European Spine Journal

Reaching a milestone

Marek Szpalski, Robert Gunzburg, Max Aebi

An understanding of intervertebral disc development, maturation and cell phenotype provides clues to direct cell-based tissue regeneration therapies for disc degeneration

Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Stephen M. Richardson, Judith A. Hoyland

Classification of degenerative segment disease in adults with deformity of the lumbar or thoracolumbar spine

Pedro Berjano, Claudio Lamartina

Is an annular tear a predictor for accelerated disc degeneration?

Nadja A. Farshad-Amacker, Alexander P. Hughes, Alexander Aichmair, Richard J. Herzog, Mazda Farshad

Assessment of apparent diffusion coefficient in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration

Wei Zhang, Xiaohui Ma, Yan Wang, Jian Zhao, Xujing Zhang, Yu Gao, Shiling Li

Short-term follow-up of disc cell therapy in a porcine nucleotomy model with an albumin–hyaluronan hydrogel: in vivo and in vitro results of metabolic disc cell activity and implant distribution

G. W. Omlor, J. Fischer, K. Kleinschmitt, K. Benz, J. Holschbach, K. Brohm, M. Anton, T. Guehring, W. Richter

The effects of osteoporosis and disc degeneration on vertebral cartilage endplate lesions in rats

Yin Ding, Jie Jiang, Jian Zhou, Xiuhua Wu, Zhiping Huang, Jianting Chen, Qingan Zhu

Vertebral endplate change as a feature of intervertebral disc degeneration: a heritability study

Juhani H. Määttä, Minna Kraatari, Lisa Wolber, Jaakko Niinimäki, Sam Wadge, Jaro Karppinen, Frances M. K. Williams

Determinants of evolution of endplate and disc degeneration in the lumbar spine: a multifactorial perspective

Nadja A. Farshad-Amacker, Alexander P. Hughes, Alexander Aichmair, Richard J. Herzog, Mazda Farshad

Significance of cartilage endplate within herniated disc tissue

Polly Lama, Uruj Zehra, Christian Balkovec, Henry A. Claireaux, Luke Flower, Ian J. Harding, Patricia Dolan, Michael A. Adams

Expression and regulation of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in human intervertebral disc cells

Marina Klawitter, Michiyuki Hakozaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Olga Krupkova, Lilian Quero, Caroline Ospelt, Steffen Gay, Oliver Hausmann, Thomas Liebscher, Ullrich Meier, Miho Sekiguchi, Shin-ichi Konno, Norbert Boos, Stephen J. Ferguson, Karin Wuertz

Analysis of MRI signal changes in the adjacent pedicle of adolescent patients with fresh lumbar spondylolysis

Yuichiro Goda, Toshinori Sakai, Tadanori Sakamaki, Yoichiro Takata, Kosaku Higashino, Koichi Sairyo

Anatomical parameters of fifth lumbar vertebra in L5–S1 spondylolytic spondylolisthesis from a surgical point of view

Hong-June Choi, Jeong-Yoon Park, Dong-Kyu Chin, Keun-Su Kim, Yong-Eun Cho, Sung-Uk Kuh

Development of appropriateness criteria for the surgical treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS)

A. F. Mannion, V. Pittet, F. Steiger, J.-P. Vader, H.-J. Becker, F. Porchet

The comparison of instrumented and non-instrumented fusion in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis: a meta-analysis

Yong-ping Ye, Dang Chen, Hao Xu

Effect of pulsed radiofrequency in treatment of facet-joint origin back pain in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis

Masoud Hashemi, Morteza Hashemian, Seyed Amir Mohajerani, Giv Sharifi

Preservation of the contralateral sacral nerves during hemisacrectomy for sacral malignancies

Dasen Li, Wei Guo, Xiaodong Tang, Rongli Yang, Shun Tang, Huayi Qu, Yi Yang, Xin Sun, Zhiye Du

“En bloc” resection of sacral chordomas by combined anterior and posterior surgical approach: a monocentric retrospective review about 29 cases

Arnaud Dubory, Gilles Missenard, Benoît Lambert, Charles Court

Giant cell tumors of the sacrum—a nationwide study on midterm results in 26 patients after intralesional excision

L. van der Heijden, M. A. J. van de Sande, I. C. M. van der Geest, H. W. B. Schreuder, B. J. van Royen, P. C. Jutte, J. A. M. Bramer, F. C. Öner, A. P. van Noort-Suijdendorp, H. M. Kroon, P. D. S. Dijkstra

A case study using total en bloc sacrectomy and neuroanastomosis for sacral tumor

Guoquan Zheng, Songhua Xiao, Yonggang Zhang, Xuesong Zhang, Zheng Wang, Yan Wang

Recovery of severe motor deficit secondary to herniated lumbar disc prolapse: is surgical intervention important? A systematic review

