European Spine Journal

The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review

Michel Benoist

The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review

Robert C. Mulholland

C1–2 transarticular screws combined with C1 laminar hooks fixation: a modified posterior atlantoaxial fixation technique and outcome in 72 patients

Bin Ni, Xiang Guo, Ning Xie, Songkai Li, Fengjing Zhou, Feng Zhang, Qi Liu

Does brace treatment impact upon the flexibility and the correctability of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents?

Xu Sun, Wen-jun Liu, Lei-lei Xu, Qi Ding, Sai-hu Mao, Bang-ping Qian, Ze-zhang Zhu, Yong Qiu

Ultra-short-course chemotherapy for spinal tuberculosis: five years of observation

Zili Wang, Jiandang Shi, Guangqi Geng, Hongyan Qiu

Association of rs11190870 near LBX1 with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis susceptibility in a Han Chinese population

Hua Jiang, Xusheng Qiu, Jin Dai, Huang Yan, Zezhang Zhu, Bangping Qian, Yong Qiu

Short-term alendronate treatment does not maintain a residual effect on spinal fusion with interbody devices and bone graft after treatment withdrawal: an experimental study on spinal fusion in pigs

Baoding Huang, Xuenong Zou, Haisheng Li, Qingyun Xue, Cody Bünger

A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of EOS 2D/3D X-ray imaging system

Ros Wade, Huiqin Yang, Claire McKenna, Rita Faria, Nigel Gummerson, Nerys Woolacott

Staged corrective surgery for complex adolescent kyphoscoliosis caused by back scalding during the childhood period

Hui-Ren Tao, Hua Hui, Shu-Zhong Guo, Li-Ze Xiong, Zheng-Xu Ye, Ming Yan, Zhuo-Jing Luo

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Staged corrective surgery for complex adolescent kyphoscoliosis caused by back scalding during the childhood period” (by Hui-Ren Tao et al. doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2519-1)

Lawrence Scott Levin, Vincent Arlet

Apical vertebral derotation in the posterior treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: myth or reality?

Mario Di Silvestre, Francesco Lolli, Georgios Bakaloudis, Elena Maredi, Francesco Vommaro, Francesca Pastorelli

Body composition in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Manuel Ramírez, Juana Martínez-Llorens, Juan Francisco Sanchez, Joan Bagó, Antoni Molina, Joaquim Gea, Enric Cáceres

Sagittal alignment of the cervical spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posteromedial translation

Brice Ilharreborde, Christophe Vidal, Wafa Skalli, Keyvan Mazda

How is the trachea at risk of injury from pedicle screw insertion in proximal thoracic curve of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients?

Bangping Qian, Jun Jiang, Feng Zhu, Zezhang Zhu, Zhen Liu, Yong Qiu

Posterior correction of thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with pedicle screw instrumentation: results of 48 patients with minimal 10-year follow-up

Kan Min, Christoph Sdzuy, Mazda Farshad

The use of routine preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in identifying intraspinal anomalies in patients with idiopathic scoliosis: a 10-year review

Rohit Singhal, Daniel C. Perry, Seema Prasad, Neil T. Davidson, Colin E. Bruce

Indication for preoperative MRI of neural axis abnormalities in patients with presumed thoracolumbar/lumbar idiopathic scoliosis

Jun Qiao, Zezhang Zhu, Feng Zhu, Tao Wu, Bangping Qian, Leiei Xu, Yong Qiu

Vertebral rotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis calculated by radiograph and back surface analysis-based methods: correlation between the Raimondi method and rasterstereography

Massimiliano Mangone, Paolo Raimondi, Marco Paoloni, Sabina Pellanera, Alessandra Di Michele, Sara Di Renzo, Mariangela Vanadia, Mauro Dimaggio, Massimiliano Murgia, Valter Santilli

The posterior surgical correction of congenital kyphosis and kyphoscoliosis: 23 cases with minimum 2 years follow-up

Yan Zeng, Zhongqiang Chen, Qiang Qi, Zhaoqing Guo, Weishi Li, Chuiguo Sun, Ning Liu

3D analysis of congenital scoliosis due to hemivertebra using biplanar radiography

Ludovic Humbert, Jean-Sébastien Steffen, Raphaël Vialle, Jean Dubousset, Jean-Marc Vital, Wafa Skalli

Posterior hemivertebra resection with bisegmental fusion for congenital scoliosis: more than 3 year outcomes and analysis of unanticipated surgeries

Shengru Wang, Jianguo Zhang, Guixing Qiu, Shugang Li, Bin Yu, Xisheng Weng

Selection of proximal fusion level for adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis

Kyu-Jung Cho, Se-Il Suk, Seung-Rim Park, Jin-Hyok Kim, Jae-Hoon Jung

Clinical and radiographic parameters that distinguish between the best and worst outcomes of scoliosis surgery for adults

Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Steven D. Glassman, Leah Y. Carreon, Frank J. Schwab, Virginie Lafage, Vincent Arlet, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Keith H. Bridwell

The effect of posterior spinal fusion on respiratory function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

W. M. Alexander, M. Smith, B. J. C. Freeman, L. M. Sutherland, J. D. Kennedy, P. J. Cundy

A five-step remedial screw placement method to treat severe spinal deformity with free-hand transpedicular screw placement

Jing-Ming Xie, Zhi Zhao, Hua Yang, Ying-Song Wang, Ying Zhang, Tao Li, Ni Bi

Motion characteristics of the vertebral segments with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in elderly patients

Jun Miao, Shaobai Wang, Zongmiao Wan, Won Man Park, Qun Xia, Kirkham Wood, Guoan Li

Prevalence of low back pain and factors associated with chronic disabling back pain in Japan

Tomoko Fujii, Ko Matsudaira

An analysis of fusion cage migration in unilateral and bilateral fixation with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Jan William Duncan, Richard Anthony Bailey

Magnetic resonance imaging-based relationships between neck muscle cross-sectional area and neck circumference for adults and children

Renée M. Dawson, Zahid Latif, E. Mark Haacke, John M. Cavanaugh

A longitudinal study for incidence of low back pain and radiological changes of lumbar spine in asymptomatic Japanese military young adults

Osamu Nemoto, Akira Kitada, Satoko Naitou, Yoshifumi Tsuda, Keitarou Matsukawa, You Ukegawa

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