for the need of surgical treatment of a first recurrent lumbar disc herniation
Ratko Yurac, Juan J. Zamorano, Fernando Lira, Diego Valiente, Vicente Ballesteros, Alejandro Urzúa
Short-term effects of a dynamic neutralization system (Dynesys) for multi-segmental lumbar disc herniation
Qi Wang, Jun Liu, Ying Shi, Yu Chen, Hailong Yu, Junxiong Ma, Weijian Ren, Huifeng Yang, Hongwei Wang, Liangbi Xiang
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells and memory T cells infiltrate true sequestrations stronger than subligamentous sequestrations: evidence from flow cytometric analysis of disc infiltrates
Andrea Geiss, Rolf Sobottke, Karl Stefan Delank, Peer Eysel
A cohort study comparing the serum levels of pro- or anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with lumbar radicular pain and healthy subjects
Kun Wang, Jun-Ping Bao, Shu Yang, Xin Hong, Lei Liu, Xin-Hui Xie, Xiao-Tao Wu
Are lumbar multifidus fatigue and transversus abdominis activation similar in patients with lumbar disc herniation and healthy controls? A case control study
Luiz Armando Vidal Ramos, Fábio Jorge Renovato França, Bianca Callegari, Thomaz Nogueira Burke, Maurício Oliveira Magalhães, Amélia Pasqual Marques
Giant central thoracic disc herniations: surgical outcome in 17 consecutive patients treated by mini-thoracotomy
Roland Roelz, Christoph Scholz, Jan-Helge Klingler, Christian Scheiwe, Ronen Sircar, Ulrich Hubbe
Paraspinal muscle asymmetry and fat infiltration in patients with symptomatic disc herniation
Maryse Fortin, Àron Lazáry, Peter Paul Varga, Iain McCall, Michele C. Battié
Similar result after non-elective and elective surgery for lumbar disc herniation: an observational study based on the SweSpine register
P. Elkan, J. Sjövie Hasserius, P. Gerdhem
Spinal metallosis: a systematic review
Yoni Goldenberg, Jin W. Tee, Cesar M. Salinas-La Rosa, Michael Murphy
Platelet concentrates in spine fusion: meta-analysis of union rates and complications in controlled trials
Julia Vavken, Patrick Vavken, Alexander Mameghani, Carlo Camathias, Stefan Schaeren
Comparison of the safety outcomes between two surgical approaches for anterior lumbar fusion surgery: anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and extreme lateral interbody fusion (ELIF)
Roger Härtl, Alexander Joeris, Robert A. McGuire
Adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal fusion compared with motion-preservation procedures: a meta-analysis
Aixing Pan, Yong Hai, Jincai Yang, Lijin Zhou, Xiaolong Chen, Hui Guo
Determining clinical practice of expert physiotherapy for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion: a cross-sectional survey study
Esther R. C. Janssen, Elle E. M. Scheijen, Nico L. U. van Meeteren, Rob A. de Bie, Anton F. Lenssen, Paul C. Willems, Thomas J. Hoogeboom
Risk factors for adjacent segment pathology requiring additional surgery after single-level spinal fusion: impact of pre-existing spinal stenosis demonstrated by preoperative myelography
Itaru Yugué, Seiji Okada, Muneaki Masuda, Takayoshi Ueta, Takeshi Maeda, Keiichiro Shiba
Adjacent segment degeneration and revision surgery after circumferential lumbar fusion: outcomes throughout 15 years of follow-up
José I. Maruenda, Carlos Barrios, Felipe Garibo, Borja Maruenda
ALIF and total disc replacement versus 2-level circumferential fusion with TLIF: a prospective, randomized, clinical and radiological trial
Eike K. Hoff, Patrick Strube, Matthias Pumberger, Robert K. Zahn, Michael Putzier
One-stage posterior-only lumbosacral hemivertebra resection with short segmental fusion: a more than 2-year follow-up
Qianyu Zhuang, Jianguo Zhang, Shugang Li, Shengru Wang, Jianwei Guo, Guixing Qiu
A comparative study of perioperative complications between transforaminal versus posterior lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis
Jiaming Liu, Huilin Deng, Xinhua Long, Xuanyin Chen, Risheng Xu, Zhili Liu
Multimodality intraoperative neuromonitoring in extreme lateral interbody fusion. Transcranial electrical stimulation as indispensable rearview
Hanneke I. Berends, Henricus L. Journée, Ilona Rácz, Jan van Loon, Roger Härtl, Maarten Spruit
An RCT study comparing the clinical and radiological outcomes with the use of PLIF or TLIF after instrumented reduction in adult isthmic spondylolisthesis
Er-Zhu Yang, Jian-Guang Xu, Xiao-Kang Liu, Gen-Yang Jin, Wenzhen Xiao, Bing-Fang Zeng, Xiao-Feng Lian
Postoperative dysesthesia in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a report of five cases
Honggang Wang, Yue Zhou, Zhengfeng Zhang
A prospective randomized comparative study of postoperative pain control using an epidural catheter in patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion
Si Young Park, Howard S. An, Soon Hyuck Lee, Seung Woo Suh, Jeong Lae Kim, Seung Joo Yoon
Pain control following posterior spine fusion: patient-controlled continuous epidural catheter infusion method yields better post-operative analgesia control compared to intravenous patient controlled analgesia method. A retrospective case series
Zafer Orkun Toktaş, Murat Konakçı, Baran Yılmaz, Murat Şakir Ekşi, Tamer Aksoy, Yasin Yener, Orkun Koban, Türker Kılıç, Deniz Konya
Preemptive multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain management after lumbar fusion surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Sang-Il Kim, Kee-Yong Ha, In-Soo Oh
Analysis of a performance-based functional test in comparison with the visual analog scale for postoperative outcome assessment after lumbar spondylodesis
Sebastian Hartmann, Aldemar Andres Hegewald, Anja Tschugg, Sabrina Neururer, Michael Abenhardt, Claudius Thomé
Is obesity associated with worse patient-reported outcomes following lumbar surgery for degenerative conditions?
J. Alex Sielatycki, Silky Chotai, David Stonko, Joseph Wick, Harrison Kay, Matthew J. McGirt, Clinton J. Devin
Posterior instrumented fusion suppresses the progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a comparison of laminoplasty with and without instrumented fusion by three-dimensional analysis
Keiichi Katsumi, Tomohiro Izumi, Takui Ito, Toru Hirano, Kei Watanabe, Masayuki Ohashi
Erratum to: Annual changes in radiographic indices of the spine in cerebral palsy patients
Seung Yeol Lee, Chin Youb Chung, Kyoung Min Lee, Soon-Sun Kwon, Kyu-Jung Cho, Moon Seok Park