European Spine Journal

Trends over time in the size and quality of randomised controlled trials of interventions for chronic low-back pain

Nicholas Henschke, Ton Kuijpers, Sidney M. Rubinstein, Marienke van Middelkoop, Raymond Ostelo, Arianne Verhagen, Bart W. Koes, Maurits W. van Tulder

Efficacy of exercise therapy for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a review of the literature

Simon C. Mordecai, Harshad V. Dabke

Limited access surgery for 360 degrees in-situ fusion in a dysraphic patient with high-grade spondylolisthesis

M. A. König, B. M. Boszczyk

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Limited access surgery for 360 degrees in situ fusion in a dysraphic patient with high grade spondylolisthesis” (by M. A. König and B. M. Boszczyk)

Claudio Lamartina

The effect of the X-Stop implantation on intervertebral foramen, segmental spinal canal length and disc space in elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Zongmiao Wan, Shaobai Wang, Michal Kozanek, Qun Xia, Frederick L. Mansfield, Guohua Lü, Kirkham B. Wood, Guoan Li

Predictors of surgical, general and follow-up complications in lumbar spinal stenosis relative to patient age as emerged from the Spine Tango Registry

Rolf Sobottke, Emin Aghayev, Christoph Röder, Peer Eysel, Stephan K. Delank, Thomas Zweig

Are Modic changes prognostic for recovery in a cohort of patients with non-specific low back pain?

Anne Keller, Eleanor Boyle, Thomas A. Skog, J. David Cassidy, Erik Bautz-Holter

Postural balance in low back pain patients: criterion-related validity of centre of pressure assessed on a portable force platform

Thomas Maribo, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Lone Donbæk Jensen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen

Cervical disc prosthesis versus arthrodesis using one-level, hybrid and two-level constructs: an in vitro investigation

Cédric Barrey, Sophie Campana, Sylvain Persohn, Gilles Perrin, Wafa Skalli

The Fernstrom ball revisited

Krzysztof B. Siemionow, Xiaobang Hu, Isador H. Lieberman

Osteolysis following resorbable poly-l-lactide-co-d, l-lactide PLIF cage use: a review of cases

Andrew Frost, Elmanzour Bagouri, Mark Brown, Vinay Jasani

Lumbar interbody fusion: a parametric investigation of a novel cage design with and without posterior instrumentation

Fabio Galbusera, Hendrik Schmidt, Hans-Joachim Wilke

Anterior debridement and reconstruction via thoracoscopy-assisted mini-open approach for the treatment of thoracic spinal tuberculosis: minimum 5-year follow-up

Guohua Lü, Bing Wang, Jing Li, Weidong Liu, Ivan Cheng

Retroperitoneoscopic drainage of complicated psoas abscesses in patients with tuberculous lumbar spondylitis

Orhan Büyükbebeci, İlker Seçkiner, Burçin Karslı, Günhan Karakurum, İlyas Başkonuş, Onur Bilge, Burkay Kutluhan Kacira

A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy in patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Qiushui Lin, Xuhui Zhou, Xinwei Wang, Peng Cao, Nicholas Tsai, Wen Yuan

Neuroprotective therapy using granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for patients with worsening symptoms of compression myelopathy, part 1: a phase I and IIa clinical trial

Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Masashi Yamazaki, Akihiko Okawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kei Kato, Mitsuhiro Hashimoto, Koichi Hayashi, Takeo Furuya, Takayuki Fujiyoshi, Junko Kawabe, Chikato Mannoji, Ryo Kadota, Masayuki Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Masao Koda

Apoptosis of neurons and oligodendrocytes in the spinal cord of spinal hyperostotic mouse (twy/twy): possible pathomechanism of human cervical compressive myelopathy

Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima, Shuji Watanabe, Takafumi Yayama, Alexander Rodriguez Guerrero, Tomoo Inukai, Takayuki Hirai, Daisuke Sugita, William E. Johnson, Hisatoshi Baba

Surgical treatment of severe congenital scoliosis with unilateral unsegmented bar by concave costovertebral joint release and both-ends wedge osteotomy via posterior approach

Chao Li, Qingsong Fu, Yu Zhou, Haiyang Yu, Gang Zhao

Hemivertebra resection in children, results after single posterior approach and after combined anterior and posterior approach: a comparative study

Kiril Mladenov, Philip Kunkel, Ralf Stuecker

The impact of halo-gravity traction on curve rigidity and pulmonary function in the treatment of severe and rigid scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis: a clinical study and narrative review of the literature

Heiko Koller, Juliane Zenner, Vera Gajic, Oliver Meier, Luis Ferraris, Wolfgang Hitzl

The impact of bone mineral density and disc degeneration on shear strength and stiffness of the lumbar spine following laminectomy

Arno Bisschop, Margriet G. Mullender, Idsart Kingma, Timothy U. Jiya, Albert J. van der Veen, Jan C. Roos, Jaap H. van Dieën, Barend J. van Royen

Cytokine inhibition and time-related influence of inflammatory stimuli on the hyperalgesia induced by the nucleus pulposus

André Luiz de Souza Grava, Luiz Fernando Ferrari, Helton L. A. Defino

Biomechanical analysis of a new expandable vertebral body replacement combined with a new polyaxial antero-lateral plate and/or pedicle screws and rods

Benjamin Ulmar, Stefanie Erhart, Stefan Unger, Kuno Weise, Werner Schmoelz

Erratum to: Prevalence of sleep disturbance in patients with low back pain

Saad M. Alsaadi, James H. McAuley, Julia M. Hush, Chris G. Maher

Erratum to: Validity and responsiveness of the Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) for the neck

C. D. Fankhauser, U. Mutter, E. Aghayev, A. F. Mannion

Erratum to: Epidemiological characteristics of adult SCIWORA in Tianjin, China: a preliminary study

Honggang Guo, Shiqing Feng, Jing Liu, Xiuying Qi, Guangzhi Ning, Huafeng Zhang, Xiaomian Li, Xinlong Ma

Pedicle subtraction osteotomy in flat back syndrome 38 years after Harrington instrumentation for AIS

Rune Hedlund

Pedicle subtraction osteotomy in degenerative scoliosis

Rune Hedlund

Thoracolumbar scoliosis posterior approach

Ibrahim Obeid, Anouar Bourghli, Jean-Marc Vital

Less invasive approach to degenerative lumbar deformity surgery

Max Aebi

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