European Spine Journal

Publication rates: is more better?

R. Gunzburg

Worldwide research productivity in the field of spine surgery: a 10-year bibliometric analysis

Meiyang Wei, Wanming Wang, Yanfeng Zhuang

Outcome of conservative and surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a systematic literature review

J. P. H. J. Rutges, D. H. Kempen, M. van Dijk, F. C. Oner

Prospective study using anterior approach did not show association between Modic 1 changes and low grade infection in lumbar spine

Julien Rigal, Thomas Thelen, Fergus Byrne, Arnaud Cogniet, Louis Boissière, Stephane Aunoble, Jean-Charles Le Huec

Which method is the most effective for preventing postoperative infection in spinal surgery?

Erol Oksuz, Fatih Ersay Deniz, Ozgur Gunal, Ozgur Demir, Sener Barut, Fatma Markoc, Unal Erkorkmaz

Spondylodiscitis severity code: scoring system for the classification and treatment of non-specific spondylodiscitis

L. Homagk, N. Homagk, J. R. Klauss, K. Roehl, G. O. Hofmann, D. Marmelstein

Does intrawound application of vancomycin influence bone healing in spinal surgery?

Claudia Eder, Stefan Schenk, Jana Trifinopoulos, Büsra Külekci, Melanie Kienzl, Sabrina Schildböck, Michael Ogon

The use of local vancomycin powder in degenerative spine surgery

Josh E. Schroeder, Fredrico P. Girardi, Harvinder Sandhu, Joseph Weinstein, Frank P. Cammisa, Andrew Sama

Risk factors for surgical site infection after posterior fixation surgery and intraoperative radiotherapy for spinal metastases

Shurei Sugita, Takahiro Hozumi, Kiyofumi Yamakawa, Takahiro Goto, Taiji Kondo

Late onset of progressive neurological deficits in severe angular kyphosis related to tuberculosis spondylitis

Kee-Yong Ha, Young-Hoon Kim

The role of costotransverse radical debridement, fusion and postural drainage in the surgical treatment of multisegmental thoracic spinal tuberculosis: a minimum 5-year follow-up

Xin Hua Yin, Shao Hua Liu, Jin Song Li, Yong Chen, Xiong Ke Hu, Ke Feng Zeng, Hong Gui Yu, Zhen Hai Zhou, Hong Qi Zhang

Anterior versus posterior approach in surgical treatment of tuberculous spondylodiscitis of thoracic and lumbar spine

Khaled Hassan, Essam Elmorshidy

Antepartum surgical management of Pott’s paraplegia along with maintenance of pregnancy during second trimester

Rahul Kaul, H. S. Chhabra, Vijayanth Kanagaraju, Rajat Mahajan, Vikas Tandon, Ankur Nanda, Gururaj Sangondimath, Nishit Patel

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Antepartum surgical management of Pott’s paraplegia along with maintenance of pregnancy during second trimester” (by R. Kaul et al. doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4045-4)

Sibylle Jürgens

Spinal Taenia solium cysticercosis in Mexican and Indian patients: a comparison of 30-year experience in two neurological referral centers and review of literature

Graciela Cárdenas, Erik Guevara-Silva, Felipe Romero, Yair Ugalde, Cecilia Bonnet, Agnes Fleury, Edda Sciutto, Caris Maroni Nunes, José Luis Soto-Hernández, Susarla Krishna Shankar, Anita Mahadevan

Reliability analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by a worldwide group of naïve spinal surgeons

Christopher K. Kepler, Alexander R. Vaccaro, John D. Koerner, Marcel F. Dvorak, Frank Kandziora, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Bizhan Aarabi, Luiz R. Vialle, Michael G. Fehlings, Gregory D. Schroeder, Maximilian Reinhold, Klaus John Schnake, Carlo Bellabarba, F. Cumhur Öner

The surgical algorithm for the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system

