European Spine Journal

Is it statistically significant?

Kimberley L. Edwards

Generalizing the results: how can we improve our reports?

Mikhail Saltychev, Merja Eskola

Reviewer’s Comments on the Letter to the Editor entitled “Generalising the results: how can we improve our reports?” by Saltychev M, Eskola M (2018). Eur Spine J; doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5558-4

Kimberley L. Edwards

Letter to the Editor concerning “Relationship between preoperative serum rapid turnover proteins and early-stage surgical wound infection after spine surgery” by D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4855-z)

Jie Weng, He Wu, Zhiyi Wang

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Jie Weng et al. concerning, “Relationship between preoperative serum rapid turnover proteins and early-stage surgical wound infection after spine surgery” by D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4855-z)

Daisuke Kudo, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Michio Hongo, Yuji Kasukawa, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Takashi Mizutani, Yoichi Shimada

Comments on the Letter to the Editor of Jie Weng et al. concerning “Relationship between preoperative serum rapid turnover proteins and early-stage surgical wound infection after spine surgery” by D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4855-z) as well as the Reply of D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5560-x)

Kimberley Edwards

Current concept in upright spinal MRI

R. Botchu, A. Bharath, A. M. Davies, S. Butt, S. L. James

Correction to: Current concept in upright spinal MRI

R. Botchu, A. Bharath, A. M. Davies, S. Butt, S. L. James

A review of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and associated vertebral numeration

Jayson Lian, Nicole Levine, Woojin Cho

The evaluation of lumbar paraspinal muscle quantity and quality using the Goutallier classification and lumbar indentation value

Koji Tamai, Jessica Chen, Michael Stone, Anush Arakelyan, Permsak Paholpak, Hiroaki Nakamura, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

Inflammatory response of disc cells against Propionibacterium acnes depends on the presence of lumbar Modic changes

Stefan Dudli, S. Miller, S. Demir-Deviren, J. C. Lotz

Can multi-positional magnetic resonance imaging be used to evaluate angular parameters in cervical spine? A comparison of multi-positional MRI to dynamic plain radiograph

Permsak Paholpak, Koji Tamai, Kyle Shoell, Kittipong Sessumpun, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in addition to computed tomography scans in the evaluation of cervical spine injuries: a study of obtunded blunt trauma patients

Bernard Puang Huh Lau, Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Eugene Tze-Chun Lau, Pei Yi Nee, Kimberly-Anne Tan, Wah Tze Tan

MRI kinematic analysis of T1 sagittal motion between cervical flexion and extension positions in 145 patients

Koji Tamai, Zorica Buser, Permsak Paholpak, Kittipong Sessumpun, Patrick C. Hsieh, Hiroaki Nakamura, Jeffrey C. Wang

MRI histogram analysis enables objective and continuous classification of intervertebral disc degeneration

Christian Waldenberg, Hanna Hebelka, Helena Brisby, Kerstin Magdalena Lagerstrand

The association of lumbar intervertebral disc calcification on plain radiographs with the UTE Disc Sign on MRI

Uruj Zehra, Cora Bow, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Henry Pang, William Lu, Dino Samartzis

Diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging for direct visualization of lumbar pars defect in children and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amira Dhouib, Anne Tabard-Fougere, Sylviane Hanquinet, Romain Dayer

The prevalence of lumbar spondylolysis in young children: a retrospective analysis using CT

Thibaut Lemoine, Joseph Fournier, Thierry Odent, Catherine Sembély-Taveau, Pauline Merenda, Dominique Sirinelli, Baptiste Morel

Is it appropriate to measure age-related lumbar disc degeneration on the mid-sagittal MR image? A quantitative image study

Xiaojian Hu, Mingjian Chen, Jianjiang Pan, Liang Liang, Yue Wang

Dose, image quality and spine modeling assessment of biplanar EOS micro-dose radiographs for the follow-up of in-brace adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

Baptiste Morel, Sonia Moueddeb, Eleonore Blondiaux, Stephen Richard, Manon Bachy, Raphael Vialle, Hubert Ducou Le Pointe

Lowered dose full-spine radiography in pediatric patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Caroline Ernst, Nico Buls, Armand Laumen, Gert Van Gompel, Filip Verhelle, Johan de Mey

Infrarenal aortic diameter, aortoiliac bifurcation level and lumbar disc degenerative changes: a cross-sectional MR study

Abolhassan Shakeri, Moslem Shakeri, Mohammadreza Ojaghzadeh Behrooz, Razieh Behzadmehr, Zohreh Ostadi, Daniel Fadaei Fouladi

Stereoradiography imaging motion artifact: does it affect radiographic measures after spinal instrumentation?

Anne-Laure Simon, Emmanuelle Ferrero, A. N. Larson, Kenton R. Kaufman

Late bedtimes, short sleeping time, and longtime video-game playing are associated with low back pain in school-aged athletes

Yutaka Yabe, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Takuya Sekiguchi, Haruki Momma, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Kaoru Kuroki, Kenji Kanazawa, Masashi Koide, Nobuyuki Itaya, Eiji Itoi, Ryoichi Nagatomi

Risk factors of non-specific spinal pain in childhood

Julia Szita, Sara Boja, Agnes Szilagyi, Annamaria Somhegyi, Peter Pal Varga, Aron Lazary

Is L5–S1 motion segment different from the rest? A radiographic kinematic assessment of 72 patients with chronic low back pain

Ashutosh B. Sabnis, Uphar Chamoli, Ashish D. Diwan

Worsening trends in analgesics recommended for spinal pain in primary care

Stephanie Mathieson, Lisa Valenti, Christopher G. Maher, Helena Britt, Qiang Li, Andrew J. McLachlan, Chung-Wei Christine Lin

Intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a prospective randomized double-blind sham-controlled multi-center study

Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, A. Rhyne, J. Franke, R. Sasso, S. Kitchel, H. Bae, C. Yeung, E. Truumees, M. Schaufele, P. Yuan, P. Vajkoczy, M. DePalma, D. G. Anderson, L. Thibodeau, B. Meyer

The impact of low back pain on health-related quality of life in old age: results from a survey of a large sample of Swiss elders living in the community

C. Ludwig, C. Luthy, A. F. Allaz, F. R. Herrmann, C. Cedraschi

Management of persistent coccydynia with transrectal manipulation: results of a combined procedure

Ali Seker, Ilker Abdullah Sarikaya, Ozgur Korkmaz, Sercan Yalcin, Melih Malkoc, Ahmet Murat Bulbul

A new parallel closing mechanism for the laminectomy rongeur makes it significantly more precise: a biomechanical and mechanical comparison study

Fabrice Alexander Külling, Lukas Ebneter, Georg Stefan Rempfler, Vilijam Zdravkovic

A method to quantify the “cone of economy”

Ram Haddas, Isador H. Lieberman

Correction to: A method to quantify the “cone of economy”

Ram Haddas, Isador H. Lieberman

Letter to the Editor concerning “Primary intramedullary hydatid cyst: a case report and literature review” by Zhang Z, Fan J, Dang Y, Xu R, Shen C (2017) Eur Spine J 26(Suppl 1):107–110

Mehmet Turgut

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