European Spine Journal

Spinal surgery complications: an unsolved problem—Is the World Health Organization Safety Surgical Checklist an useful tool to reduce them?

Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano, Cristiana Griffoni, Jarkko Halme, Giuseppe Tedesco, Silvia Terzi, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Gisberto Evangelisti, Marco Girolami, Valerio Pipola, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Asdrubal Falavigna

Reliability of a radiation-free, noninvasive and computer-assisted assessment of the spine in children with cerebral palsy

Kristina Ruthard, Anke Raabe-Oetker, Johannes Ruthard, Thomas Oppermann, Ibrahim Duran, Eckhard Schönau

Vertebral body fracture after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with zero-profile anchored cages in adjacent levels: a cautionary tale

Tobias A. Mattei, Alisson R. Teles, Dzung H. Dinh

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Vertebral body fracture after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with zero-profile anchored cages in adjacent levels: a cautionary tale” by Mattei TA, Teles AR, Dinh DH (Eur Spine J [2016] doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4358-39)

Wen Yuan

The role of cervical collar in functional restoration and fusion after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion without plating on single or double levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Luca Ricciardi, Alba Scerrati, Alessandro Olivi, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Pasquale De Bonis, Nicola Montano

Craniovertebral junction fixation in children less than 5 years

Patrick J. Grover, Lauren S. Harris, Dominic N. P. Thompson

Posterior fusion of the craniocervical junction in the pediatric spine: Wright’s translaminar C2 screw technique provides for more safety and effectiveness

Christian Hagemann, Ralf Stücker, Ilka Schmitt, Alexandra Höller, Philip Kunkel

Cement augmentation of odontoid peg fractures: the effect of cement volume and distribution on construct stiffness

Lukas Capek, Petr Rehousek, Petr Henys, Sabri Bleibleh, Edward Jenner, Marketa Kulvajtova, Jiri Skala-Rosenbaum

Patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy have signs of blood spinal cord barrier disruption, and its magnitude correlates with myelopathy severity: a prospective comparative cohort study

Christian Blume, Matthias Florian Geiger, Lars Ove Brandenburg, Marguerite Müller, Verena Mainz, Johannes Kalder, Walid Albanna, Hans Clusmann, Christian Andreas Mueller

The safety and efficiency of performing cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections under fluoroscopic control on an ambulatory/outpatient basis

Keith Bush, Ramin Mandegaran, Elizabeth Robinson, Ali Zavareh

Analysis of the spinal cord angle for severe cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: comparison between anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) and posterior laminectomy

Kaiqiang Sun, Shunmin Wang, Le Huan, Jingchuan Sun, Ximing Xu, Xiaofei Sun, Jiangang Shi, Yongfei Guo

Cervical muscle diseases are associated with indefinite and various symptoms in the whole body

Takayoshi Matsui, Kazuhiro Hara, Takamasa Kayama, Makoto Iwata, Nobuyuki Shitara, Shuntaro Hojo, Yuzo Endo, Hideoki Fukuoka, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Is there cervical spine muscle weakness in patients with Hirayama disease? A morphological study about cross-sectional areas of muscles on MRI

Zhechen Li, Wenming Zhang, Wence Wu, Chao Wei, Xuanwei Chen, Jianhua Lin

Age-related changes to the craniocervical ligaments in asymptomatic subjects: a prospective MR study

Benjamin Peters, Paul M Parizel, Johan W Van Goethem

C1–C2 posterior screw fixation in atlantoaxial fractures revisited: technical update based on 127 cases

Niels Buchmann, Claudia Schweizer, Jan S. Kirschke, Anna Rienmüller, Jens Gempt, Florian Ringel, Bernhard Meyer, Yu- Mi Ryang

Acceptable errors with evaluation of 577 cervical pedicle screw placements

Bijjawara Mahesh, Bidre Upendra, Rao Raghavendra

Impact of cervical sagittal parameters and spinal cord morphology in cervical spondylotic myelopathy status post spinous process-splitting laminoplasty

Hsuan-Yu Chen, Min-Hui Yang, Yen-Po Lin, Feng-Huei Lin, Po-Quang Chen, Ming-Hsiao Hu, Shu-Hua Yang

Diagnosis of spinal lesions using perfusion parameters measured by DCE-MRI and metabolism parameters measured by PET/CT

Jiahui Zhang, Yongye Chen, Yanyan Zhang, Enlong Zhang, Hon J. Yu, Huishu Yuan, Yang Zhang, Min-Ying Su, Ning Lang

Multispectral diffusion-weighted MRI of the instrumented cervical spinal cord: a preliminary study of 5 cases

Kevin M. Koch, Sampada Bhave, S. Sivaram Kaushik, Andrew S. Nencka, Matthew D. Budde

Dynamic imaging of the craniovertebral junction is mandatory in patients with posterior circulation strokes

Hemanth Vupputuri, Edmond Jonathan Gandham, Sunithi Alexandar Mani, Krishna Prabhu Raju, Sanjith Aaron, Ari George Chacko

