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Surgical training in spine surgery: safety and patient-rated outcome

Guy Waisbrod, Anne F. Mannion, Támas F. Fekete, Frank Kleinstueck, Deszö Jeszenszky, Daniel Haschtmann
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 807 - 816
Original Article
First Online: 29 January 2019

‘After-hours' non-elective spine surgery is associated with increased perioperative adverse events in a quaternary center

Raphaële Charest-Morin, Alana M. Flexman, Michael Bond, Tamir Ailon, Nicolas Dea, Marcel Dvorak, Brian Kwon, Scott Paquette, Charles G. Fisher, John Street
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 817 - 828
Original Article
First Online: 06 December 2018

Relation of lumbar sympathetic chain to the open corridor of retroperitoneal oblique approach to lumbar spine: an MRI study

A. Mahatthanatrakul, T. Itthipanichpong, C. Ratanakornphan, N. Numkarunarunrote, W. Singhatanadgige, W. Yingsakmongkol, W. Limthongkul
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 829 - 834
Original Article
First Online: 16 October 2018

Anatomic evaluation of retroperitoneal organs for lateral approach surgery: a prospective imaging study using computed tomography in the lateral decubitus position

Jun Ouchida, Tokumi Kanemura, Kotaro Satake, Hiroaki Nakashima, Naoki Segi
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 835 - 841
Original Article
First Online: 30 October 2018

Estimation of the number of feeding arteries of spinal arteriovenous malformations by using three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography

Soichiro Takamiya, Toshiya Osanai, Toshitaka Seki, Noriyuki Fujima, Kazutoshi Hida, Takeshi Asano, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Shuji Hamauchi, Toru Sasamori, Kota Ono, Shunsuke Terasaka, Kiyohiro Houkin
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 842 - 848
Original Article
First Online: 10 December 2018

Identification of abnormalities in the lumbar nerve tract using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography

Hiroaki Manabe, Toshinori Sakai, Ryo Miyagi, Fumitake Tezuka, Kazuta Yamashita, Yoichiro Takata, Koichi Sairyo
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 849 - 854
Original Article
First Online: 17 January 2019

Comparative tomographic study of the S2-alar-iliac screw versus the iliac screw

Mauro Costa Morais Tavares Junior, João Paço Vaz de Souza, Thiego Pedro Freitas Araujo, Raphael Martus Marcon, Alexandre Fogaça Cristante, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho, Olavo Biraghi Letaif
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 855 - 862
Original Article
First Online: 31 October 2018

Reoperation following lumbar spinal surgery: costs and outcomes in a UK population cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)

Sharada Weir, Tzu-Chun Kuo, Mihail Samnaliev, Travis S. Tierney, Andrea Manca, Rod S. Taylor, Julie Bruce, Sam Eldabe, David Cumming
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 863 - 871
Original Article
First Online: 30 January 2019

Material failure in dynamic spine implants: are the standardized implant tests before market launch sufficient?

Stavros Oikonomidis, Rolf Sobottke, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Christian Herren, Agnes Beckmann, Kourosh Zarghooni, Jan Siewe
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 872 - 882
Original Article
First Online: 16 January 2019

Letter to the Editor concerning "Comparison of combined anterior-posterior approach versus posterior-only approach in neuromuscular scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Shao ZX, et al. [Eur Spine J; (2018) 27(9): 2213-2222]

Fei Jia, Jianmin Sun
April 2019, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 883 - 884
Letter to the Editor
First Online: 24 January 2019