European Spine Journal

Floating lumbar spine: proposed mechanism with review of literature

Kalidutta Das, Rajat Mahajan, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, M. L. Bansal, Ayush Sharma

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Floating lumbar spine: proposed mechanism with review of literature” (K. Das et al., Eur Spine J. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4690-2)

Khalid M. I. Salem

The use of CT Hounsfield unit values to identify the undiagnosed spinal osteoporosis in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases

Da Zou, Weishi Li, Chao Deng, Guohong Du, Nanfang Xu

Anterior instrumentation through posterior approach in neglected congenital kyphosis: a novel technique and case series

Belal Elnady, Ahmed Shawky Abdelgawaad, Mohamed El-Meshtawy

Development of a machine learning algorithm predicting discharge placement after surgery for spondylolisthesis

Paul T. Ogink, Aditya V. Karhade, Quirina C. B. S. Thio, Stuart H. Hershman, Thomas D. Cha, Christopher M. Bono, Joseph H. Schwab

Noise-optimised virtual monoenergetic imaging of dual-energy CT: effect on metal artefact reduction in patients with lumbar internal fixation

Yanwei Zeng, Kai Deng, Haitao Yang, Yi Tan, Jun Liu, Daoying Geng, Jun Zhang

Analysis of a customized cervical collar to improve neck posture during smartphone usage: a comparative study in healthy subjects

Yuh-Ruey Kuo, Jing-Jing Fang, Chi-Tse Wu, Ruey-Mo Lin, Pei-Fang Su, Cheng-Li Lin

Relationship between patient-based scoring systems and the activity level of patients measured by wearable activity trackers in lumbar spine disease

Masahiro Inoue, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Miyako Suzuki, Kazuki Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Shiga, Hirohito Kanamoto, Koki Abe, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Takashi Sato, Masashi Sato, Masahiro Suzuki, Keigo Enomoto, Yawara Eguchi, Yasuchika Aoki, Tsutomu Akazawa, Yohei Kawasaki, Seiji Ohtori

Ligamental compartments and their relation to the passing spinal nerves are detectable with MRI inside the lumbar neural foramina

Dina Wiersbicki, Anna Völker, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Hanno Steinke

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

Luca Ricciardi, Vito Stifano, Sonia D’Arrigo, Filippo Maria Polli, Alessandro Olivi, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale

Low energy chronic traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis

Conor J. Dunn, Samuel Mease, Kimona Issa, Kumar Sinha, Arash Emami

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Low energy chronic traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis” by C. J. Dunn, S. Mease, K. Issa, K. Sinha, A. Emami (Eur Spine J; 2017: DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-5206-4)

Atul Goel

Stem cell/cellular interventions in human spinal cord injury: Is it time to move from guidelines to regulations and legislations? Literature review and Spinal Cord Society position statement

Harvinder S. Chhabra, Kanchan Sarda, Geeta Jotwani, M. Gourie-Devi, Erkan Kaptanoglu, Susan Charlifue, S. L. Yadav, B. Mohapatra, Abhishek Srivastava, Kedar Phadke

Clinically significant radiographic parameter for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum

Byung-Jou Lee, Jin Hoon Park, Sang-Ryong Jeon, Seung-Chul Rhim, Sung Woo Roh

Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: application of the AOSpine subaxial cervical spinal injury classification system to guide surgical timing

Jin-Peng Du, Yong Fan, Jia-Nan Zhang, Ji-Jun Liu, Yi-Bin Meng, Ding-Jun Hao

Effects of decompressive operation on cardiac autonomic regulation in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: analysis of blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability

Peng Li, Zihan Wei, Haoping Zhang, Kainan Zhang, Junwei Li

The evaluation on neural status of cervical spinal cord in normal and Hirayama disease using diffusion tensor imaging

Chi Sun, Shuyi Zhou, Zhongyi Cui, Yuxuan Zhang, Hongli Wang, Jianyuan Jiang, Feizhou Lu, Xiaosheng Ma

Letter to the Editor concerning “Is MIS-TLIF superior to open TLIF in obese patients?: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Tan JH et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5630-0)

Long liang, Minshan Feng, Tao Han, Xunlu Yin, Liguo Zhu, Guangwei Liu, Xu Wei

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of L. Liang et al. concerning “Is MIS-TLIF superior to open TLIF in obese patients?: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Tan JH et al. (Eur Spine J, 2018; doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5630-0)

Jun Hao Tan, Gabriel Liu

Letter to the Editor concerning “Correlations between sedimentation sign, dural sac cross-sectional area, and clinical symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis” by Sangbong Ko (Eur Spine J [2018] 27:1623–1628)

Jin Yang, Qingquan Kong

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of Jin Yang et al. concerning “Correlations between sedimentation sign, dural sac cross-sectional area, and clinical symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis” by Sangbong Ko (Eur Spine J [2018] 27: 1623–1628)

Sangbong Ko

Correction to: Kinesiophobia modulates lumbar movements in people with chronic low back pain: a kinematic analysis of lumbar bending and returning movement

Michihiro Osumi, Masahiko Sumitani, Yuko Otake, Tomohiko Nishigami, Akira Mibu, Yuki Nishi, Ryota Imai, Gosuke Sato, Yusuke Nagakura, Shu Morioka

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