European Spine Journal

Editorial

Scott Blumenthal, Ashish D. Diwan

Unique biomechanical signatures of Bryan, Prodisc C, and Prestige LP cervical disc replacements: a finite element modelling study

Hoon Choi, Yuvaraj Purushothaman, Jamie Baisden, Narayan Yoganandan

Cervical radiculopathy: is a prosthesis preferred over fusion surgery? A systematic review

Caroline M. W. Goedmakers, Tessa Janssen, Xiaoyu Yang, Mark P. Arts, Ronald H. M. A. Bartels, Carmen L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp

The association of cervical sagittal alignment with adjacent segment degeneration

Xiaoyu Yang, Ronald H. M. A. Bartels, Roland Donk, Mark P. Arts, Caroline M. W. Goedmakers, Carmen L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp

In which cases do surgeons specializing in total disc replacement perform fusion in patients with cervical spine symptoms?

Richard D. Guyer, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, Scott L. Blumenthal, Jack E. Zigler

Single-level cervical arthroplasty with ProDisc-C artificial disc: 10-year follow-up results in one centre

Yanbin Zhao, Feifei Zhou, Yu Sun, Shengfa Pan

Does neck pain as chief complaint influence the outcome of cervical total disc replacement?

S. Finkenstaedt, A. F. Mannion, T. F. Fekete, D. Haschtmann, F. S. Kleinstueck, U. Mutter, H. J. Becker, D. Bellut, F. Porchet

Analysis of re-operations after cervical total disc replacement in a consecutive series of 535 patients receiving the ProDisc-C device

Jack E. Zigler, Richard D. Guyer, Scott L. Blumenthal, Donna D. Ohnmeiss

Complications of cervical total disc replacement and their associations with heterotopic ossification: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nicholas Hui, Kevin Phan, Hoi Man Kevin Cheng, Yueh-Hsin Lin, Ralph J. Mobbs

Neural cell responses to wear debris from metal-on-metal total disc replacements

H. Lee, J. B. Phillips, R. M. Hall, Joanne L. Tipper

Prosthesis design influences segmental contribution to total cervical motion after cervical disc arthroplasty

Avinash G. Patwardhan, Robert M. Havey

Correction to: Prosthesis design influences segmental contribution to total cervical motion after cervical disc arthroplasty

Avinash G. Patwardhan, Robert M. Havey

Osteolysis after cervical disc arthroplasty

Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Nathan J. Lee, Ronald A. Lehman Jr., Luis M. Tumialán, K. Daniel Riew

Locking stand-alone cage versus anterior plate construct in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials

Yachao Zhao, Sidong Yang, Yachong Huo, Zhaohui Li, Dalong Yang, Wenyuan Ding

Hyoid position as a novel predictive marker for postoperative dysphagia and dysphonia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Yushi Hoshino, Ichiro Okano, Erika Chiapparelli, Stephan N. Salzmann, Courtney Ortiz Miller, Jennifer Shue, Andrew A. Sama, Frank P. Cammisa, Federico P. Girardi, Alexander P. Hughes

Simplified four-step retropharyngeal approach for the upper cervical spine: technical note

Pasquale De Bonis, Antonio Musio, Giorgio Mantovani, Angelo Pompucci, Jacopo Visani, Giorgio Lofrese, Alba Scerrati

Management of congenital craniovertebral anomalies: a single-centre experience of 71 cases by an algorithmic approach

Sudhir K. Srivastava, Aditya Raj, Sunil Bhosale, Shaligram Purohit, Nandan Marathe, Manojkumar Gaddikeri

Classification of the facets of lateral atlantoaxial joints in patients with congenital atlantoaxial dislocation

Fei Ma, Hongchun He, Yehui Liao, Qiang Tang, Chao Tang, Sheng Yang, Qing Wang, Dejun Zhong

Cervical kinematics estimated by finite helical axis behaviour differs in patients with neck related problems as compared to healthy controls

Erik Cattrysse, Anna Burioli, Luca Buzzatti, Emiel Van Trijffel

10 kHz spinal cord stimulation for chronic upper limb and neck pain: Australian experience

Paul Verrills, John Salmon, Marc Russo, Bradford Gliner, Adele Barnard, David Caraway

Occipitocervical measurements: correlation and consistency between multi-positional magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic radiographs

Rattanaporn Chamnan, Kunlavit Chantarasirirat, Permsak Paholpak, Kevin Wiley, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

Cervical spinal computed tomography utilizing model-based iterative reconstruction reduces radiation to an equivalent of three cervical X-rays

Kazutaka Masamoto, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Bungo Otsuki, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Koji Koizumi, Takayoshi Shimizu, Yu Shimizu, Koichi Murata, Norimasa Ikeda, Shuichi Matsuda

Two-level ACDF with a zero-profile stand-alone spacer compared to conventional plating: a prospective randomized single-center study

M. Scholz, B. Onal, P. Schleicher, A. Pingel, C. Hoffmann, F. Kandziora

Single-level Bryan cervical disc arthroplasty: evaluation of radiological and clinical outcomes after 18 years of follow-up

Maurizio Genitiempo, Andrea Perna, Domenico Alessandro Santagada, Maria Concetta Meluzio, Luca Proietti, Maria Beatrice Bocchi, Carlo Ambrogio Logroscino, Francesco Ciro Tamburrelli

Effect of posterior cervical expansive open-door laminoplasty on cervical sagittal balance

Yubo Pan, Xun Ma, Haoyu Feng, Chen Chen, Zhiyong Qin, Yi Huang

Factors associated with postoperative axial symptom after expansive open-door laminoplasty: retrospective study using multivariable analysis

Xiuru Zhang, Yanzheng Gao, Kun Gao, Zhenghong Yu, Dongbo Lv, Hao Ma, Gongwei Zhai

Letter to the Editor concerning "Handgrip strength correlates with walking in lumbar spinal stenosis" by Inoue H. et al. [Eur Spine J (2020): DOI 10.1007/s00586-020-06525-1]

Kalyan Kumar Varma Kalidindi, Jeevan Kumar Sharma

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Kalidindi KKV, et al. concerning “Handgrip strength correlates with walking in lumbar spinal stenosis” by Inoue H. et al. [Eur Spine J (2020): DOI 10.1007/s00586-020-06525-1]

Hirokazu Inoue, Hideaki Watanabe, Hitoshi Okami, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Atsushi Kimura, Katsushi Takeshita

Letter to the Editor concerning “Drug sensitivity patterns in Xpert-positive spinal tuberculosis: an observational study of 252 patients” by Upadhyay M, et al. [Eur Spine J (2020) 29:1476–1482]

Bhavuk Garg, Nishank Mehta

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of B. Garg et al. concerning "Drug sensitivity patterns in Xpert-positive spinal tuberculosis: an observational study of 252 patients" by Upadhyay M, et al. [Eur Spine J (2020) 29:1476–1482]

Jwalant Patel

Correction to: Learning from the past: did experience with previous epidemics help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among spine surgeons worldwide?

Joseph A. Weiner, Peter R. Swiatek, Daniel J. Johnson, Philip K. Louie, Garrett K. Harada, Michael H. McCarthy, Niccole Germscheid, Jason P. Y. Cheung, Marko H. Neva, Mohammad El-Sharkawi, Marcelo Valacco, Daniel M. Sciubba, Norman B. Chutkan, Howard S. An, Dino Samartzis

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