European Spine Journal

Learning from the past: did experience with previous epidemics help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among spine surgeons worldwide?

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Original Article

Joseph A. Weiner, Peter R. Swiatek, Daniel J. Johnson, Philip K. Louie, Garrett K. Harada, Michael H. McCarthy, Niccole Germscheid, Jason P. Y. Cheung, Marko H. Neva, Mohammad El-Sharkawi, Marcelo Valacco, Daniel M. Sciubba, Norman B. Chutken, Howard S. An, Dino Samartzis

The short-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on spine surgeons: a cross-sectional global study

• Zur Zeit gratis
• COVID-19
• Original Article

Mohamed Fawzy Khattab, Tareq M. A. Kannan, Ahmed Morsi, Qussay Al-Sabbagh, Fadi Hadidi, Mohammed Qussay Al-Sabbagh, Muzahem M.Taha, Anouar Bourghli, Ibrahim Obeid

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis treatment by golimumab: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Review Article

Jami Sayed Abdulla, Jiandang Shi, Brotendu Shekhar Roy, Zhou Zhanwen, Changhao Liu

Use of augmented reality for image-guided spine procedures

• Original Article

Jacob Gibby, Steve Cvetko, Ramin Javan, Ryan Parr, Wendell Gibby

Quality of complementary and alternative medicine recommendations in low back pain guidelines: a systematic review

• Review Article

Jeremy Y. Ng, Uzair Mohiuddin

Interpretable machine learning models for classifying low back pain status using functional physiological variables

• Open Access
• Original Article

Bernard X. W. Liew, David Rugamer, Alessandro Marco De Nunzio, Deborah Falla

Back disorder incidence and occupation in Denmark: a cross-sectional register-based study

• Original Article

Amalie Wiben, Christian Volmar Skovsgaard, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Kim Rose Olsen

Back pain “red flags”: which are most predictive of serious pathology in the Emergency Department?

• Original Article

Bridget Shaw, Rita Kinsella, Nicholas Henschke, Andrew Walby, Sallie Cowan

Yellow flag on prognostic factors for non-specific chronic low back pain patients subjected to mini-invasive treatment: a cohort study

• Original Article

Monica Zackova, Raffaele Aspide, Anita Braghittoni, Corrado Zenesini, Giorgio Palandri

Exercise for the intervertebral disc: a 6-month randomised controlled trial in chronic low back pain

• Original Article

Patrick J. Owen, Clint T. Miller, Timo Rantalainen, Katherine J. Simson, David Connell, Andrew J. Hahne, Guy Trudel, Jon J. Ford, Daniel L. Belavy

Identification of intrinsic and reflexive contributions to trunk stabilization in patients with low back pain: a case–control study

• Open Access
• Original Article

M. Griffioen, P. van Drunen, E. Maaswinkel, R. S. G. M. Perez, R. Happee, J. H. van Dieën

Development and validation of a prediction tool for pain reduction in adult patients undergoing elective lumbar spinal fusion: a multicentre cohort study

• Open Access
• Original Article

Esther R. C. Janssen, Ilona M. Punt, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Eric A. Hoebink, Nico L. U. van Meeteren, Paul C. Willems

Using artificial intelligence algorithms to identify existing knowledge within the back pain literature

• Original Article

G. N. Kawchuk, R. Guan, C. Keen, B. Hauer, G. Kondrak

Long-term outcomes following intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: 5-year treatment arm results from a prospective randomized double-blind sham-controlled multi-center study

• Open Access
• Original Article

Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, Alfred Rhyne, Kevin Macadaeg, Gregory Moore, Evish Kamrava, Christopher Yeung, Eeric Truumees, Michael Schaufele, Philip Yuan, Michael DePalma, David Greg Anderson, Douglas Buxton, James Reynolds, Michael Sikorsky

Development of the "Core Yellow Flags Index" (CYFI) as a brief instrument for the assessment of key psychological factors in patients undergoing spine surgery

• Original Article

Anne F. Mannion, Francine Mariaux, Raluca Reitmeir, Tamas F. Fekete, Daniel Haschtmann, Markus Loibl, Dezsö Jeszenszky, Frank S. Kleinstück, François Porchet, Achim Elfering

Clinicians’ views about the experience of disability due to low back pain. Results from a focus group study

• Original Article

Cedraschi Christine, Campello Marco, Salmi Louis-Rachid, Côté Pierre

Back pain in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: the contribution of morphological and psychological factors

• Original Article

Alisson R. Teles, Maxime St-Georges, Fahad Abduljabbar, Leonardo Simões, Fan Jiang, Neil Saran, Jean A. Ouellet, Catherine E. Ferland

Curve location influences spinal balance in coronal and sagittal planes but not transversal trunk motion in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective observational study

• Original Article

Sébastien Pesenti, Vincent Pomero, Solène Prost, Mathieu Severyns, Guillaume Authier, Lionel Roscigni, Elke Viehweger, Benjamin Blondel, Jean Luc Jouve

Computed tomography-based bronchial tree three-dimensional reconstruction and airway resistance evaluation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

• Original Article

Juehan Wang, Bangjian Zhou, Xi Yang, Chunguang Zhou, Tingxian Ling, Bowen Hu, Yueming Song, Limin Liu

Evaluation of a new apparatus combining a mobile device and hand-held roller for the detection of spinal deformities: association with the sum of the right and left angles of trunk inclination

• Original Article

Shizuo Jimbo, Mitsuru Imai, Yuji Atsuta, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Issei Senoo, Hiroshi Ito

Axial plane characteristics of thoracic scoliosis and their usefulness for determining the fusion levels and the correction technique

• Original Article

Tamás S. Illés, Stig M. Jespersen, Pieter Reynders, Fabien Lauer, Jean Charles Le Huec, Jean F. Dubousset

Alterations of 3D acetabular and lower limb parameters in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

• Original Article

Mohammad Karam, Aren Joe Bizdikian, Nour Khalil, Ziad Bakouny, Ibrahim Obeid, Joe Ghanimeh, Chris Labaki, Georges Mjaess, Aya Karam, Wafa Skalli, Khalil Kharrat, Ismat Ghanem, Ayman Assi

Selection of the lowest instrumented vertebra in main thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Is it safe to fuse shorter than the last touched vertebra?