Alexander R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, F. Cumhur Oner, Luiz R. Vialle, Frank Kandziora, John D. Koerner, Mark F. Kurd, Max Reinhold, Klaus J. Schnake, Jens Chapman, Bizhan Aarabi, Michael G. Fehlings, Marcel F. Dvorak

Reviewer’s comment concerning “The surgical algorithm for the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system” (by A.R. Vaccaro et al.: Eur Spine J, 2015; doi:10.1007/s00586-015-3982-2)

J.-P. Steib

‘Atlas shrugged’: congenital lateral angular irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation: a case series of complex variant and its management

Pravin Salunke, Sushanta K. Sahoo, Sameer Futane, A. N. Deepak, N. K. Khandelwal

Traumatic facet joint dislocation in Western Australia

Vivek Eranki, Kongposh Koul, George Mendz, David Dillon

Does an intraoperative finding of an intact dural sac help to prognosticate neurological recovery in cauda equinal and epiconal injuries in thoracolumbar fractures? An analysis of 31 patients

Raghuprasad Varma

Evaluation of TLICS for thoracolumbar fractures

Spiros G. Pneumaticos, Panagiotis K. Karampinas, George Triantafilopoulos, Spiros Koufos, Vasilios Polyzois, John Vlamis

Better life quality and sexual function in men and their female partners with short-segment posterior fixation in the treatment of thoracolumbar junction burst fractures

Deniz Cankaya, Melih Balci, Alper Deveci, Burak Yoldas, Altug Tuncel, Yalcin Tabak

Reliability of the evaluation of posterior ligamentous complex injury in thoracolumbar spine trauma with the use of computed tomography scan

Alecio Cristino Evangelista Santos Barcelos, Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Ricardo Vieira Botelho

Post-trauma scoliosis after conservative treatment of thoracolumbar spinal fracture in children and adolescents: results in 48 patients

Audrey Angelliaume, Aurore Bouty, Jérôme Sales De Gauzy, Jean-Marc Vital, Olivier Gille, Louis Boissière, Clément Tournier, Stéphane Aunoble, Jean-Roger Pontailler, Yan Lefèvre

Standalone percutaneous transiliac plating of vertically unstable sacral fractures: outcomes, complications, and recommendations

Mostafa A. Ayoub, Hossam M. Gad, Osama A. Seleem

Multilevel non-contiguous spinal injuries: incidence and patterns based on whole spine MRI

Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Chandrasekar V. Gaike, Anupama Mahesh, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran

Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review

Daniel Steffens, Mark J. Hancock, Leani S.M. Pereira, Peter M. Kent, Jane Latimer, Chris G. Maher

Are obesity and body fat distribution associated with low back pain in women? A population-based study of 1128 Spanish twins

Amabile B. Dario, Manuela L. Ferreira, Kathryn Refshauge, Juan F. Sánchez-Romera, Alejandro Luque-Suarez, John L. Hopper, Juan R. Ordoñana, Paulo H. Ferreira

Low back pain status of female university students in relation to different sport activities

Pardis Noormohammadpour, Mohsen Rostami, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Farzin Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Hosein Pourgharib Shahi, Ramin Kordi

Severe back pain in elite athletes: a cross-sectional study on 929 top athletes of Germany

Saskia Sarah Schulz, Klaus Lenz, Karin Büttner-Janz

Risks of permanent disability in low back pain patients associated with different job positions: a 5-year follow-up study

Thomas Maribo, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Chris Jensen, Lone Donbæk Jensen

Effects of a multidisciplinary programme on postural stability in patients with chronic recurrent low back pain: preliminary findings

Karin Pieber, Malvina Herceg, Robert Csapo, Günther Wiesinger, Michael Quittan, Richard Crevenna, Christian Mittermaier

Does physical activity moderate the relationship between depression symptomatology and low back pain? Cohort and co-twin control analyses nested in the longitudinal study of aging Danish twins (LSADT)

