European Spine Journal

Editorial

Max Aebi

Antibiotics a cure for back pain, a false dawn or a new era?

John O’Dowd, Adrian Casey

Answer to the Editorial of J. O’Dowd and A. Casey

Hanne B. Albert

No conflict of interest?

Benjamin John Floyd Dean, Benjamin Michael Davies

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Benjamin John Floyd Dean et al. entitled “No conflict of interest?” concerning “Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy” by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697–707

Hanne B. Albert

Do these results apply to the ‘intervention naive’ patient?

Benjamin John Floyd Dean

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Benjamin John Floyd Dean entitled “Do these results apply to the ‘intervention naive’ patient?” concerning “Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy” by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697–707

Hanne B. Albert

Letter to the editor concerning: “Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy” by Albert HB et al. Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697–707

Albert Sotto, Arnaud Dupeyron

Answer to the letter to the editor of A. Sotto et al. concerning “Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy” by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697–707

Hanne B. Albert

Minimal access bilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis

N. A. Quraishi, Y. Raja Rampersaud

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Minimal access bilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis” (by Nasir A. Quraishi and Y. Raja Rampersaud; doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2623-2)

Christof Birkenmaier

Association of facet tropism and progressive facet arthrosis after lumbar total disc replacement using ProDisc-L®

Myung-Hoon Shin, Kyeong-Sik Ryu, Jung-Woo Hur, Jin-Sung Kim, Chun-Kun Park

Five-year results of cervical disc prostheses in the SWISSspine registry

Emin Aghayev, Christian Bärlocher, Friedrich Sgier, Mustafa Hasdemir, Klaus F. Steinsiepe, Frank Wernli, François Porchet, Oliver Hausmann, Aymen Ramadan, Gianluca Maestretti, Uwe Ebeling, Michal Neukamp, Christoph Röder

Comparison of minimally invasive fusion and instrumentation versus open surgery for severe stenotic spondylolisthesis with high-grade facet joint osteoarthritis

Eleftherios Archavlis, Mario Carvi y Nievas

Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a meta-analysis based on the current evidence

Nai-Feng Tian, Yao-Sen Wu, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Hua-Zi Xu, Yong-Long Chi, Fang-Min Mao

Clinical characteristics of intraspinal facet cysts following microsurgical bilateral decompression via a unilateral approach for treatment of degenerative lumbar disease

Minori Kato, Sadahiko Konishi, Akira Matsumura, Kazunori Hayashi, Koji Tamai, Kosuke Shintani, Kenichi Kazuki, Hiroaki Nakamura

The surgeon’s real dose exposure during balloon kyphoplasty procedure and evaluation of the cement delivery system: a prospective study

Frédéric Schils, Werner Schoojans, Lara Struelens

A needle micro-osmometer for determination of glycosaminoglycan concentration in excised nucleus pulposus tissue

Sarit Sara Sivan, Yulia Merkher, Ellen Wachtel, Jill P. G. Urban, Aron Lazary, Alice Maroudas

Comparative immunolocalisation of perlecan, heparan sulphate, fibroblast growth factor-18, and fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 and their prospective roles in chondrogenic and osteogenic development of the human foetal spine

Cindy Shu, Susan S. Smith, Christopher B. Little, James Melrose

Torsion biomechanics of the spine following lumbar laminectomy: a human cadaver study

Arno Bisschop, Jaap H. van Dieën, Idsart Kingma, Albert J. van der Veen, Timothy U. Jiya, Margriet G. Mullender, Cornelis P. L. Paul, Marinus de Kleuver, Barend J. van Royen

Expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) in uninjured dorsal root ganglion neurons in a lower trunk avulsion pain model in rats

Yusuke Matsuura, Seiji Ohtori, Nahoko Iwakura, Takane Suzuki, Kazuki Kuniyoshi, Kazuhisa Takahashi

The impact of a corrective tether on a scoliosis porcine model: a detailed 3D analysis with a 20 weeks follow-up

Bertrand Moal, Frank Schwab, Jason Demakakos, Renaud Lafage, Paul Riviere, Ashish Patel, Virginie Lafage

Rat model of spinal cord injury preserving dura mater integrity and allowing measurements of cerebrospinal fluid pressure and spinal cord blood flow

Marc Soubeyrand, Elisabeth Laemmel, Charles Court, Arnaud Dubory, Eric Vicaut, Jacques Duranteau

Evaluation of intervertebral disc cartilaginous endplate structure using magnetic resonance imaging

Sung M. Moon, Jonathon H. Yoder, Alexander C. Wright, Lachlan J. Smith, Edward J. Vresilovic, Dawn M. Elliott

Effect of pilot hole on biomechanical and in vivo pedicle screw–bone interface

Patrícia Silva, Rodrigo César Rosa, Antonio Carlos Shimano, Helton L. A. Defino

Failure modes in conservative and surgical management of infectious spondylodiscitis

Kestutis Valancius, Ebbe Stender Hansen, Kristian Høy, Peter Helmig, Bent Niedermann, Cody Bünger

The management gram-negative bacterial haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis: a case series of diagnosis, treatment and therapeutic outcomes

Simon Matthew Graham, Adelle Fishlock, Peter Millner, Jonathan Sandoe

Predisposing factors for surgical site infection of spinal instrumentation surgery for diabetes patients

Kotaro Satake, Tokumi Kanemura, Akiyuki Matsumoto, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshimoto Ishikawa

The predictive and external validity of the STarT Back Tool in Danish primary care

Lars Morsø, Peter Kent, Hanne B. Albert, Jonathan C. Hill, Alice Kongsted, Claus Manniche

Time spent per patient in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery

Ludovic Kaminski, Xavier Banse

Additional decompression at adjacent segments leads to adjacent segment degeneration after PLIF

Masayuki Miyagi, Osamu Ikeda, Seiji Ohtori, Yoshikazu Tsuneizumi, Yukio Someya, Masataka Shibayama, Yasufumi Ogawa, Gen Inoue, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Hiroto Kamoda, Gen Arai, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Yasuchika Aoki, Tomoaki Toyone, Toshio Ooi, Kazuhisa Takahashi

The effect of timing of rehabilitation on physical performance after lumbar spinal fusion: a randomized clinical study

Lisa G. Oestergaard, Claus V. Nielsen, Cody E. Bünger, Karen Svidt, Finn B. Christensen

Usefulness of multi-channels in intraoperative spinal cord monitoring: multi-center study by the monitoring committee of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and related research

Zenya Ito, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Kenichi Shinomiya, Muneharu Ando, Shigenori Kawabata, Tsukasa Kanchiku, Takanori Saito, Masato Takahashi, Shinichiro Taniguchi, Naoya Yamamoto, Kei Yamada, Kazunobu Kida, Yasushi Fujiwara, Sho Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Satomi, Toshikazu Tani

Neurological impairment score in lumbar spinal stenosis

B. Micankova Adamova, S. Vohanka, M. Hnojcikova, I. Okacova, L. Dusek, J. Bednarik

The epidemiology of Schmorl’s nodes and their correlation to radiographic degeneration in 4,151 subjects

Stig Sonne-Holm, Steffen Jacobsen, Hans Rovsing, Henrik Monrad

Laminarthrectomy as a surgical approach for decompressing the spinal canal: assessment of preoperative versus postoperative dural sac cross-sectional areal (DSCSA)

Erland Hermansen, Gunnar Moen, Johan Barstad, Rune Birketvedt, Kari Indrekvam

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