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Triangular titanium implants for sacroiliac joint fusion

Nikolai G. Rainov, Reinhard Schneiderhan, Volkmar Heidecke
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 727 - 734
Original Article
First Online: 18 December 2018

Rehabilitation following lumbar fusion surgery (REFS) a randomised controlled feasibility study

James Greenwood, Alison McGregor, Fiona Jones, Michael Hurley
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 735 - 744
Original Article
First Online: 20 February 2019

Failure to maintain segmental lordosis during TLIF for one-level degenerative spondylolisthesis negatively affects clinical outcome 5 years postoperatively: a prospective cohort of 57 patients

Matevž Kuhta, Klemen Bošnjak, Rok Vengust
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 745 - 750
Original Article
First Online: 24 January 2019

Predicting the need for surgical intervention in patients with spondylodiscitis: the Brighton Spondylodiscitis Score (BSDS)

Nageswary Appalanaidu, Roozbeh Shafafy, Christopher Gee, Kit Brogan, Shuaib Karmani, Giuseppe Morassi, Sherief Elsayed
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 751 - 761
Original Article
First Online: 13 October 2018

Unilateral sacroiliitis: differentiating infective and inflammatory etiology by magnetic resonance imaging and tissue studies

Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Aju Bosco, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 762 - 767
Original Article
First Online: 23 October 2018

Sonication of removed implants improves microbiological diagnosis of postoperative spinal infections

Justus Bürger, Doruk Akgün, Patrick Strube, Michael Putzier, Matthias Pumberger
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 768 - 774
Original Article
First Online: 17 January 2019

A prediction model of surgical site infection after instrumented thoracolumbar spine surgery in adults

Daniël M. C. Janssen, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Boudewijn d’Aumerie, Paul Willems
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 775 - 782
Original Article
First Online: 07 January 2019

Intervertebral disc penetration by antibiotics used prophylactically in spinal surgery: implications for the current standards and treatment of disc infections

Manu N. Capoor, Jan Lochman, Andrew McDowell, Jonathan E. Schmitz, Martin Solansky, Martina Zapletalova, Todd F. Alamin, Michael F. Coscia, Steven R. Garfin, Radim Jancalek, Filip Ruzicka, A. Nick Shamie, Martin Smrcka, Jeffrey C. Wang, Christof Birkenmaier, Ondrej Slaby
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 783 - 791
Original Article
First Online: 01 December 2018

Does surgical site infection influence neurological outcome and survival in patients undergoing surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression?

N. A. Quraishi, M. S. Ahmed, G. Arealis, B. M. Boszczyk, K. L. Edwards
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 792 - 797
Original Article
First Online: 27 October 2018

Three-dimensionally printed vertebrae with different bone densities for surgical training

Marco Burkhard, Philipp Fürnstahl, Mazda Farshad
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 798 - 806
Original Article
First Online: 03 December 2018