European Spine Journal

The intraoperative portable CT scanner-based spinal navigation: a viable option for instrumentation in the region of cervico-thoracic junction

Pavel Barsa, Robert Frőhlich, Miroslav Šercl, Pavel Buchvald, Petr Suchomel

Percutaneous pars interarticularis screw fixation: a technical note

Lester Wilson, Farhaan Altaf, Philippa Tyler

Transuncovertebral joint screw placement: technical note

Tomoyuki Takigawa, Masato Tanaka, Takuya Morita, Yoshihisa Sugimoto, Ozaki Toshifumi

Modified translaminar screw fixation in the cervicothoracic junction (C7–T2): a technical note

Dong-Dong Xia, Mei-Jun Yan, Jing-Jie Zhang, Feng Zhou, Hong-Ming Xu, Yong-li Wang, Jun Tan, Xiang-Yang Wang

Does pedicle screw fixation under age 5 cause spinal canal narrowing? A CT study with minimum 5 years follow-up

Sinan Kahraman, Selhan Karadereler, Mutlu Cobanoglu, Sinan Yilar, Ayhan Mutlu, Levent Onur Ulusoy, Azmi Hamzaoglu

Anatomical feasibility for safe occipital condyle screw fixation

Ho Jin Lee, Doo Yong Choi, Myoung Hoon Shin, Jong Tae Kim, Il Sup Kim, Jae Taek Hong

Accuracy of 3D fluoroscopy-navigated anterior transpedicular screw insertion in the cervical spine: an experimental study

Jan Bredow, Carolin Meyer, Max Joseph Scheyerer, Florian Siedek, Lars Peter Müller, Peer Eysel, Gregor Stein

Cervical pedicle screw placement using intraoperative computed tomography imaging with a mobile scanner gantry

Toshitaka Yoshii, Takashi Hirai, Kenichiro Sakai, Hiroyuki Inose, Tsuyoshi Kato, Atsushi Okawa

Additive-manufactured patient-specific titanium templates for thoracic pedicle screw placement: novel design with reduced contact area

Mitsuru Takemoto, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Eigo Ota, Bungo Otsuki, Hiroaki Kimura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Toshiyuki Kawai, Tohru Futami, Kiyoyuki Sasaki, Tomiharu Matsushita, Takashi Nakamura, Masashi Neo, Shuich Matsuda

A comparative study on the accuracy of pedicle screw placement assisted by personalized rapid prototyping template between pre- and post-operation in patients with relatively normal mid-upper thoracic spine

Yong Hu, Zhen-shan Yuan, William Ryan Spiker, Wei-xin Dong, Xiao-yang Sun, Jian-bing Yuan, Jiao Zhang, Bingke Zhu

An RCT study on the feasibility of anterior transpedicular screw fixation in the cervicothoracic junction

Liujun Zhao, Jinjiong Hong, Meghan E. Wandtke, Rongming Xu, Weihu Ma, Weiyu Jiang, Yongjie Gu, Jianqing Chen, Liran Wang, Jiayong Liu, Nabil A. Ebraheim

Combining pedicle screw stimulation with spinal navigation, a protocol to maximize the safety of neural elements and minimize radiation exposure in thoracolumbar spine instrumentation

Sebouh Z. Kassis, Loay K. Abukwedar, Abdul Karim Msaddi, Catalin N. Majer, Walid Othman

Does intraoperative navigation improve the accuracy of pedicle screw placement in the apical region of dystrophic scoliosis secondary to neurofibromatosis type I: comparison between O-arm navigation and free-hand technique

Mengran Jin, Zhen Liu, Xingyong Liu, Huang Yan, Xiao Han, Yong Qiu, Zezhang Zhu

Interest of intra-operative 3D imaging in spine surgery: a prospective randomized study

Sébastien Ruatti, C. Dubois, E. Chipon, G. Kerschbaumer, M. Milaire, A. Moreau-Gaudry, J. Tonetti, Ph. Merloz

A comparison of feasibility and safety of percutaneous fluoroscopic guided thoracic pedicle screws between Europeans and Asians: is there any difference?

