Utility of transcranial motor-evoked potential changes in predicting postoperative deficit in lumbar decompression and fusion surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rajiv P. Reddy, Vamsi K. Gorijala, Varun R. Kaithi, Varun Shandal, Katherine M. Anetakis, Jeffrey R. Balzer, Donald J. Crammond, Jeremy D. Shaw, Joon Y. Lee, Parthasarathy D. Thirumala
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3321- 3332
Review Article
First Online: 26 August 2023

Values derived from patient reported outcomes in spine surgery: a systematic review of the minimal clinically important difference, substantial clinical benefit, and patient acceptable symptom state

Tariq Z. Issa, Yunsoo Lee, Tyler W. Henry, Delano Trenchfield, Gregory D. Schroeder, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3333 - 3351
Review Article
First Online: 29 August 2023

Association of cervical atherosclerosis on Doppler ultrasonography and postoperative delirium in patients undergoing spinal surgery: a single-center, retrospective, observational study

Gentaro Kumagai, Kanichiro Wada, Toru Asari, Yohshiro Nitobe, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Tetsuya Kushikata, Kazuyoshi Hirota, Yasuyuki Ishibashi
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3352- 3359
Original Article
First Online: 16 June 2023

The role of intraoperative extensor digitorum brevis muscle MEPs in spinal surgery

Paolo Costa, Alessandro Borio, Sonia Marmolino, Cristina Turco, Domenico Serpella, Elena della Cerra, Elia Cipriano, Salvatore Ferlisi
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3360- 3369
Original Article
First Online: 19 June 2023

Severity of spinal degeneration does not affect the pain reduction under continuous epidural analgesia

Vincent J. Heck, Bastian Himpe, Juan M. Vinas-Rios, Tobias Prasse, Michael J. Pflüger, Maximilian Lenz, Sven Schmidt, Paul Kessler, Michael Rauschmann
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3370- 3378
Original Article
First Online: 16 August 2023

Modic change is associated with increased BMI but not autoimmune diseases in TwinsUK

Francesco Gualdi, Isabelle Granville Smith, Roger Compte Boixader, Frances M. K. Williams
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3379 - 3386
Original Article
First Online: 09 August 2023

Abdominal aortic calcification is independently associated with lumbar endplate degeneration

Lukas Schönnagel, Maximilian Muellner, Phillip Suwalski, Jiaqi Zhu, Ali E. Guven, Thomas Caffard, Soji Tani, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Henryk Haffer, Erika Chiapparelli, Krizia Amoroso, Artine Arzani, Manuel Moser, Jennifer Shue, Ek Tsoon Tan, Andrew A. Sama, Federico P. Girardi, Frank P. Cammisa, Alexander P. Hughes
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3387 - 3393
Original Article
First Online: 16 August 2023

The influence of peri-operative depressive symptoms on medium-term spine surgery outcome: a prospective study

Pablo Bellosta-López, Filippo Mandelli, Francesco Langella, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Roberto Bassani, Riccardo Cecchinato, Domenico Compagnone, Fabrizio Giudici, Andrea Luca, Carlotta Morselli, Laura Scaramuzzo, Daniele Vanni, Matteo Ponzo, Pedro Berjano
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3394 - 3402
Original Article
First Online: 08 August 2023

Calcium sensing and signaling are impaired in the lumbar spine of a rat model of congenital kyphosis

Itsuki Takahashi, Yusuke Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sonoda, Daisuke Tsunoda, Izuki Amano, Noriyuki Koibuchi, Haku Iizuka, Noriaki Shimokawa
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3403 - 3412
Original Article
First Online: 09 August 2023

Manipulation of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of human degenerative disc and ligamentum flavum derived progenitor cells using IL-1β, IL-19, and IL-20

Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Cheng-Nan Chen, Hsin-I Chang, Hui-Ling Tsai, Yu-Hsien Chang, I-Szu Cheng, Yu-Shiuan Yang, Kuo-Yuan Huang
October 2023, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 3413 - 3424
Original Article
First Online: 10 August 2023