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Worldwide excellence in evidence

Marek Szpalski, Pedro Berjano, Maryem Ismael, Carlotta Martini, Riccardo Cecchinato, Claudio Lamartina

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3857 - 3858

Editorial

First Online: 10 November 2016

Infection and low back pain: seeking evidence or fear of exploring new indications for antibiotics?

Majid Artus, Jeremy Fairbank, Matthew Scarborough, Nadine Foster

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3859 - 3861

Editorial

First Online: 14 March 2016

Comparison of clinical efficacy and safety among three surgical approaches for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis: a meta-analysis

Pinglin Yang, Quanjin Zang, Jian Kang, Haopeng Li, Xijing He

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3862 - 3874

Review Article

First Online: 31 March 2016

Is duration of preoperative anti-tuberculosis treatment a risk factor for postoperative relapse or non-healing of spinal tuberculosis?

Hai-long Ren, Jian-ming Jiang, Ji-xing Wang, Dong-bin Qu, Jian-ting Chen

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3875 - 3883

Original Article

First Online: 07 March 2016

Anterior versus posterior debridement fusion for single-level dorsal tuberculosis: the role of graft-type and level of fixation on determining the outcome

Yasser M. Assaghir, Hesham Hamed Refae, Mohamed Alam-Eddin

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3884 - 3893

Original Article

First Online: 17 March 2016

Cervical spondylodiscitis following an invasive procedure on the neopharynx after circumferential pharyngolaryngectomy: a retrospective case series

Florent Espitalier, Anne de Keating-Hart, Sylvain Morinière, Jean-Michel Badet, Nathalie Asseray, Christophe Ferron, Olivier Malard

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3894 - 3901

Original Article

First Online: 26 August 2016

Microbiologic profile of infections in presumed aseptic revision spine surgery

Grant D. Shifflett, Benjamin T. Bjerke-Kroll, Benedict U. Nwachukwu, Janina Kueper, Jayme Burket, Andrew A. Sama, Federico P. Girardi, Frank P. Cammisa, Alexander P. Hughes

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3902 - 3907

Original Article

First Online: 29 March 2016

Risk factors for surgical site infection and urinary tract infection after spine surgery

Hiroyuki Tominaga, Takao Setoguchi, Yasuhiro Ishidou, Satoshi Nagano, Takuya Yamamoto, Setsuro Komiya

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3908 - 3915

Original Article

First Online: 27 June 2016

Anterior column reconstruction with PMMA: an effective long-term alternative in spinal oncologic surgery

Khalid M. I. Salem, Charles G. Fisher

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3916 - 3922

Grand Rounds

First Online: 01 August 2015

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "Anterior column reconstruction with PMMA - an effective long-term alternative in spinal oncologic surgery" (K. M. I. Salem, C. G. Fisher)

Daniel M. Sciubba

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3923 - 3924

Grand Rounds

First Online: 04 September 2015

Residual neurological function after sacral root resection during en-bloc sacrectomy: a systematic review

Carmine Zoccali, Jesse Skoch, Apar S. Patel, Christina M. Walter, Philip Maykowski, Ali A. Baaj

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3925 - 3931

Review Article

First Online: 25 February 2016

Predictors for surgical complications of en bloc resections in the spine: review of 220 cases treated by the same team

Stefano Boriani, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Ran Lador

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3932 - 3941

Original Article

First Online: 14 March 2016

Genetic differences on intracranial versus spinal cord ependymal tumors: a meta-analysis of genetic researches

Chang-Hyun Lee, Chun Kee Chung, Chi Heon Kim

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3942 - 3951

Review Article

First Online: 16 September 2016

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for the assessment of spinal tumor vascularity: correlation with angiography

Xiao-xi Meng, Yong-qiu Zhang, Hua-qiang Liao, Hong-chao Liu, Hai-lin Jiang, Shu-jun Ke, Wei-hua Dong

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3952 - 3961

Original Article

First Online: 23 July 2016

The role of preoperative vascular embolization in surgery for metastatic spinal tumours

Naresh Kumar, Barry Tan, Aye Sandar Zaw, Hnin Ei Khine, Karthikeyan Maharajan, Leok Lim Lau, Prapul Chander Rajendran, Anil Gopinathan

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3962 - 3970

Original Article

First Online: 11 March 2016

A validated preoperative score predicting survival and functional outcome in lung cancer patients operated with posterior decompression and stabilization for metastatic spinal cord compression

Mingxing Lei, Yaosheng Liu, Liang Yan, Chuanghao Tang, Shaoxing Yang, Shubin Liu

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3971 - 3978

Original Article

First Online: 27 October 2015

Complications and cancer rates in spine fusion with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2)

Julia Vavken, Alexander Mameghani, Patrick Vavken, Stefan Schaeren

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3979 - 3989

Original Article

First Online: 14 March 2015

Comparison of the effect of two different bone-targeted radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems alone and in combination with percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) on the biomechanical stability of the metastatic spine

Padina S. Pezeshki, Sean Davidson, Kieran Murphy, Claire McCann, Elzbieta Slodkowska, Michael Sherar, Albert JM Yee, Cari M. Whyne

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3990 - 3996

Original Article

First Online: 24 July 2015

Are we ready for the use of intraoperative salvaged blood in metastatic spine tumour surgery?

