European Spine Journal

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R. Gunzburg, B. Rydevik

ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2017: Intervertebral disc/bone marrow cross-talk with Modic changes

Stefan Dudli, David C. Sing, Serena S. Hu, Sigurd H. Berven, Shane Burch, Vedat Deviren, Ivan Cheng, Bobby K. B. Tay, Todd F. Alamin, Ma Agnes Martinez Ith, Eric M. Pietras, Jeffrey C. Lotz

ISSLS PRIZE IN BIOENGINEERING SCIENCE 2017: Automation of reading of radiological features from magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of the lumbar spine without human intervention is comparable with an expert radiologist

Amir Jamaludin, Meelis Lootus, Timor Kadir, Andrew Zisserman, Jill Urban, Michele C. Battié, Jeremy Fairbank, Iain McCall

ISSLS PRIZE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE 2017: Is infection the possible initiator of disc disease? An insight from proteomic analysis

S. Rajasekaran, Chitraa Tangavel, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Sharon Miracle Nayagam, M. Raveendran, Naveen Luke Demonte, Pramela Subbaiah, Rishi Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, K. Dharmalingam

EUROSPINE 2016 FULL PAPER AWARD: Wire cerclage can restore the stability of the thoracic spine after median sternotomy: an in vitro study with entire rib cage specimens

Christian Liebsch, Nicolas Graf, Hans-Joachim Wilke

GEORG-SCHMORL-PRIZE OF THE GERMAN SPINE SOCIETY (DWG) 2016: Comparison of in vitro osteogenic potential of iliac crest and degenerative facet joint bone autografts for intervertebral fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis

Jeroen Geurts, Daniela Ramp, Stefan Schären, Cordula Netzer

Changes in perfusion and diffusion in the endplate regions of degenerating intervertebral discs: a DCE-MRI study

Volkan Emre Arpinar, Scott D. Rand, Andrew P. Klein, Dennis J. Maiman, L. Tugan Muftuler

Maverick total disc replacement in a real-world patient population: a prospective, multicentre, observational study

Richard Assaker, Karsten Ritter-Lang, Dominique Vardon, Stéphane Litrico, Stéphane Fuentes, Michael Putzier, Jörg Franke, Peter Jarzem, Pierre Guigui, Gérard Nakach, Jean-Charles Le Huec

Percutaneous versus traditional and paraspinal posterior open approaches for treatment of thoracolumbar fractures without neurologic deficit: a meta-analysis

Xiang-Yao Sun, Xi-Nuo Zhang, Yong Hai

Acute complete paraplegia of 8-year-old girl caused by spinal cord infarction following minor trauma complicated with longitudinal signal change of spinal cord

Kosei Nagata, Yuji Tanaka, Hiroyuki Kanai, Yasushi Oshima

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Acute complete paraplegia of a 8-year-old girl caused by spinal cord infarction following minor trauma complicated with longitudinal signal change of spinal cord” by K. Nagata et al. (Eur Spine J, 2017: doi:10.1007/s00586-017-4995-9)

Andreas Grillhoesl

Health-care costs of conservative management of spine fractures in trauma patients

Efe Levent Aras, Cody Bunger, Ebbe Stender Hansen, Rikke Søgaard

Another diagnostic tool in thoracolumbar posterior ligament complex injury: interspinous distance ratio

Ki Youn Kwon, Heui-Jeon Park, Ji Soo Shin, Jun Pyo Lee

The radiologic assessment of posterior ligamentous complex injury in patients with thoracolumbar fracture

Jiao-Xiang Chen, Amit Goswami, Dao-Liang Xu, Jun Xuan, Hai-Ming Jin, Hong-Ming Xu, Feng Zhou, Yong-Li Wang, Xiang-Yang Wang

The value of CT and MRI in the classification and surgical decision-making among spine surgeons in thoracolumbar spinal injuries