The normal appearance of CT myelograms

Brett Rocos, David R. S. Evans, Brathaban Rajayogeswaran, M. John Hutchinson

Characteristics of vertebral CT Hounsfield units in elderly patients with acute vertebral fragility fractures

Da Zou, Kaifeng Ye, Yun Tian, Weishi Li, Fang Zhou, Zhishan Zhang, Zhengyang Lu, Zhongning Xu

Assessment of bone quality at the lumbar and sacral spine using CT scans: a retrospective feasibility study in 50 comparing CT and DXA data

J. Berger-Groch, D. M. Thiesen, D. Ntalos, F. Hennes, M. J. Hartel

Hounsfield units value is a better predictor of pedicle screw loosening than the T-score of DXA in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases

Da Zou, Zhuoran Sun, Siyu Zhou, Woquan Zhong, Weishi Li

Use of monoexponential diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced-MRI for the differentiation of spinal tumors

Jiahui Zhang, Yongye Chen, Enlong Zhang, Nan Li, Huishu Yuan, Ning Lang

Diagnostic value and clinical significance of magnetic resonance imaging with the FS-PD-TSE sequence in diagnosing lumbar cartilaginous endplate failure

Ruopeng Mai, Huanyu Tan, Yiwei Zhao, Jun Jia, Wubo Liu, Yonghao Tian, Suomao Yuan, Xinyu Liu

Endplate volumetric bone mineral density measured by quantitative computed tomography as a novel predictive measure of severe cage subsidence after standalone lateral lumbar fusion

Ichiro Okano, Conor Jones, Stephan N. Salzmann, Marie–Jacqueline Reisener, Oliver C. Sax, Colleen Rentenberger, Jennifer Shue, John A. Carrino, Andrew A. Sama, Frank P. Cammisa, Federico P. Girardi, Alexander P. Hughes

Developmental sacral morphology: MR study from infancy to skeletal maturity

Andrew M. Hresko, Emily M. Hinchcliff, David G. Deckey, M. Timothy Hresko

Contactless treatment for scoliosis by electromagnetically controlled shape-memory alloy rods: a preliminary study in rabbits

Zhiqiang Hou, Zhibo Liu, Xiaobin Zhu, Yuanlong Xie, Feifei Yan, Hao Yin, Zeheng Zhang, Minhao Wu, Xiaoxiao Liang, Zhouming Deng, Chao Hu, Kangwen Xiao, Shiliang Chen, Yan Chen, Zheyu Wu, Xudong Gu, Qingping Sun, Binbin Ni, Lin Cai

Comparative effectiveness of PEEK rods versus titanium alloy rods in cervical fusion in a new sheep model

Jie Wu, Lei Shi, Yanjun Pei, Di Yang, Peng Gao, Xin Xiao, Shuo Guo, Minghui Li, Xiaokang Li, Zheng Guo

Relationship between the laminectomy extension and spinal cord injury caused by acute spinal shortening: goat in vivo experiment

Hao-Zhi Yang, Bin-Bin Wang, Xiao-Bao Zou, Su Ge, Yu-Yue Chen, Shuang Zhang, Ling Ni, Heng-Rui Li, Jin-Cheng Yang, Xiang-Yang Ma

Is fractal dimension a reliable imaging biomarker for the quantitative classification of an intervertebral disk?

Junchao Ma, Ruifeng Wang, Yong Yu, Xiaotong Xu, Haifeng Duan, Nan Yu

Spinal Taenia solium cysticercosis

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Letter to the Editor concerning “Bacteria: back pain, leg pain and Modic sign—a surgical multicentre comparative study” by Fritzell P, et al. (Eur Spine J [2019]; doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06164-1)

S. Dilip Chand Raja, S. Rajasekaran

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Soundararajan DCR et al. concerning “Bacteria: back pain, leg pain and Modic sign—A surgical multicentre comparative study” by Fritzell P, et al. (Eur Spine J [2019]; doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06164-1)

Peter Fritzell

Letter to Editor concerning "Diagnostic accuracy of whole spine magnetic resonance imaging in spinal tuberculosis validated through tissue studies" by Kanna RM, et al. (Eur Spine J; 28 [2019]:3003–3010)

Abhinandan Reddy Mallepally, Nandan Marathe

Answer to the Letter to Editor of Mallepally AR, et al. concerning “Diagnostic accuracy of whole spine magnetic resonance imaging in spinal tuberculosis validated through tissue studies” by Kanna RM, et al. (Eur Spine J; 28 [2019]:3003–3010)

Rishi M. Kanna

Letter to the Editor concerning “The role of non-rigid cervical collar in pain relief and functional restoration after whiplash injury: a systematic review and a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Ricciardi L, et al. (Eur Spine J; [2019] 28:1821–1828)

Steffan W. M. Christensen, Søren T. Skou

Answer to the letter to the editor of Christensen S et al. concerning “The role of non-rigid cervical collar in pain relief and functional restoration after whiplash injury—a systematic review and a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Ricciardi L et al. (Eur Spine J; [2019] 28:1821–1828)

Luca Ricciardi, Sonia D’Arrigo, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale

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