Naresh Kumar, Qasim Ahmed, Victor K. M. Lee, Aye Sandar Zaw, Raymond Goy, Hee Kit Wong

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 3997 - 4007

Original Article

First Online: 19 July 2015

Intraoperative cell salvage in metastatic spine tumour surgery reduces potential for reinfusion of viable cancer cells

Naresh Kumar, Aye Sandar Zaw, Bee Luan Khoo, Sayantani Nandi, Zhangxing Lai, Gurpal Singh, Chwee Teck Lim, Jean Paul Thiery

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4008 - 4015

Original Article

First Online: 07 March 2016

In chordoma, metastasis, recurrences, Ki-67 index, and a matrix-poor phenotype are associated with patients' shorter overall survival

Adrian von Witzleben, Lukas T. Goerttler, Jochen Lennerz, Stephanie Weissinger, Marko Kornmann, Regine Mayer-Steinacker, Alexandra von Baer, Markus Schultheiss, Peter Möller, Thomas F. E. Barth

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4016 - 4024

Original Article

First Online: 23 September 2015

Long-term recurrence rates after the removal of spinal meningiomas in relation to Simpson grades

Chi Heon Kim, Chun Kee Chung, Sun-Ho Lee, Tae-Ahn Jahng, Seung-Jae Hyun, Ki-Jeong Kim, Sang Hoon Yoon, Eun-Sang Kim, Whan Eoh, Hyun-Jib Kim, Kyoung-Tae Kim, Joo-Kyung Sung, Yunhee Choi

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4025 - 4032

Original Article

First Online: 05 November 2015

Treatment options and prognosis for repeatedly recurrent giant cell tumor of the spine

Yifei Ma, Jialin Li, Jun Pan, Wangjun Yan, Quan Huang, Tielong Liu, Xinghai Yang, Cheng Yang, Wei Xu, Haifeng Wei, Jianru Xiao

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4033 - 4042

Original Article

First Online: 17 March 2016

Minimally invasive iliac screw fixation in treating painful metastatic lumbosacral deformity: a technique description and clinical results

Gabriel Liu, Muhammed Yaser Hasan, Hee-Kit Wong

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4043 - 4051

Original Article

First Online: 19 January 2016

Evaluation of the relevance of surgery in a retrospective case series of patients who underwent the surgical treatment of a symptomatic spine metastasis from lung cancer

Fahed Zairi, Mélodie-Anne Karnoub, Marie-Hélène Vieillard, Alkis Bouras, Paulo Marinho, Mohamed Allaoui, Patrick Devos, Richard Assaker

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4052 - 4059

Original Article

First Online: 28 January 2016

The timing of surgical intervention in the treatment of complete motor paralysis in patients with spinal metastasis

Yu Fan, Xi Zhou, Hai Wang, Pengxiang Jiang, Siyi Cai, Jianguo Zhang, Yong Liu

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4060 - 4066

Original Article

First Online: 29 January 2016

A retrospective observational study on the treatment outcomes of 26 patients with spinal cord astrocytoma including two cases of malignant transformation

Seong Jun Ryu, Jong Yul Kim, Kyung Hyun Kim, Jeong Yoon Park, Sung Uk Kuh, Dong Kyu Chin, Keun Su Kim, Yong Eun Cho, Se Hoon Kim

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4067 - 4079

Original Article

First Online: 16 March 2016

Total en bloc spondylectomy for locally aggressive and primary malignant tumors of the lumbar spine

Daniel M. Sciubba, Rafael De la Garza Ramos, C. Rory Goodwin, Risheng Xu, Ali Bydon, Timothy F. Witham, Ziya L. Gokaslan, Jean-Paul Wolinsky

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4080 - 4087

Original Article

First Online: 04 June 2016

Surgical management of spinal liposarcoma: a case series of 7 patients and literature review

Chenglong Zhao, Zhitao Han, Hui Xiao, Cheng Yang, Yongfei Zhao, Tianqi Fan, Zhengwang Sun, Tielong Liu, Jianru Xiao

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4088 - 4093

Original Article

First Online: 18 January 2016

Lateral lumbar vertebral body screw predisposes to neuralgia after limb-salvage surgery for pelvic tumors: a single-center, retrospective study of 349 cases

