European Spine Journal

An update on bone substitutes for spinal fusion

Masashi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tsumura, Jeffrey C. Wang, Ahmet Alanay

An economic analysis of using rhBMP-2 for lumbar fusion in Germany, France and UK from a societal perspective

Volker Alt, Amit Chhabra, Jörg Franke, Matthieu Cuche, Reinhard Schnettler, Jean-Charles Le Huec

Biomechanical evaluation of a new AxiaLIF technique for two-level lumbar fusion

Serkan Erkan, Chunhui Wu, Amir A. Mehbod, Brian Hsu, Douglas W. Pahl, Ensor E. Transfeldt

Treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis: potential impact of dynamic stabilization based on imaging analysis

Thomas W. Lawhorne III, Federico P. Girardi, Curtis A. Mina, Iaonnis Pappou, Frank P. Cammisa Jr

Two-year results of interspinous spacer (X-Stop) implantation in 175 patients with neurologic intermittent claudication due to lumbar spinal stenosis

Johannes Kuchta, Rolf Sobottke, Peer Eysel, Patrick Simons

Does Wallis implant reduce adjacent segment degeneration above lumbosacral instrumented fusion?

Panagiotis Korovessis, Thomas Repantis, Spyros Zacharatos, Andreas Zafiropoulos

Intermediate clinical and radiological results of cervical TDR (Mobi-C®) with up to 2 years of follow-up

J. Beaurain, P. Bernard, T. Dufour, J. M. Fuentes, I. Hovorka, J. Huppert, J. P. Steib, J. M. Vital, L. Aubourg, T. Vila

SWISSspine: a nationwide registry for health technology assessment of lumbar disc prostheses

E. Schluessmann, P. Diel, E. Aghayev, T. Zweig, P. Moulin, C. Röder

SWISSspine: a nationwide registry for health technology assessment of lumbar disc prostheses

E. Schluessmann, P. Diel, E. Aghayev, T. Zweig, P. Moulin, C. Röder

Cervical range of movement in relation to neck dimension

Jeremy Reynolds, D. Marsh, Heiko Koller, Juliane Zenenr, G. Bannister

Subaxial subluxation after atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation in rheumatoid patients

Hiromu Ito, Masashi Neo, Takeshi Sakamoto, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Takashi Nakamura

The relationship between the cervical spinal canal diameter and the pathological changes in the cervical spine

Yuichiro Morishita, Masatoshi Naito, Henry Hymanson, Masashi Miyazaki, Guizhong Wu, Jeffrey C. Wang

Treatment of pediatric atlantoaxial instability with traditional and modified Goel–Harms fusion constructs

Gregory G. Heuer, Douglas A. Hardesty, Deb A. Bhowmick, Robert Bailey, Suresh N. Magge, Phillip B. Storm

Does expecting mean achieving? The association between expecting to return to work and recovery in whiplash associated disorders: a population-based prospective cohort study

Dejan Ozegovic, Linda J. Carroll, J. David Cassidy

The relationship between the type of destructive spondyloarthropathy and its 10 years ago cervical spine alignment

Koji Maruyama, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Makoto Yanase, Yoshihito Sakai, Yoshito Katayama, Shiro Imagama, Zenya Ito, Norimitsu Wakao, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Keigo Ito, Mitsuhiro Kamiya, Tokumi Kanemura, Koji Sato, Naoki Ishiguro

Sleep apnea in rheumatoid arthritis patients with occipitocervical lesions: the prevalence and associated radiographic features

Naoki Shoda, Atsushi Seichi, Katsushi Takeshita, Hirotaka Chikuda, Takashi Ono, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura

Anterior cervical pedicle screw and plate fixation using fluoroscope-assisted pedicle axis view imaging: a preliminary report of a new cervical reconstruction technique

Yasutsugu Yukawa, Fumihiko Kato, Keigo Ito, Hiroaki Nakashima, Masaaki Machino

Reviewer’s comment concerning “Anterior cervical pedicle screw and plate fixation using fluoroscope-assisted pedicle axis view imaging: a preliminary report of a new cervical reconstruction technique” by Y. Yukawa et al.: DOI:10.1007/s00586-009-0949-1

Dante G. Marchesi

Letter to the Editor concerning “A less invasive surgical approach in the lumbar lateral recess stenosis: direct approach to the medial wall of the pedicle” (A. Colak et al., Eur Spine J (2008) 17:1745–1751)

Henry V. Crock

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Prof. H.V. Crock concerning “A less invasive surgical approach in the lumbar lateral recess stenosis: direct approach to the medial wall of the pedicle” (Colak A et al (2008) Eur Spine J 17:1745–1751)

Hakan Şimşek, Ahmet Çolak

Adverse effects of posterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2

Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ivan Bojanic, Domagoj Delimar

Answer to the letter to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “Posterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2” [Meisel HJ et al. (2008), Eur Spine J 17:1735–1744]

H. J. Meisel

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