• Original Article

Søren Ohrt-Nissen, Keith D. K. Luk, Dino Samartzis, Jason Pui Yin Cheung

Smartphone application technique for localising magnetically controlled growth rod actuators: the Oxford Magnetic Counter App Technique (TOMCAT)

• Original Article

Gregory Cunningham, Dan Wright, Colin Nnadi

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during scoliosis surgery in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

• Open Access
• Original Article

S. E. Dulfer, F. Lange, F. H. Wapstra, A. R. E. Potgieser, J. P. Valk, A. R. Absalom, R. J. M. Groen, C. Faber, G. Drost

Intraoperative radiation exposure to patients in idiopathic scoliosis surgery with freehand insertion technique of pedicle screws and comparison to navigation techniques

• Original Article

Clara Berlin, Markus Quante, Bjoern Thomsen, Mark Koeszegvary, Uwe Platz, David Ivanits, Henry Halm

Severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: posterior staged correction using a temporary magnetically-controlled growing rod

• Original Article

Mario Di Silvestre, Andrea Zanirato, Tiziana Greggi, Antonio Scarale, Matteo Formica, Davide Vallerga, Simona Legrenzi, Lamberto Felli

The rotation of preoperative-presumed lowest instrumented vertebra: Is it a risk factor for distal adding-on in Lenke 1A/2A curve treated with selective thoracic fusion?

• Original Article

Zhong He, Xiaodong Qin, Rui Yin, Zhen Liu, Bangping Qian, Yong Qiu, Zezhang Zhu

How do we follow-up patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? Recommendations based on a multicenter study on the distal radius and ulna classification

• Original Article

Yusuke Yamamoto, Hideki Shigematsu, Prudence Wing Hang Cheung, Akinori Okuda, Sachiko Kawasaki, Yasuhito Tanaka, Jason Pui Yin Cheung

Unplanned return to operation room (OR) following growing spinal constructs (GSCs) in early onset scoliosis (EOS)-a multi-centric study

• Original Article

Saumyajit Basu, Anil M. Solanki, Abhishek Srivastava, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran, Arvind Jayaswal

Extreme long-term outcome of operatively versus conservatively treated patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

• Original Article

Mazda Farshad, Lucas Kutschke, Christoph J. Laux, Method Kabelitz, Regula Schüpbach, Thomas Böni, Thorsten Jentzsch

Scheuermann’s Kyphosis: a 39-year follow-up from diagnosis in non-operated patients

• Review Article

Lærke Ragborg, Casper Dragsted, Benny Dahl, Martin Gehrchen

Letter to the editor concerning “A systematic review and meta-analysis on the management of accidental dural tears in spinal surgery: drowning in information but thirsty for a clear message” by Alshameeri ZAF, et al. [Eur Spine J (2020); DOI 10.1007/s00586-020-06401-y]

• Letter to the Editor

R. Dinesh Iyer, Siddharth Dubey, Bhaskar Sarkar

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of R. Dinesh Iyer et al. concerning “A systematic review and meta-analysis on the management of accidental dural tears in spinal surgery: drowning in information but thirsty for a clear message” by Alshameeri ZAF et al. (Eur Spine J (2020); doi: 10.1007/s00586-020-06401-y)

• Author's reply

Zeiad A. F. Alshameeri

Correction to: The prone transpsoas technique: preliminary radiographic results of a multicenter experience

• Correction

Luiz Pimenta, Rodrigo Amaral, William Taylor, Antoine Tohmeh, Gabriel Pokorny, Raquel Rodrigues, Daniel Arnoni, Thyago Guirelli, Matheus Batista

Correction to: Is cell transplantation a reliable therapeutic strategy for spinal cord injury in clinical practice? A systematic review and meta-analysis from 22 clinical controlled trials

• Correction

He Zhao, Qing-Ling Sun, Li-Jun Duan, Yong-Dong Yang, Yu-Shan Gao, Ding-Yan Zhao, Yang Xiong, He-Jun Wang, Jia-Wei Song, Kai-Tan Yang, Xiu-Mei Wang, Xing Yu

Correction to: Is Cutibacterium acnes early surgical site infection rate related to the duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery?

• Correction

Marion Caseris, Brice Ilharreborde, Catherine Doit, Anne-Laure Simon, Christine Vitoux, Nora Poey, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Cindy Mallet

Correction to: Deterioration of sagittal spinal alignment with age originates from the pelvis not the lumbar spine: a 4-year longitudinal cohort study

• Correction

Shin Oe, Yu Yamato, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Go Yoshida, Sho Kobayashi, Tatsuya Yasuda, Tomohiro Banno, Hideyuki Arima, Yuki Mihara, Hiroki Ushirozako, Tomohiro Yamada, Koichiro Ide, Yuh Watanabe, Daisuke Togawa, Haruo Niwa, Yukihiro Matsuyama

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