Mun Keong Kwan, Chee Kidd Chiu, Chris Yin Wei Chan, Reza Zamani, Nils Hansen-Algenstaedt

Metal artifact reduction using virtual monochromatic images for patients with pedicle screws implants on CT

Yue Dong, Ai Jun Shi, Jian Lin Wu, Ru Xin Wang, Li Fei Sun, Ai Lian Liu, Yi Jun Liu

A new 3-dimensional method for measuring precision in surgical navigation and methods to optimize navigation accuracy

Christopher J. Kleck, Ian Cullilmore, Matthew LaFleur, Emily Lindley, Mark E. Rentschler, Evalina L. Burger, Christopher M. J. Cain, Vikas V. Patel

Percutaneous pedicle screw placements: accuracy and rates of cranial facet joint violation using conventional fluoroscopy compared with intraoperative three-dimensional computed tomography computer navigation

Tetsuro Ohba, Shigeto Ebata, Koji Fujita, Hironao Sato, Hirotaka Haro

CT accuracy of percutaneous versus open pedicle screw techniques: a series of 1609 screws

Todd M. Chapman, Daniel J. Blizzard, Christopher R. Brown

Biomechanical comparison of transfacet screws to lateral mass screw-rod constructs in the lower cervical spine

Jie Tong, Wei Ji, Ruozhou Zhou, Zhiping Huang, Sheting Liu, Qingan Zhu

Different potential risk of injury from thoracic pedicle screw insertion between left and right main-stem bronchus in Lenke 1 type adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Jun Jiang, Bang-ping Qian, Ze-zhang Zhu, Bin Wang, Yang Yu, Yong Qiu

Anatomical considerations for percutaneous trans ilio-sacroiliac S1 and S2 screw placement

M. A. König, R. O. Sundaram, P. Saville, S. Jehan, Bronek M. Boszczyk

Transdiscal screw versus pedicle screw fixation for high-grade L5-S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis in patients younger than 60 years: a case–control study

Isabel Collados-Maestre, Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla, Teresa Bas-Hermida, Esther Pastor-Fernandez, Vicente Gil-Guillen

The role of specialist units to provide focused care and complication avoidance following traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review

Monish M. Maharaj, Jarred A. Hogan, Kevin Phan, Ralph J. Mobbs

A proposed classification system for guiding surgical strategy in cases of severe spinal deformity based on spinal cord function

Jun-lin Yang, Zi-fang Huang, Jun-qiang Yin, Yao-long Deng, Xian-biao Xie, Fo-bao Li, Jing-fan Yang

Effectiveness of Riluzole as a pharmacotherapeutic treatment option for early cervical myelopathy: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial

S. Rajasekaran, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Anupama Maheswaran, Janardhan Yerram Shetty

Surgical management of syringomyelia unrelated to Chiari malformation or spinal cord injury

Andrea Talacchi, Pietro Meneghelli, Ignazio Borghesi, Francesca Locatelli

Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring in children under 4 years old

Martine Gavaret, Sébastien Pesenti, Elie Choufani, Daniela Pennaroli, Gérard Bollini, Jean-Luc Jouve

Identification of head control deficits following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Chih-Hsiu Cheng, Andy Chien, Wei-Li Hsu, Dar-Ming Lai, Shwn-Fen Wang, Jaw-Lin Wang

Prognosis of posterior osteophyte after anterior cervical decompression and fusion in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy using three-dimensional computed tomography study

Yin Liu, Xianming Luo, Jiahui Zhou, Na Li, Song Peng, Pengfei Rong, Wei Wang

Laminar closure rates in patients with cervical myelopathies treated with either open-door laminoplasty with reattachment of spinous processes and extensor musculature or Hirabayashi open-door laminoplasty: a case–control study

Kentaro Yamane, Yoshihisa Sugimoto, Masato Tanaka, Shinya Arataki, Tomoyuki Takigawa, Toshifumi Ozaki

