European Spine Journal

Health technology assessment (HTA) increasingly important in spine research

Maurits van Tulder

Cost effectiveness of disc prosthesis versus lumbar fusion in patients with chronic low back pain: randomized controlled trial with 2-year follow-up

Peter Fritzell, Svante Berg, Fredrik Borgström, Tycho Tullberg, Hans Tropp

Cost-effectiveness of general practice care for low back pain: a systematic review

Chung-Wei Christine Lin, Marion Haas, Chris G. Maher, Luciana A. C. Machado, Maurits W. van Tulder

Cost-effectiveness of guideline-endorsed treatments for low back pain: a systematic review

Chung-Wei Christine Lin, Marion Haas, Chris G. Maher, Luciana A. C. Machado, Maurits W. van Tulder

Right adolescent idiopathic thoracic curve (Lenke 1 A and B): does cost of instrumentation and implant density improve radiographic and cosmetic parameters?

Scott Yang, Sean M. Jones-Quaidoo, Matthew Eager, Justin W. Griffin, Vasantha Reddi, Wendy Novicoff, Jeffrey Shilt, Ernesto Bersusky, Helton Defino, Jean Ouellet, Vincent Arlet

Selective fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a review of current operative strategy

Charla R. Fischer, Yongjung Kim

Computer algorithms and applications used to assist the evaluation and treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a review of published articles 2000–2009

Philippe Phan, Neila Mezghani, Carl-Éric Aubin, Jacques A. de Guise, Hubert Labelle

Abnormal activation of the motor cortical network in idiopathic scoliosis demonstrated by functional MRI

Julio Domenech, G. García-Martí, L. Martí-Bonmatí, C. Barrios, J. M. Tormos, A. Pascual-Leone

Reviewer’s comment concerning ‘‘Abnormal activation of the motor cortical network in idiopathic scoliosis demonstrated by functional MRI’’ (doi:10.1007/s00586-011-1776-8) by J. Domenech et al.

Brian J. C. Freeman

Uncoupled neuro-osseous growth in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A preliminary study of 90 adolescents with whole-spine three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging

Li-Feng Lao, Jian-Xiong Shen, Zheng-Guang Chen, Yi-Peng Wang, Xi-Sheng Wen, Gui-Xing Qiu

Idiopathic scoliosis in Korean schoolchildren: a prospective screening study of over 1 million children

Seung-Woo Suh, Hitesh N. Modi, Jae-Hyuk Yang, Jae-Young Hong

Does lateral vertebral translation correspond to Cobb angle and relate in the same way to axial vertebral rotation and rib hump index? A radiographic analysis on idiopathic scoliosis

T. R. Easwar, Jae-Young Hong, Jae Hyuk Yang, Seung Woo Suh, Hitesh N. Modi

One-stage and posterior approach for correction of moderate to severe scoliosis in adolescents associated with Chiari I malformation: is a prior suboccipital decompression always necessary?

Jingming Xie, Yingsong Wang, Zhi Zhao, Ying Zhang, Yongyu Si, Zhendong Yang, Luping Liu, Ning Lu

Selective posterior thoracic fusion by means of direct vertebral derotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: effects on the sagittal alignment

Kiril V. Mladenov, Christiane Vaeterlein, Ralf Stuecker

Sagittal balance of thoracic lordoscoliosis: anterior dual rod instrumentation versus posterior pedicle screw fixation

Carolin Schmidt, Ulf Liljenqvist, Thomas Lerner, Tobias L. Schulte, Viola Bullmann

Prospective evaluation of physical activity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis or kyphosis receiving brace treatment

Carsten Müller, Katharina Fuchs, Corinna Winter, Dieter Rosenbaum, Carolin Schmidt, Viola Bullmann, Tobias L. Schulte

Postoperative trunk shift in Lenke 1 and 2 curves: how common is it? and analysis of risk factors

Per D. Trobisch, Amer F. Samdani, Joshua M. Pahys, Patrick J. Cahill

Cervical spine sagittal alignment variations following posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Federico Canavese, Katia Turcot, Vincenzo De Rosa, Geraldo de Coulon, André Kaelin

Simultaneous translation on two rods is an effective method for correction of hypokyphosis in AIS: radiographic results of 24 hypokyphotic thoracic scoliosis with 2 years minimum follow-up

Jean-Luc Clément, Edouard Chau, Marie-José Vallade, Anne Geoffray

Reviewer’s comment concerning ‘‘Simultaneous translation on two rods is an effective method of correction of hypokyphosis in AIS: radiographic results of 27 hypokyphotic thoracic scoliosis with two years minimum follow-up’’ by J.-L. Clément et al. (doi:10.1007/s00586-011-1779-5)

John K. Webb

Geometry of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral discs in lumbar segments adjacent to spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: pilot study

Ella Been, Ling Li, David J. Hunter, Leonid Kalichman

The outcome of decompression surgery for lumbar herniated disc is influenced by the level of concomitant preoperative low back pain

F. S. Kleinstueck, T. Fekete, D. Jeszenszky, A. F. Mannion, D. Grob, F. Lattig, U. Mutter, F. Porchet

Long-term results of surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomised controlled trial

Pär Slätis, Antti Malmivaara, Markku Heliövaara, Päivi Sainio, Arto Herno, Jyrki Kankare, Seppo Seitsalo, Kaj Tallroth, Veli Turunen, Paul Knekt, Heikki Hurri

Perioperative morbidity and complications in minimal access surgery techniques in obese patients with degenerative lumbar disease

Wolfgang Senker, Christian Meznik, Alexander Avian, Andrea Berghold

Letter to the Editor concerning “C5 palsy following anterior decompression and spinal fusion for cervical degenerative diseases” by Hashimoto M et al. (2010) Eur Spine J 19:1702–1710

Hiroyuki Yoshihara

Author’s reply to the letter to the editor of Hiroyuki Yoshihara concerning “C5 palsy following anterior decompression and spinal fusion for cervical degenerative diseases” by M. Hashimoto et al. (2010) Eur Spine J 19:1702–1710

Mitsuhiro Hashimoto

Letter to the Chief Editor: Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion. Huilin Yang, Jin-hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-si Tang, Jiayong Liu Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010

François Lucas, Evelyne Emery

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of F. Lucas et al. concerning “Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion” by Huilin Yang, Jin-Hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-Si Tang, Jiayong Liu. Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010

Jiayong Liu, Joseph Konrad

Abstracts of the SFCR congress 2011 (Frenc Spine Society)

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