Haijie Liang, Dasen Li, Wei Guo, Rongli Yang, Xiaodong Tang

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4094 - 4102

Original Article

First Online: 06 July 2016

Resection of giant invasive sacral schwannoma using image-based customized osteotomy tools

Cheng-Li Lin, Jing-Jing Fang, Ruey-Mo Lin

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4103 - 4107

Ideas and Technical Innovations

First Online: 21 September 2016

Minimally invasive resection of extradural dumbbell tumors of thoracic spine: surgical techniques and literature review

Chunbo Li, Yun Ye, Yutong Gu, Jian Dong

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4108 - 4115

Ideas and Technical Innovations

First Online: 01 July 2016

Morphometry of the lower lumbar intervertebral discs and endplates: comparative analyses of new MRI data with previous findings

Ruoliang Tang, Celal Gungor, Richard F. Sesek, Kenneth Bo Foreman, Sean Gallagher, Gerard A. Davis

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4116 - 4131

Original Article

First Online: 12 February 2016

Anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium in cervical vertebrae: findings, review of the literature, and clinical significance during cervical spine surgery

Aristeidis H. Zibis, Vasileios Mitrousias, Kyriaki Baxevanidou, Michael Hantes, Theofilos Karachalios, Dimitrios Arvanitis

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4132 - 4139

Original Article

First Online: 23 August 2016

Thoracic spine morphology of a pseudo-biped animal model (kangaroo) and comparisons with human and quadruped animals

Sriram Balasubramanian, James R. Peters, Lucy F. Robinson, Anita Singh, Richard W. Kent

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4140 - 4154

Original Article

First Online: 04 October 2016

Lumbar plexus nervous distortion in XLIF
approach: an anatomic study

Carlo Mandelli, Elena Virginia Colombo, Giovanni Marco Sicuri, Pietro Mortini

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4155 - 4163

Original Article

First Online: 24 May 2016

Anatomical anomalies of the V3 segment of the vertebral artery in the Polish population

Jan Fortuniak, Ernest Bobeff, Michał Polguj, Katarzyna Kośla, Ludomir Stefańczyk, Dariusz J. Jaskólski

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4164 - 4170

Original Article

First Online: 23 June 2016

Vertebral artery loops in surgical perspective

Murat Şakir Ekşi, Zafer Orkun Toktaş, Baran Yılmaz, Mustafa Kemal Demir, Emel Ece Özcan-Ekşi, Ahmed B. Bayoumi, Yasin Yener, Akın Akakın, Deniz Konya

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4171 - 4180

Original Article

First Online: 07 July 2016

Variations in arterial supply to the lower lumbar spine

Fumitake Tezuka, Toshinori Sakai, Toshihiko Nishisho, Yoichiro Takata, Kosaku Higashino, Shoichiro Takao, Masafumi Harada, Koichi Sairyo

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4181 - 4187

Original Article

First Online: 09 February 2016

Quantitative analysis of unusual entrance of the vertebral artery into the cervical foramen (V2 segment) and its clinical implications

Jong Tae Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Jung Hee Kim, Jae Taek Hong

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4188 - 4194

Original Article

First Online: 21 July 2016

Lumbar artery branches coursing vertically over the intervertebral discs of the lower lumbar spine: an anatomic study

Hidetoshi Nojiri, Kei Miyagawa, Sammy Banno, Ikko Sakamoto, Masato Koike, Mamiko Sawa, Yoshiyuki Iwase, Hiroyuki Kudo, Tatsuo Sakai, Kazuo Kaneko

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4195 - 4198

Original Article

First Online: 06 August 2016

Minimally invasive cortical bone trajectory screws placement via pedicle or pedicle rib unit in the lower thoracic spine: a cadaveric and radiographic study

Jun Xuan, Di Zhang, Hai-Ming Jin, Jiao-Xiang Chen, Dao-Liang Xu, Hong-Ming Xu, Yao-Sen Wu, Xiang-Yang Wang

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4199 - 4207

Original Article

First Online: 23 August 2016

Letter to the Editor concerning "A prospective randomized controlled study comparing the pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with the use of vertebroplasty or facet blocking" by Wang B, Guo H, Yuan L et al. Eur Spine

Xiao-Feng Liu, Yan-Hua Wu, Hui-Min Wang

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4208 - 4209

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 12 October 2016

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of HM Wang et al. concerning "A prospective randomized controlled study comparing the pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with the use of vertebroplasty or facet blocking" by Wang B,

Biao Wang, Hua Guo, Yuan Li, Dingjun Hao

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4210 - 4211

author's reply

First Online: 18 October 2016

Klaus Zielke, MD (1931-2016)

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4212 - 4213

Obituary

First Online: 10 November 2016

Announcements for issue 12, 2016

November 2016, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 4214 - 4214

Announcements

First Online: 17 November 2016