Prognostic value of intraoperative MEP signal improvement during surgical treatment of cervical compressive myelopathy

Shujie Wang, Ye Tian, Chu Wang, Xin Lu, Qianyu Zhuang, Huiming Peng, Jianhua Hu, Yu Zhao, Jianxiong Shen, Xisheng Weng

Comparison of a zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C) and the polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages with an anterior plate in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Yijie Liu, Heng Wang, Xuefeng Li, Jie Chen, Han Sun, Genlin Wang, Huilin Yang, Weimin Jiang

Surgical site infections following operative management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: prevalence, predictors of occurence, and influence on peri-operative outcomes

C. M. Jalai, N. Worley, G. W. Poorman, D. L. Cruz, S. Vira, P. G. Passias

Compressive myelopathy in severe angular kyphosis: a series of ten patients

Zhengfeng Zhang, Honggang Wang, Chao Liu

Single-stage surgery for compressive thoracic myelopathy associated with compressive cervical myelopathy and/or lumbar spinal canal stenosis

Masashi Uehara, Takahiro Tsutsumimoto, Mutsuki Yui, Hiroshi Ohta, Hiroki Ohba, Hiromichi Misawa

Microendoscopic posterior decompression for the treatment of thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: a technical report

Satoshi Baba, Yasushi Oshima, Tomoyuki Iwahori, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

Diagnosis and treatment of a rectal-cutaneous fistula: a rare complication of coccygectomy

Eyal Behrbalk, Ofir Uri, Charles Maxwell-Armstrong, Nasir A. Quraishi

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Diagnosis and treatment of a rectal-cutaneous fistula: a rare complication of coccygectomy” by Eyal Behrbalk, Ofir Uri, Charles Maxwell-Armstrong and Nasir A. Quraishi (Eur Spine J; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3579-1)

John Abercrombie

Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kiran Kumar Lingutla, Raymond Pollock, Sashin Ahuja

Neural innervation patterns in the sacral vertebral body

Sean Degmetich, Jeannie F. Bailey, Ellen Liebenberg, Jeffrey C. Lotz

Psychometric properties including reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Majeed pelvic score in patients with chronic sacroiliac joint pain

Stefan Bajada, Khitish Mohanty

Neck transfixion for sacral extradural spinal meningeal cysts without spinal nerve root fibers

Jian-jun Sun, Zhen-yu Wang, Bin Liu, Zhen-dong Li, Hai-bo Wu, Ru-yu Yen, Mei Zheng, Mario Teo, Isabelle Yisha Liu

Pelvic girdle pain 3–6 months after delivery in an unselected cohort of Norwegian women

Anne Marie Gausel, Inger Kjærmann, Stefan Malmqvist, Ingvild Dalen, Jan Petter Larsen, Inger Økland

Letter to the Editor concerning “Surgery and survival outcomes of 30 patients with neurological deficit due to clear cell renal cell carcinoma spinal metastases” by Shuai Han et al. (Eur Spine J, 2015; DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-3912-3)

Viktor Bartanusz

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of V. Bartanusz concerning “Surgery and survival outcomes of 30 patients with neurological deficit due to clear cell renal cell carcinoma spinal metastases” by Shuai Han, et al. (Eur Spine J, 2015; DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-3912-3)

Jianru Xiao, Shuai Han, Ting Wang, Dongjie Jiang

Letter to the Editor concerning “The application of zero-profile anchored spacer in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion” by Wang et al. Eur Spine J. 2015 Jan; 24(1):148–54. doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3628-9

Yi Yang, Junfeng Zeng, MangMang Xu, Hao Liu

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Hao Liu et al. concerning “The application of zero-profile anchored spacer in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion” by Wang et al. Eur Spine J. 2015 Jan; 24(1):148–54. doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3628-9

Weimin Jiang

Erratum to: Prevalence of axial symptoms after posterior cervical decompression: a meta-analysis

Miao Wang, Xiao Ji Luo, Qian Xing Deng, Jia Hong Li, Nan Wang

Announcements for issue 6, 2016