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Does usage of a parachute in contrast to free fall prevent major trauma?: a prospective randomised-controlled trial in rag dolls

Patrick Czorlich, Till Burkhardt, Jan Hendrik Buhk, Jakob Matschke, Marc Dreimann, Nils Ole Schmidt, Sven Oliver Eicker
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1349 - 1354
Original Article
First Online: 14 January 2016

Smartphone apps for spinal surgery: is technology good or evil?

Greg A. J. Robertson, Seng Juong Wong, Richard R. Brady, Ashok S. Subramanian
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1355 - 1362
Original Article
First Online: 14 April 2015

A new dynamic six degrees of freedom disc-loading simulator allows to provoke disc damage and herniation

Hans-Joachim Wilke, Annette Kienle, Sebastian Maile, Volker Rasche, Nikolaus Berger-Roscher
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1363 - 1372
Georg-Schmorl-Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG)
First Online: 02 February 2016

Microendoscopic discectomy versus open discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: a meta-analysis

JuLiang He, ShanWen Xiao, ZhenJie Wu, ZhenChao Yuan
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1373 - 1381
Review Article
First Online: 21 March 2016

Radiological analysis of upper lumbar disc herniation and spinopelvic sagittal alignment

Junseok Bae, Sang-Ho Lee, Sang-Ha Shin, Jin Suk Seo, Kyeong Hwan Kim, Jee-Soo Jang
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1382 - 1388
Original Article
First Online: 27 January 2016

A diagnostic study in patients with sciatica establishing the importance of localization of worsening of pain during coughing, sneezing and straining to assess nerve root compression on MRI

Annemieke J. H. Verwoerd, Jan Mens, Abdelilah el Barzouhi, Wilco C. Peul, Bart W. Koes, Arianne P. Verhagen
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1389 - 1392
Original Article
First Online: 02 February 2016

Three-dimensional analysis of volumetric changes in herniated discs of the lumbar spine: does spontaneous resorption of herniated discs always occur?

Jun-Yeong Seo, Young-Ho Roh, Young-Hoon Kim, Kee-Yong Ha
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1393 - 1402
Original Article
First Online: 25 September 2014

Risk factors for the need of surgical treatment of a first recurrent lumbar disc herniation

Ratko Yurac, Juan J. Zamorano, Fernando Lira, Diego Valiente, Vicente Ballesteros, Alejandro Urzúa
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1403 - 1408
Original Article
First Online: 15 October 2015

Short-term effects of a dynamic neutralization system (Dynesys) for multi-segmental lumbar disc herniation

Qi Wang, Jun Liu, Ying Shi, Yu Chen, Hailong Yu, Junxiong Ma, Weijian Ren, Huifeng Yang, Hongwei Wang, Liangbi Xiang
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1409 - 1416
Original Article
First Online: 17 November 2015

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells and memory T cells infiltrate true sequestrations stronger than subligamentous sequestrations: evidence from flow cytometric analysis of disc infiltrates

Andrea Geiss, Rolf Sobottke, Karl Stefan Delank, Peer Eysel
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1417 - 1427
Original Article
First Online: 23 February 2016

A cohort study comparing the serum levels of pro- or anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with lumbar radicular pain and healthy subjects

Kun Wang, Jun-Ping Bao, Shu Yang, Xin Hong, Lei Liu, Xin-Hui Xie, Xiao-Tao Wu
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1428 - 1434
Original Article
First Online: 18 December 2015

Are lumbar multifidus fatigue and transversus abdominis activation similar in patients with lumbar disc herniation and healthy controls? A case control study

Luiz Armando Vidal Ramos, Fábio Jorge Renovato França, Bianca Callegari, Thomaz Nogueira Burke, Maurício Oliveira Magalhães, Amélia Pasqual Marques
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1435 - 1442
Original Article
First Online: 14 January 2016

Giant central thoracic disc herniations: surgical outcome in 17 consecutive patients treated by mini-thoracotomy

Roland Roelz, Christoph Scholz, Jan-Helge Klingler, Christian Scheiwe, Ronen Sircar, Ulrich Hubbe
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1443 - 1451
Original Article
First Online: 22 January 2016

Paraspinal muscle asymmetry and fat infiltration in patients with symptomatic disc herniation

Maryse Fortin, Àron Lazáry, Peter Paul Varga, Iain McCall, Michele C. Battié
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1452 - 1459
Original Article
First Online: 08 March 2016

Similar result after non-elective and elective surgery for lumbar disc herniation: an observational study based on the SweSpine register

P. Elkan, J. Sjövie Hasserius, P. Gerdhem
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1460 - 1466
Original Article
First Online: 05 February 2016

Spinal metallosis: a systematic review

Yoni Goldenberg, Jin W. Tee, Cesar M. Salinas-La Rosa, Michael Murphy
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1467 - 1473
Review Article
First Online: 05 January 2016