Markus Hübscher, Jan Hartvigsen, Matthew Fernandez, Kaare Christensen, Paulo Ferreira

The added prognostic value of MRI findings for recovery in patients with low back pain in primary care: a 1-year follow-up cohort study

Evelien I. T. de Schepper, Bart W. Koes, Edwin H. G. Oei, Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Pim A. J. Luijsterburg

The association between a lifetime history of work-related low back injury and future low back pain: a population-based cohort study

Paul S. Nolet, Vicki L. Kristman, Pierre Côté, Linda J. Carroll, Cesar A. Hincapié, J. David Cassidy

Age-related differences on low back pain and postural control during one-leg stance: a case–control study

Rubens A. da Silva, Edgar R. Vieira, Carlos E. Carvalho, Marcio R. Oliveira, César F. Amorim, Elias Nasrala Neto

Prevalence of gluteus medius weakness in people with chronic low back pain compared to healthy controls

Nicholas A. Cooper, Kelsey M. Scavo, Kyle J. Strickland, Natti Tipayamongkol, Jeffrey D. Nicholson, Dennis C. Bewyer, Kathleen A. Sluka

Intra-articular facet joint injections for low back pain: a systematic review

Rajni Vekaria, Ree’thee Bhatt, David R. Ellard, Nicholas Henschke, Martin Underwood, Harbinder Sandhu

Decompression of the gluteus medius muscle as a new treatment for buttock pain: technical note

Kyongsong Kim, Toyohiko Isu, Yasuhiro Chiba, Naotaka Iwamoto, Daijiro Morimoto, Masanori Isobe

Letter to the editor concerning “A new approach to corpus callosum anomalies in idiopathic scoliosis using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging” by Joly O et al. (2014) Eur Spine J 23:2643–9

Julio Domenech, L. Marti-Bonmati, A. Alberich-Bayarri, G. Garcia-Martí

Reply to the letter to the editor of J. Domenech et al. concerning “A new approach to corpus callosum anomalies in idiopathic scoliosis using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging” by O. Joly et al. (2014) Eur Spine J; 23:2643–9

Olivier Joly, Dominique Rousié, Edit Frankó

Letter to the Editor concerning “Risk factors for adjacent segment pathology requiring additional surgery after single-level spinal fusion: impact of pre-existing spinal stenosis demonstrated by preoperative myelography” by I. Yugue et al. (2015) Eur Spine J Aug 14 [Epub ahead of print]

Yi Shen, Dan Peng, Zhihui Dai, Weiye Zhong

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Yi Shen et al. concerning “Risk factors for adjacent segment pathology requiring additional surgery after single-level spinal fusion: impact of pre-existing spinal stenosis demonstrated by preoperative myelography” by I. Yugué et al. (2015) Eur Spine J Aug 14 doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4291-5

Itaru Yugue

Letter to the Editor concerning “Systematic review of the effect of dynamic fixation systems compared with rigid fixation in the anterior cervical spine” by Campos RR, Botelho RV (Eur Spine J. 2014 Feb; 23(2):298–304)

Javier Melchor Duart-Clemente, María Luisa Gandía-González, Luis Álvarez-Galovich, Julio Vicente Duart-Clemente

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of J. M. Duart-Clemente et al. concerning “Systematic review of the effect of dynamic fixation systems compared with rigid fixation in the anterior cervical spine” by Campos RR, Botelho RV; Eur Spine J (2014); 23(2):298–304

Ricardo Rezende Campos, Ricardo Vieira Botelho

Erratum to: A retrospective study on the outcomes of posterior-only vertebral column resection in treating patients with severe isolated congenital kyphosis: more than 2 years follow-up in a single center

Shengru Wang, Kahaer Aikenmu, Jianguo Zhang, Guixing Qiu, Jianwei Guo, Yanbin Zhang, Xisheng Weng

Italian Spine Society National Congress Firenze, Italy 5th–7th May, 2016 ABSTRACTS

Announcements for issue 4, 2016