European Spine Journal

Surgical decompression timing for patients with foot drop from lumbar degenerative diseases: a meta-analysis

Sang-Youn Song, Dae Cheol Nam, Dong-Kyu Moon, Dong-Yeong Lee, Eun-Chang Lee, Dong-Hee Kim

Simultaneous decompression of all stenotic regions versus decompression of only the most symptomatic region in patients with tandem spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Samarth Mittal, Kaustubh Ahuja, P. V. Sudhakar, Syed Ifthekar, Gagandeep Yadav, Bhaskar Sarkar, Pankaj Kandwal

Dural tear repair surgery comparative analysis: a stitch in time saves nine

Charles Taylor, Amad Khan, Emad Shenouda, Nicholas Brooke, Ali Nader-Sepahi

Distance to first symptoms measured by the 6-min walking test differentiates between treatment success and failure in patients with degenerative lumbar disorders

Anna M. Zeitlberger, Marketa Sosnova, Michal Ziga, Oliver P. Gautschi, Luca Regli, Oliver Bozinov, Astrid Weyerbrock, Martin N. Stienen, Nicolai Maldaner

Overweight and smoking promote recurrent lumbar disk herniation after discectomy

Alessandro Siccoli, Victor E. Staartjes, Anita M. Klukowska, J. Paul Muizelaar, Marc L. Schröder

Closed-suction drainage in thoracolumbar spinal surgery–clinical routine without evidence? a systematic review

Klaus John Schnake, Matthias Pumberger, Denis Rappert, Achim Götz, Oleksandr Zolotoverkh, Rita Waligora, Max Joseph Scheyerer

Prognostic factors for outcome following lumbar spine fusion surgery: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Retze J. Achttien, Andrew Powell, Konstantinos Zoulas, J. Bart Staal, Alison Rushton

Identifying risks factors in thoracolumbar anterior fusion surgery through predictive analytics in a nationally representative inpatient sample

Shane Shahrestani, Alexander M. Ballatori, Xiao T. Chen, Andy Ton, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang

An anatomical study of the origins courses and distributions of the transverse branches of lumbar arteries at the L1–L4 levels

Runxun Ma, Zhiyang Zheng, Xinying Zhou, Weijia Zhu, Junjie Chen, Rusen Zhang, Zexian Liu, Yejie Xu, Maoqing Fu, Zezheng Liu, Qinghao Zhao, Qingchu Li

Comparison of radiation exposure and surgery time between an intraoperative CT with automatic surface registration and a preoperative CT with manual surface registration in navigated spinal surgeries

Martin Mohammed Marzouk, Yama Afghanyar, Mark Mahmoud Marzouk, Sarah Halima Boussouf, Philipp Hartung, Marcus Richter

Robotic-guided placement of cervical pedicle screws: feasibility and accuracy

Stanley Kisinde, Xiaobang Hu, Shea Hesselbacher, Alexander M. Satin, Isador H. Lieberman

Variations in LOS and its main determinants overtime at an academic spinal care center from 2006–2019

Dandurand Charlotte, N. Hindi Mathew, Ailon Tamir, Boyd Michael, Charest-Morin Raphaële, Dea Nicolas, Dvorak Marcel, Fisher Charles, K. Kwon Brian, Paquette Scott, Street John

Impact of diagnosis and type of sacroiliac joint fusion on postoperative complications

Alexander M. Ballatori, Shane Shahrestani, Xiao T. Chen, Andy Ton, Jeffrey C. Wang, Zorica Buser

A national analysis on complications and readmissions for adult cerebral palsy patients undergoing primary spinal fusion surgery

Michael Fields, Nathan J. Lee, Kyle McCormick, Paul J. Park, Venkat Boddapati, Meghan Cerpa, Jun S. Kim, Zeeshan M. Sardar, Lawrence G. Lenke

Validity and interobserver agreement of a new radiographic grading system for intervertebral disc degeneration: Part III. Thoracic spine

Christian Liebsch, Youping Tao, Annette Kienle, Hans-Joachim Wilke

Integrative analysis of metabolomic, genomic, and imaging-based phenotypes identify very-low-density lipoprotein as a potential risk factor for lumbar Modic changes

Yiming Li, Jaro Karppinen, Kathryn S. E. Cheah, Danny Chan, Pak C. Sham, Dino Samartzis

Lumbar intervertebral disc diurnal deformations and T2 and T1rho relaxation times vary by spinal level and disc region

John T. Martin, Alexander B. Oldweiler, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Charles E. Spritzer, Brian J. Soher, Melissa M. Erickson, Adam P. Goode, Louis E. DeFrate

Advanced disc degeneration, bi-planar instability and pathways of peri-discal gas suffusion contribute to pathogenesis of intradiscal vacuum phenomenon

Rishi M. Kanna, Swapnil Hajare, Pushpa Bhari Thippeswamy, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran

Different degeneration patterns of paraspinal muscles in degenerative lumbar diseases: a MRI analysis of 154 patients

Jun-zhe Ding, Chao Kong, Xiang-yu Li, Xiang-yao Sun, Shi-bao Lu, Guo-gunag Zhao

Analysis of the paraspinal muscle morphology of the lumbar spine using a convolutional neural network (CNN)

David Baur, Richard Bieck, Johann Berger, Juliane Neumann, Jeanette Henkelmann, Thomas Neumuth, Christoph-E. Heyde, Anna Voelker

Investigating the active contractile function of the rat paraspinal muscles reveals unique cross-bridge kinetics in the multifidus

Alex M. Noonan, Thomas R. Oxland, Stephen H. M. Brown

Evaluation of the degenerative lumbar osseous morphology using zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging (ZTE-MRI)

Bowen Hou, Chanyuan Liu, Yitong Li, Yan Xiong, Jingyi Wang, Peisen Zhang, Jianyi Liu, Weiyin Vivian Liu, Xiaoming Li

Accuracy and agreement of national spine register data for 474 patients compared to corresponding electronic patient records

Ole Kristian Alhaug, Simran Kaur, Filip Dolatowski, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Tore K. Solberg, Greger Lønne

Correction to: Identification of potentially painful disc fissures in magnetic resonance images using machine‑learning modelling

Lagerstrand Kerstin, Hebelka Hanna, Brisby Helena

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