European Spine Journal

Vertebroplasty: about sense and nonsense of uncontrolled “controlled randomized prospective trials”

Max Aebi

Staged corrective surgery for complex congenital scoliosis and split cord malformation

Muhammad Asad Qureshi, Ambreen Asad, Ibrahim Farooq Pasha, Arslan Sharif Malik, Vincent Arlet

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Staged corrective surgery for complex congenital scoliosis and split cord malformation” (by Muhammad Asad Qureshi, Ambreen Asad, Ibrahim Farooq Pasha, Arslan Sharif Malik, Vincent Arlet)

Azmi Hamzaoglu

Management of pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: a systematic review of the literature

Antonio Krueger, Christopher Bliemel, Ralph Zettl, Steffen Ruchholtz

Clinical outcomes of sacroplasty in sacral insufficiency fractures: a review of the literature

Edward Bayley, Shreya Srinivas, Bronek M. Boszczyk

Clinical investigations of polymethylmethacrylate cement viscosity during vertebroplasty and related in vitro measurements

A. Boger, K. D. Wheeler, B. Schenk, P. F. Heini

Factors affecting neurological deficits and intractable back pain in patients with insufficient bone union following osteoporotic vertebral fracture

Masatoshi Hoshino, Hiroaki Nakamura, Hidetomi Terai, Tadao Tsujio, Masaharu Nabeta, Takashi Namikawa, Akira Matsumura, Akinobu Suzuki, Kazushi Takayama, Kunio Takaoka

Value of MRI imaging prior to a kyphoplasty for osteoporotic insufficiency fractures

Ulrich Josef Albert Spiegl, R. Beisse, S. Hauck, A. Grillhösl, V. Bühren

Placement and complications of cervical pedicle screws in 144 cervical trauma patients using pedicle axis view techniques by fluoroscope

Yasutsugu Yukawa, Fumihiko Kato, Keigo Ito, Yumiko Horie, Tetsurou Hida, Hiroaki Nakashima, Masaaki Machino

In vitro study of accuracy of cervical pedicle screw insertion using an electronic conductivity device (ATPS part III)

Heiko Koller, Wolfgang Hitzl, Frank Acosta, Mark Tauber, Juliane Zenner, Herbert Resch, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Oliver Meier, Rene Schmidt, Michael Mayer

Anterior cervical fusion with a bio-resorbable composite cage (beta TCP–PLLA): clinical and radiological results from a prospective study on 20 patients

F. Debusscher, S. Aunoble, Y. Alsawad, D. Clement, Jean-Charles Le Huec

Ideal screw entry point and projection angles for posterior lateral mass fixation of the atlas: an anatomical study

Serkan Simsek, Kazim Yigitkanli, Hakan Seçkin, Ayhan Comert, Halil I. Acar, Deniz Belen, Ibrahim Tekdemir, Alaittin Elhan

Clinical accuracy of cervical pedicle screw insertion using lateral fluoroscopy: a radiographic analysis of the learning curve

Hisashi Yoshimoto, Shigenobu Sato, Takahiko Hyakumachi, Yasushi Yanagibashi, Taiki Kanno, Takeshi Masuda

Biomechanical analysis of expansion screws and cortical screws used for ventral plate fixation on the cervical spine

Klaus Röhl, Bernhard Ullrich, Gerd Huber, Michael M. Morlock

Lumbosacral lordosis in fetal spine: genetic or mechanic parameter

Elie Choufani, Jean-Luc Jouve, Vincent Pomero, Pascal Adalian, Kathia Chaumoitre, Michel Panuel

Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the cervicomedullary angle in a normal adult population

Shenglin Wang, Chao Wang, Peter G. Passias, Gang Li, Ming Yan, Haitao Zhou

In vivo range of motion of the lumbar spinous processes

Qun Xia, Shaobai Wang, Peter G. Passias, Michal Kozanek, Gang Li, Brian E. Grottkau, Kirkham B. Wood, Guoan Li

Symptom profile of persons self-reporting whiplash: a Norwegian population-based study (HUNT 2)

Hanne Gro Wenzel, Arnstein Mykletun, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen

The clinical presentation of chronic whiplash and the relationship to findings of MRI fatty infiltrates in the cervical extensor musculature: a preliminary investigation

James Elliott, Michele Sterling, Jon Timothy Noteboom, Julia Treleaven, Graham Galloway, Gwendolen Jull

A novel computer-assisted drill guide template for placement of C2 laminar screws

Sheng Lu, Yong Q. Xu, Yuan Z. Zhang, Le Xie, Hai Guo, Dong P. Li

Iliac crest reconstruction to reduce donor-site morbidity: technical note

Joseph Richard Dusseldorp, Ralph J. Mobbs

Letter to the editor concerning “Cauda Equina Syndrome treated by surgical decompression: the influence of timing on surgical outcome” by A. Qureshi, P. Sell (2007) Eur Spine J 16:2143–2151

N. V. Todd

Reply to the letter to the editor of N. V. Todd concerning “Cauda Equina Syndrome treated by surgical decompression: the influence of timing on surgical outcome” by A. Qureshi, P. Sell (2007) Eur Spine J 16:2143–2151

Philip Sell

Cervical epidural abscess and vertebral osteomyelitis following non-traumatic oesophageal rupture: a case report and discussion

Stephen Metcalfe, Clare Morgan-Hough

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