European Spine Journal

Editorial

R. Gunzburg

Scientometric evaluation of the global research in spine: an update on the pioneering study by Wei et al.

Ozcan Konur

The impact of surgeon volume on patient outcome in spine surgery: a systematic review

Azeem Tariq Malik, Usman Younis Panni, Muhammad Usman Mirza, Maryam Tetlay, Shahryar Noordin

Shaping conservative spinal services with the Spine Tango Registry

Samuel Morris, James Booth

The value of patient global assessment in lumbar spine surgery: an evaluation based on more than 90,000 patients

C. Parai, O. Hägg, B. Lind, H. Brisby

Inflammaging in cervical and lumbar degenerated intervertebral discs: analysis of proinflammatory cytokine and TRP channel expression

Aleksandra Sadowska, Ermioni Touli, Wolfgang Hitzl, Helen Greutert, Stephen J. Ferguson, Karin Wuertz-Kozak, Oliver N. Hausmann

Normal variation in sagittal spinal alignment parameters in adult patients: an EOS study using serial imaging

Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Kian Loong Melvin Tan, Vikaesh Moorthy, Eugene Tze-Chun Lau, Leok-Lim Lau, Gabriel Liu, Hee-Kit Wong

An international consensus on the appropriate evaluation and treatment for adults with spinal deformity

Sigurd H. Berven, Steven J. Kamper, Niccole M. Germscheid, Benny Dahl, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Lawrence G. Lenke, Stephen J. Lewis, Kenneth M. Cheung, Ahmet Alanay, Manabu Ito, David W. Polly, Yong Qiu, Marinus de Kleuver

Pentosidine concentration is associated with degenerative lumbar scoliosis in older women: preliminary results

Yawara Eguchi, Toru Toyoguchi, Kazuhide Inage, Kazuki Fujimoto, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Miyako Suzuki, Hirohito Kanamoto, Koki Abe, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Yasuchika Aoki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori

Interleukin 6 gene polymorphism in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a cohort study

Jung Sub Lee, Jong Ki Shin, Tae Sik Goh

Proximal junctional kyphosis in adult scoliosis: comparison of four radiological predictor models

Amer Sebaaly, Guillaume Riouallon, Ibrahim Obeid, Pierre Grobost, Maroun Rizkallah, Fethi Laouissat, Yann-Phillippe Charles, Pierre Roussouly

Outcome of surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis: an observational study using the Swedish Spine register

Tian Cheng, Paul Gerdhem

Vertebral subluxation during three-column osteotomy in surgical correction of adult spine deformity: incidence, risk factors, and complications

Jun Qiao, Lingyan Xiao, Xu Sun, Benlong Shi, Zhen Liu, Leilei Xu, Zezhang Zhu, Bangping Qian, Yong Qiu

Posterior column reconstruction improves fusion rates at the level of osteotomy in three-column posterior-based osteotomies

Stephen J. Lewis, Chandan Mohanty, Aaron M. Gazendam, So Kato, Sam G. Keshen, Noah D. Lewis, Sofia P. Magana, David Perlmutter, Jennifer Cape

L5 pedicle subtraction osteotomy: indication, surgical technique and specificities

Abdulmajeed Alzakri, Louis Boissière, Derek T. Cawley, Anouar Bourghli, Vincent Pointillart, Olivier Gille, Jean-Marc Vital, Ibrahim Obeid

102 lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomies: one surgeon’s learning curve

Anouar Bourghli, Derek Cawley, Felipe Novoa, Manuela Rey, Abdulmajeed Alzakri, Daniel Larrieu, Jean-Marc Vital, Olivier Gille, Louis Boissiere, Ibrahim Obeid

A retrospective review comparing two-year patient-reported outcomes, costs, and healthcare resource utilization for TLIF vs. PLF for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis

Elliott Kim, Silky Chotai, David Stonko, Joseph Wick, Alex Sielatycki, Clinton J. Devin

Xipho-pubic angle (XPA) correlates with patient’s reported outcomes in a population of adult spinal deformity: results from a multi-center cohort study

Francesco Langella, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Christopher Shaffrey, Han Jo Kim, Douglas Burton, Richard Hostin, Shay Bess, Christopher Ames, Gregory Mundis, Eric Klineberg, Frank Schwab, Renault Lafage, Pedro Berjano

A cost-effectiveness comparisons of adult spinal deformity surgery in the United States and Japan

Mitsuru Yagi, Christopher P. Ames, Malla Keefe, Naobumi Hosogane, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Frank Schwab, Virginie Lafage, R. Shay Bess, Morio Matsumoto, Kota Watanabe

Factor analysis of the SRS-22 outcome assessment instrument in patients with adult spinal deformity

A. F. Mannion, A. Elfering, J. Bago, F. Pellise, A. Vila-Casademunt, S. Richner-Wunderlin, M. Domingo-Sàbat, I. Obeid, E. Acaroglu, A. Alanay, F. S. Pérez-Grueso, C. R. Baldus, L. Y. Carreon, K. H. Bridwell, S. D. Glassman, F. Kleinstück

How does patient-rated outcome change over time following the surgical treatment of degenerative disorders of the thoracolumbar spine?

Tamas F. Fekete, M. Loibl, D. Jeszenszky, D. Haschtmann, P. Banczerowski, F. S. Kleinstück, H. J. Becker, F. Porchet, A. F. Mannion

Lumbar total disc replacement: predictors for long-term outcome

Håvard Furunes, Christian Hellum, Jens Ivar Brox, Ivar Rossvoll, Ansgar Espeland, Linda Berg, Helga Maria Brøgger, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kjersti Storheim

Reviewer’s comment concerning “Lumbar total disc replacement: predictors for 8-year outcome” (by H. Furunes et al. [2017] Eur Spine J)

Michael Mayer

Maverick total disc arthroplasty performs well at 10 years follow-up: a prospective study with HRQL and balance analysis

N. Plais, X. Thevenot, A. Cogniet, J. Rigal, J. C. Le Huec

Lumbar intervertebral disc allograft transplantation: the revascularisation pattern

Yong-Can Huang, Jun Xiao, Victor Y. Leung, William W. Lu, Yong Hu, Keith D. K. Luk

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