V. R. Balaji, K. F. Chin, S. Tucker, L. F. Wilson, A. T. Casey

Development and validation of an artificial wetlab training system for the lumbar discectomy

Jens Adermann, Norman Geißler, Luis E. Bernal, Susanne Kotzsch, Werner Korb

Public and private health service in Norway: a comparison of patient characteristics and surgery criteria for patients with nerve root affections due to discus herniation

Margreth Grotle, Tore Solberg, Kjersti Storheim, Even Lærum, John-Anker Zwart

Surgical technique and effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy for large uncontained lumbar disc herniations: a prospective, randomized, controlled study with 8 years of follow-up

Mohamed Hussein, Ashraf Abdeldayem, Mahmoud M. M. Mattar

Letter to the Editor concerning “Calculation of corrected body height in idiopathic scoliosis: comparison of four methods” by M. Tyrakowski et al. (Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3275-1)

Johnny Padulo, Francesco Oliva, Luca Paolo Ardigò

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of J. Padulo et al. concerning “Calculation of corrected body height in idiopathic scoliosis: comparison of four methods” by M. Tyrakowski et al. (Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3275-1)

Marcin Tyrakowski, Tomasz Kotwicki, Jaroslaw Czubak, Kris Siemionow

Letter to the Editor concerning the article “Anterior pedicle screw fixation of C2: an anatomic analysis of axis morphology and simulated surgical fixation” [Zeng-Hui Wu et al. (2014); Eur Spine J 23(2):356–361]

Rodolfo Morales-Avalos, Pedro T. Cortes-González, Félix Vílchez-Cavazos, Rodrigo E. Elizondo-Omaña, Santos Guzmán-López

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of R.E.E. Omaña et al. concerning “Anterior pedicle screw fixation of C2: an anatomic analysis of axis morphology and simulated surgical fixation” by Zeng-Hui Wu et al. Eur Spine J (2014) 23:356–361

Zeng-Hui Wu, Xue-Shi Li, Jun-Jie Xu

Comment of the Editor: C2–C1 transarticular fixation

Max Aebi

Letter to the Editor concerning “Is the 4 mm height of the vertebral artery groove really a limitation of C1 pedicle screw insertion?” (by Da-Geng Huang, Si-Min He, Jun-Wei Pan, et al. Eur Spine J, 2014, 23(5):1109–1114)

Johnny Padulo, Luca P. Ardigò

Answer to the Letter to the Editor concerning “Is the 4 mm height of the vertebral artery groove really a limitation of C1 pedicle screw insertion” by Da-Geng Huang, et al. Eur Spine J (2014) 23(5):1109–1114

Da-Geng Huang, Ding-Jun Hao

Letter to the Editor concerning “Comparison of blood loss according to use of aspirin in lumbar fusion patients” (by Park HJ, Kwon KY, Woo JH (2014) Eur Spine J. doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3294-y)

Liang Ding, Zhimin He, Haijun Xiao, Feng Xue

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Liang Ding et al. concerning “Comparison of blood loss according to use of aspirin in lumbar fusion patients” (by Park HJ, Kwon KY, Woo JH (2014) Eur Spine J. doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3294-y)

Ki-Youn Kwon

Letter to the Editor concerning “Intrawound vancomycin to prevent infections after spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Evaniew N, Khan M, Drew B, Peterson D, Bhandari M, Ghert M (2014) Eur Spine J; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3357-0

Joshua Bakhsheshian, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Zachary A. Smith

Authors’ reply to the Letter to the Editor of J. Bakhsheshian et al. concerning “Intrawound vancomycin to prevent infections after spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Evaniew N, Khan M, Drew B, Peterson D, Bhandari M, Ghert M (2014) Eur Spine J; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3357-0

Nathan Evaniew, Michelle Ghert

Erratum to: Surgical technique and effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy for large uncontained lumbar disc herniations: a prospective, randomized, controlled study with 8 years of follow-up

Mohamed Hussein, Ashraf Abdeldayem, Mahmoud M. M. Mattar

Incomplete cranial burst fracture of L1 treated by mini-open thoracoscopically-assisted anterior vertebral column reconstruction

Frank Kandziora, Andreas Pingel, Christoph Hoffmann

Atypical C2 fracture treated by posterior atlantoaxial fusion according to Goel/Harms

Frank Kandziora, Andreas Pingel, Christoph-Heinrich Hoffmann

Osteoporotic L1 burst fracture treated by short-segment percutaneous stabilization with cement-augmented screws and kyphoplasty (hybrid technique)

Andreas Pingel, Frank Kandziora, Christoph-Heinrich Hoffmann

Anterior multiple cervical corpectomy and fusion

Roberto Bassani, Claudio Lamartina, Giovanni Casero, Pedro Berjano

Announcements for issue 9, 2014