European Spine Journal

The effect of extracellular pH on matrix turnover by cells of the bovine nucleus pulposus

Sajjad Razaq, Robert J. Wilkins, Jill P. G. Urban

Treatment and outcome of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas

U. Schick, W. Hassler

Vertebroplasty in the treatment of vertebral tumors: postprocedural outcome and quality of life

L. Alvarez, A. Pérez-Higueras, D. Quiñones, E. Calvo, R. E. Rossi

Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

Sanjeev Madan, Nicholas R. Boeree

Evaluation of indication-based use of transpedicular instrumentations with different rigidity for lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective pilot study with 3 years of follow-up

Michael Pfeiffer, Ralph Hildebrand, Michael Grande, Peter Griss

Comparison of plain radiographs with CT scan to evaluate interbody fusion following the use of titanium interbody cages and transpedicular instrumentation

Rajesh R. Shah, Saeed Mohammed, Asif Saifuddin, Benjamin A. Taylor

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion: Does stable anterior fixation matter?

S. S. Madan, J. M. Harley, N. R. Boeree

Pain 5 years after instrumented and non-instrumented posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion

Thomas Andersen, Finn B. Christensen, Ebbe S. Hansen, Cody Bünger

Do autologous growth factors enhance transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion?

Hwan T. Hee, Mohammad E. Majd, Richard T. Holt, Leann Myers

Lumbosacral fusion using the Boucher technique in combination with a posterolateral bone graft

M. A. El Masry, C. J. McAllen, C. R. Weatherley

Factors influencing stresses in the lumbar spine after the insertion of intervertebral cages: finite element analysis

Anne Polikeit, Stephen J. Ferguson, Lutz P. Nolte, Tracy E. Orr

Load shift of the intervertebral disc after a vertebroplasty: a finite-element study

G. Baroud, J. Nemes, P. Heini, T. Steffen

Influence of graded facetectomy and laminectomy on spinal biomechanics

T. Zander, A. Rohlmann, C. Klöckner, G. Bergmann

Survivorship analysis of Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation in idiopathic scoliosis

J. Bago, M. Ramirez, F. Pellise, C. Villanueva

A new concept for the etiopathogenesis of the thoracospinal deformity of idiopathic scoliosis: summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE

J. Sevastik, R. G. Burwell, P. H. Dangerfield

Pain level as a predictor of return to work

David A. Fishbain

August 2003

SSE Update August 2003