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Gregory D. Schroeder, Frank Cumhur Oner, Luiz Vialle, Jens Chapman, Marcel Dvorak, Michael Fehlings, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Klaus Schnake, Anupama Maheshwaran, Frank Kandziora

Reliability assessment of AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) for thoracolumbar spine injuries: results of a multicentre study

Rahul Kaul, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Rainer Abel, Sagun Tuli, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Kali Dutta Das, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Ankur Nanda, Gururaj M. Sangondimath, Murari Lal Bansal, Nishit Patel

Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons

Jie Cheng, Peng Liu, Dong Sun, Tingzheng Qin, Zikun Ma, Jingpei Liu

Measurement of kyphosis and vertebral body height loss in traumatic spine fractures: an international study

Said Sadiqi, Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, A. Mechteld Lehr, Jens R. Chapman, Marcel F. Dvorak, Frank Kandziora, S. Rajasekaran, Klaus J. Schnake, Alexander R. Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Oner

Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation plus kyphoplasty for thoracolumbar fractures A2, A3 and B2

Panagiotis Korovessis, Eva Mpountogianni, Vasilleios Syrimpeis

Modified one-stage posterior/anterior combined surgery with posterior pedicle instrumentation and anterior monosegmental reconstruction for unstable Denis type B thoracolumbar burst fracture

Oujie Lai, Yong Hu, Zhenshan Yuan, Xiaoyang Sun, Weixin Dong, Jiao Zhang, Binke Zhu

Comparison of pedicle fixation by the Wiltse approach and the conventional posterior open approach for thoracolumbar fractures, using MRI, histological and electrophysiological analyses of the multifidus muscle

Liu Junhui, Pang Zhengbao, Xu Wenbin, Hao Lu, Li Shengyun, Fan Shunwu, Zhao Fengdong

How safe is minimally invasive pedicle screw placement for treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures?

Timo Michael Heintel, Stefan Dannigkeit, Annabel Fenwick, Martin Cornelius Jordan, Hendrik Jansen, Fabian Gilbert, Rainer Meffert

Posterior implant removal in patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures: long-term results

A. J. Smits, L. den Ouden, A. Jonkergouw, J. Deunk, F. W. Bloemers

Analysis of complications and perioperative data after open or percutaneous dorsal instrumentation following traumatic spinal fracture of the thoracic and lumbar spine: a retrospective cohort study including 491 patients

Michael Kreinest, Jan Rillig, Paul A. Grützner, Maike Küffer, Marco Tinelli, Stefan Matschke

Universal disease-specific outcome instruments for spine trauma: a global perspective on relevant parameters to evaluate clinical and functional outcomes of thoracic and lumbar spine trauma patients

Said Sadiqi, Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, A. Mechteld Lehr, Marcel F. Dvorak, Frank Kandziora, S. Rajasekaran, Klaus J. Schnake, Alexander R. Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Oner

Development of the AOSpine Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma (AOSpine PROST): a universal disease-specific outcome instrument for individuals with traumatic spinal column injury

Said Sadiqi, A. Mechteld Lehr, Marcel W. Post, Marcel F. Dvorak, Frank Kandziora, S. Rajasekaran, Klaus J. Schnake, Alexander R. Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Oner

Reviewer’s comment concerning “Development of the AOSpine patient reported outcome spine trauma (AOSpine PROST): a universal disease-specific outcome instrument for individuals with traumatic spinal column injury” (by S. Sadiqi, et al. (2017) Eur Spine J;)

Jean-Paul Steib

Letter to the Editor concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by HL. Ren et al. (Eur Spine J; 2015;24(4):750–758)

Zhihui Dai, Ding-Jun Hao, Guo-Hua Lv, Jing Li, Ming-Xiang Zou, Ming Yang

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Ming Yang et al. concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by Ren HL et al. (2015) Eur Spine J;24(4):750–758

Hai-long Ren

Erratum to: Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis

Amir Ghasemi, Timo Stubig, Luigi Aurelio Nasto, Malik Ahmed, Hossein Mehdian

Announcements for issue 5, 2017