European Spine Journal

Molecular research in orthopaedics

Kjell Olmarker

Weight distribution in the sitting position in patients with paralytic scoliosis: pre- and postoperative evaluation

E-L. Larsson, S. Aaro, H. Normelli, B. Öberg

Scoliosis correction with shape-memory metal: results of an experimental study

D. Wever, J. Elstrodt, A. Veldhuizen, J. v Horn

Three-stage surgery in the management of severe rigid angular kyphosis

Cüneyt Sar, Levent Eralp

Measurement of spinal canal diameters in young subjects with lumbosacral transitional vertebra

Hasan Oğuz, Selami Akkuş, Serdar Tarhan, Saim Açikgözoğlu, Memduh Kerman

The sagittal anatomy of the sacrum among young adults, infants, and spondylolisthesis patients

C. Marty, B. Boisaubert, H. Descamps, J. Montigny, J. Hecquet, J. Legaye, G. Duval-Beaupère

Italian version of the Roland Disability Questionnaire, specific for low back pain: cross-cultural adaptation and validation

R. Padua, L. Padua, E. Ceccarelli, E. Romanini, G. Zanoli, R. Bondì, A. Campi

Lumbar lateral interbody cage with plate augmentation: in vitro biomechanical analysis

J. Le Huec, M. Liu, W. Skalli, L. Josse

The use of a quadruped as an in vivo model for the study of the spine – biomechanical considerations

Theo H. Smit

Cytokines and growth factors in the protruded intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine

Nicola Specchia, Alessia Pagnotta, Amelia Toesca, Francesco Greco

Quantitative three-dimensional anatomy of lumbar vertebrae in Singaporean Asians

S. Tan, E. Teo, H. Chua

Spina bifida occulta in isthmic spondylolisthesis: a surgical trap

R. Kumar, D. Niall, A. Walsh, K. Khalilullah, D. McCormack

Sacral extradural arachnoid cyst: a rare cause of low back and perineal pain

Natarajan Muthukumar

Metastasizing chordoma of the lumbar spine

K.-St. Delank, J. Kriegsmann, Ph. Drees, A. Eckardt, P. Eysel

Ideas and technical innovation: a guide for the aligned perforation of vertebral pedicles

H. Defino

Ventral cervical fusion at multiple levels using free vascularized double-islanded fibula – a technical report and review of the relevant literature

Kartik G. Krishnan, Adolf Müller

Comment to “Ventral cervical fusion at multiple levels using free vascularized double-islanded fibula - a technical report and review of the relevant literature” by K. G. Krishnan and A. Müller

Dietrich Hohmann

The objectivity of whiplash

R. Ferrari

Authors’ reply

Geoff N. Klein, Anne F. Mannion, Manohar M. Panjabi, Jiri Dvorak

Biotechnologies in Spinal Surgery

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