European Spine Journal

A systematic review on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine for chronic non-specific low-back pain

Sidney M. Rubinstein, Marienke van Middelkoop, Ton Kuijpers, Raymond Ostelo, Arianne P. Verhagen, Michiel R. de Boer, Bart W. Koes, Maurits W. van Tulder

Camptocormia: the bent spine syndrome, an update

Thibaut Lenoir, Nathalie Guedj, Philippe Boulu, Pierre Guigui, Michel Benoist

What should an ideal spinal injury classification system consist of? A methodological review and conceptual proposal for future classifications

Joost J. van Middendorp, Laurent Audigé, Beate Hanson, Jens R. Chapman, Allard J. F. Hosman

A meta-analysis of artificial total disc replacement versus fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease

Wu Yajun, Zhu Yue, Han Xiuxin, Cui Cui

Total disc replacement surgery for symptomatic degenerative lumbar disc disease: a systematic review of the literature

Karin D. van den Eerenbeemt, Raymond W. Ostelo, Barend J. van Royen, Wilco C. Peul, Maurits W. van Tulder

Percutaneous kyphoplasty and pedicle screw fixation for the management of thoraco-lumbar burst fractures

Stéphane Fuentes, Benjamin Blondel, Philippe Metellus, Jean Gaudart, Tarek Adetchessi, Henry Dufour

A biomechanical rationale for C1-ring osteosynthesis as treatment for displaced Jefferson burst fractures with incompetency of the transverse atlantal ligament

Heiko Koller, Herbert Resch, Mark Tauber, Juliane Zenner, Peter Augat, Rainer Penzkofer, Frank Acosta, Klaus Kolb, Anton Kathrein, Wolfgang Hitzl

Transpedicular screw fixation for type II Hangman’s fracture: a motion preserving procedure

Yasser ElMiligui, Wael Koptan, Ihab Emran

Pedicle versus laminar screws: what provides more suitable C2 fixation in congenital C2–3 fusion patients?

Shenglin Wang, Chao Wang, Peter G. Passias, Ming Yan, Haitao Zhou

Clinical application of C2 laminar screw technique

Weihu Ma, Leling Feng, Rongming Xu, Xiaochen Liu, Alan H. Lee, Shaohua Sun, Liujun Zhao, Yong Hu, Guanyi Liu

C1 lateral mass screw placement with intentional sacrifice of the C2 ganglion: functional outcomes and morbidity in elderly patients

Jason Squires, Robert W. Molinari

The dog as an animal model for DISH?

H. C. Kranenburg, L. A. Westerveld, J. J. Verlaan, F. C. Oner, W. J. A. Dhert, G. Voorhout, H. A. W. Hazewinkel, B. P. Meij

Pro-inflammatory cytokines expression increases following low- and high-magnitude cyclic loading of lumbar ligaments

Peter D’Ambrosia, Karen King, Bradley Davidson, Bing He Zhou, Yun Lu, Moshe Solomonow

The presence of extracellular matrix degrading metalloproteinases during fetal development of the intervertebral disc

J. P. H. J. Rutges, P. G. J. Nikkels, F. C. Oner, K. D. Ottink, A. J. Verbout, R. J. M. Castelein, L. B. Creemers, W. J. A. Dhert

Biomechanical and in vivo evaluation of experimental closure devices of the annulus fibrosus designed for a goat nucleus replacement model

Johannes L. Bron, Albert J. van der Veen, Marco N. Helder, Barend J. van Royen, Theodoor H. Smit

The effect of anterior–posterior shear load on the wear of ProDisc-L TDR

R. Vicars, P. J. Hyde, T. D. Brown, J. L. Tipper, E. Ingham, J. Fisher, R. M. Hall

High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic study of metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with cervical myelopathy and lumbar radiculopathy

Hideki Nagashima, Yasuo Morio, Shunsuke Meshitsuka, Koji Yamane, Yoshiro Nanjo, Ryota Teshima

How do validated measures of functional outcome compare with commonly used outcomes in administrative database research for lumbar spinal surgery?

Daniel Omoto, S. Samuel Bederman, Albert J. M. Yee, Hans J. Kreder, Joel A. Finkelstein

Bilateral C1 laminar hooks combined with C2 pedicle screws fixation for treatment of C1–C2 instability not suitable for placement of transarticular screws

Bin Ni, Zhuangchen Zhu, Fengjin Zhou, Qunfeng Guo, Jian Yang, Jun Liu, Fei Wang

Response to the Expert’s comment of P. Suchomel concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Syringomyelia with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation, basilar invagination and Chiari I malformation”, Eur Spine J, Vol 19, no 3, 2010: pp 367–369 (by Shenglin Wang et al.)

Shenglin Wang, Chao Wang

Response to the Letter to the Editor of S. Wang et al. concerning P. Suchomel’s Expert’s Comment of the Grand Rounds case entitled “Syringomyelia with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation, basilar invagination and Chiari I malformation”, Eur Spine J, Vol 19, no 3, 2010: pp 367–369 (by Shenglin Wang et al.)

P. Suchomel

Recommendation for use of rhBMP-2 in spinal interbody fusions

Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ana Aljinovic, Ivan Bojanic

The level of evidence in clinical studies of the use of rhBMP-2 in spinal interbody fusions

Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ivana Stipcic, Ivan Bojanic

Authors’ reply to the Letters to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “An update on bone substitutes for spinal fusion”, Eur Spine J (2009) 18:783–799 by M. Miyazaki et al.

Masashi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tsumura, Jeffrey C. Wang, Ahmet Alanay

Erratum to: PLIF in thoracolumbar trauma: technique and radiological results

Rene Schmid, Dietmar Krappinger, Peter Seykora, Michael Blauth, Anton Kathrein

Erratum to: Degenerative spondylolisthesis does not influence surgical results of laminoplasty in elderly cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients

Hideki Shigematsu, Yurito Ueda, Toshichika Takeshima, Munehisa Koizumi, Nobuhisa Satoh, Hiroaki Matsumori, Takuya Oshima, Masato Tanaka, Atsuo Kugai, Yoshinori Takakura, Yasuhito Tanaka

Erratum to: Could an osteoinductor result in degeneration of a neurofibroma in NF1?

Jean-Paul Steib, Julia Bouchaïb, Axel Walter, Sébastien Schuller, Yann Philippe Charles

Abstracts for the 3rd International Congress "Biotechnologies for Spinal Surgery - BIOSPINE 3" 2010 in Amsterdam

Announcements for issue 19-8