European Spine Journal

Time of transition

Max Aebi, Robert Gunzburg

Vertebral column resection for complex congenital kyphoscoliosis and type I split spinal cord malformation

Hua Hui, Zhen-Xing Zhang, Tuan-Min Yang, Bao-Rong He, Ding-Jun Hao

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Vertebral column resection for complex congenital kyphoscoliosis and type I split cord malformation” (Hua Hui, Zhen-Xing Zhang, Tuan-Min Yang, Bao-Rong He, Ding-Jun Hao)

Ulf R. Liljenqvist

Do vertebral derotation techniques offer better outcomes compared to traditional methods in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Paul R. P. Rushton, Michael P. Grevitt

Classification of sagittal imbalance based on spinal alignment and compensatory mechanisms

Claudio Lamartina, Pedro Berjano

CoCr rods provide better frontal correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by all-pedicle screw fixation

Mayalen Lamerain, Manon Bachy, Marion Delpont, Reda Kabbaj, Pierre Mary, Raphaël Vialle

Distractional failure forces comparison of different anchor sites for the pediatric growing rod technique

Zi Fang Huang, Jun Ouyang, Shi Zhen Zhong, Jun Lin Yang, Wei Dong Zhao

Active self-correction and task-oriented exercises reduce spinal deformity and improve quality of life in subjects with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Results of a randomised controlled trial

Marco Monticone, Emilia Ambrosini, Daniele Cazzaniga, Barbara Rocca, Simona Ferrante

Two-year radiographic and clinical outcomes of a minimally invasive, lateral, transpsoas approach for anterior lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis

Kaveh Khajavi, Alessandria Y. Shen

Brace treatment versus observation alone for scoliosis associated with Chiari I malformation following posterior fossa decompression: a cohort study of 54 patients

Shifu Sha, Zezhang Zhu, Tsz Ping Lam, Xu Sun, Bangping Qian, Jian Jiang, Jack C. Y. Cheng, Yong Qiu

Eye–hand laterality and right thoracic idiopathic scoliosis

Jean-François Catanzariti, Marc-Alexandre Guyot, Olivier Agnani, Samantha Demaille, Elisabeth Kolanowski, Cécile Donze

Comparison of anterior and posterior vertebral column resection versus anterior release with posterior internal distraction for severe and rigid scoliosis

Chunpeng Ren, Limin Liu, Yueming Song, Chunguang Zhou, Hao Liu, Tao Li

Calculation of corrected body height in idiopathic scoliosis: comparison of four methods

Marcin Tyrakowski, Tomasz Kotwicki, Jaroslaw Czubak, Kris Siemionow

Lowest instrumented vertebrae selection for selective posterior fusion of moderate thoracolumbar/lumbar idiopathic scoliosis: lower-end vertebra or lower-end vertebra+1?

Zhijian Sun, Guixing Qiu, Yu Zhao, Yipeng Wang, Jianguo Zhang, Jianxiong Shen

Disagreements in surgical planning still exist between spinal surgeons in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a multisurgeon assessment

H. Yener Erken, Halil Burc, Gursel Saka, Mehmet Aydogan

Selective thoracic fusion in AIS curves: the definition of target outcomes improves the prediction of spontaneous lumbar curve correction (SLCC)

Heiko Koller, Oliver Meier, Heidrun Albrecht, Rene Schmidt, Juliane Zenner, Wolfgang Hitzl

What interventions improve walking ability in neurogenic claudication with lumbar spinal stenosis? A systematic review

Carlo Ammendolia, Kent Stuber, Christy Tomkins-Lane, Michael Schneider, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Andrea D. Furlan, Carol A. Kennedy

Spinopelvic alignment of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in lumbar spinal stenosis

Kentaro Yamada, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Hidetomi Terai, Shinji Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakamura

Cross-cultural adaptation of the German version of the spinal stenosis measure

Maria M. Wertli, Johann Steurer, Lukas M. Wildi, Ulrike Held

MRI evaluation of lumbar spinal stenosis: is a rapid visual assessment as good as area measurement?

Greger Lønne, Bent Ødegård, Lars Gunnar Johnsen, Tore K. Solberg, Kjell Arne Kvistad, Øystein P. Nygaard

The CT and intraoperative observation of pedicel-ossification tunnel in 151 cases of thoracic spinal stenosis from ossification of ligamentum flavum

Ying Zhao, Yuan Xue, Nianke Shi, Yaqi Zong, Zhong Yang, Dong He, Yi Wang, Huairong Ding, Zhiyang Li, Yanming Tang

Incidence and risk factors for early adjacent vertebral fractures after balloon kyphoplasty for osteoporotic fractures: analysis of the SWISSspine registry

Christian Spross, Emin Aghayev, Rouven Kocher, Christoph Röder, Thomas Forster, Fabrice A. Kuelling

Analysis of risk factors of subsequent fractures after vertebroplasty

Gang Sun, Hai Tang, Min Li, Xunwei Liu, Peng Jin, Li Li

Lumbar trabecular bone mineral density distribution in patients with and without vertebral fractures: a case–control study

Hugo Giambini, Reza Salman Roghani, Andrew R. Thoreson, L. Joseph Melton III, Kai-Nan An, Ralph E. Gay

A prospective study of percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate cement in traumatic vertebral fractures: 10-year results

Gianluca Maestretti, Patrick Sutter, Etienne Monnard, Riccardo Ciarpaglini, Peter Wahl, Henri Hoogewoud, Emmanuel Gautier

Demineralization after balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate cement: a histological evaluation in ten patients

Rainer Gumpert, Koppany Bodo, Ekkehard Spuller, Thomas Poglitsch, Ronny Bindl, Anita Ignatius, Paul Puchwein

Treatment of de novo scoliosis with combined posterior and anterior correction and fixation

Henry F. H. Halm

Combined thoracic and lumbar osteotomies for the correction of sagittal imbalance

Hossein Mehdian, Sherief Elsayed

Transthoracic lateral retropleural minimally invasive microdiscectomy for T9-T10 disc herniation

Pedro Berjano, Diego Garbossa, Marco Damilano, Matteo Pejrona, Roberto Bassani, Carlo Doria

KIVA VCF system in the treatment of T12 osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture

Pedro Berjano, Marco Damilano, Matteo Pejrona, Olmo Consonni, Francesco Langella, Claudio Lamartina

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