Platelet concentrates in spine fusion: meta-analysis of union rates and complications in controlled trials

Julia Vavken, Patrick Vavken, Alexander Mameghani, Carlo Camathias, Stefan Schaeren
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1474 - 1483
Review Article
First Online: 23 August 2015

Comparison of the safety outcomes between two surgical approaches for anterior lumbar fusion surgery: anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and extreme lateral interbody fusion (ELIF)

Roger Härtl, Alexander Joeris, Robert A. McGuire
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1484 - 1521
Review Article
First Online: 17 March 2016

Adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal fusion compared with motion-preservation procedures: a meta-analysis

Aixing Pan, Yong Hai, Jincai Yang, Lijin Zhou, Xiaolong Chen, Hui Guo
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1522 - 1532
Review Article
First Online: 11 March 2016

Determining clinical practice of expert physiotherapy for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion: a cross-sectional survey study

Esther R. C. Janssen, Elle E. M. Scheijen, Nico L. U. van Meeteren, Rob A. de Bie, Anton F. Lenssen, Paul C. Willems, Thomas J. Hoogeboom
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1533 - 1541
Original Article
First Online: 10 March 2016

Risk factors for adjacent segment pathology requiring additional surgery after single-level spinal fusion: impact of pre-existing spinal stenosis demonstrated by preoperative myelography

Itaru Yugué, Seiji Okada, Muneaki Masuda, Takayoshi Ueta, Takeshi Maeda, Keiichiro Shiba
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1542 - 1549
Original Article
First Online: 14 August 2015

Adjacent segment degeneration and revision surgery after circumferential lumbar fusion: outcomes throughout 15 years of follow-up

José I. Maruenda, Carlos Barrios, Felipe Garibo, Borja Maruenda
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1550 - 1557
Original Article
First Online: 08 March 2016

ALIF and total disc replacement versus 2-level circumferential fusion with TLIF: a prospective, randomized, clinical and radiological trial

Eike K. Hoff, Patrick Strube, Matthias Pumberger, Robert K. Zahn, Michael Putzier
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1558 - 1566
Original Article
First Online: 07 March 2015

One-stage posterior-only lumbosacral hemivertebra resection with short segmental fusion: a more than 2-year follow-up

Qianyu Zhuang, Jianguo Zhang, Shugang Li, Shengru Wang, Jianwei Guo, Guixing Qiu
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1567 - 1574
Original Article
First Online: 26 May 2015

A comparative study of perioperative complications between transforaminal versus posterior lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

Jiaming Liu, Huilin Deng, Xinhua Long, Xuanyin Chen, Risheng Xu, Zhili Liu
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1575 - 1580
Original Article
First Online: 01 July 2015

Multimodality intraoperative neuromonitoring in extreme lateral interbody fusion. Transcranial electrical stimulation as indispensable rearview

Hanneke I. Berends, Henricus L. Journée, Ilona Rácz, Jan van Loon, Roger Härtl, Maarten Spruit
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1581 - 1586
Original Article
First Online: 27 August 2015

An RCT study comparing the clinical and radiological outcomes with the use of PLIF or TLIF after instrumented reduction in adult isthmic spondylolisthesis

Er-Zhu Yang, Jian-Guang Xu, Xiao-Kang Liu, Gen-Yang Jin, Wenzhen Xiao, Bing-Fang Zeng, Xiao-Feng Lian
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1587 - 1594
Original Article
First Online: 09 December 2015

Postoperative dysesthesia in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a report of five cases

Honggang Wang, Yue Zhou, Zhengfeng Zhang
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1595 - 1600
Original Article
First Online: 05 February 2016

A prospective randomized comparative study of postoperative pain control using an epidural catheter in patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Si Young Park, Howard S. An, Soon Hyuck Lee, Seung Woo Suh, Jeong Lae Kim, Seung Joo Yoon
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1601 - 1607
Original Article
First Online: 19 January 2016

Pain control following posterior spine fusion: patient-controlled continuous epidural catheter infusion method yields better post-operative analgesia control compared to intravenous patient controlled analgesia method. A retrospective case series

Zafer Orkun Toktaş, Murat Konakçı, Baran Yılmaz, Murat Şakir Ekşi, Tamer Aksoy, Yasin Yener, Orkun Koban, Türker Kılıç, Deniz Konya
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1608 - 1613
Original Article
First Online: 08 March 2016

Preemptive multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain management after lumbar fusion surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Sang-Il Kim, Kee-Yong Ha, In-Soo Oh
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1614 - 1619
Original Article
First Online: 01 September 2015

Analysis of a performance-based functional test in comparison with the visual analog scale for postoperative outcome assessment after lumbar spondylodesis

Sebastian Hartmann, Aldemar Andres Hegewald, Anja Tschugg, Sabrina Neururer, Michael Abenhardt, Claudius Thomé
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1620 - 1626
Original Article
First Online: 12 December 2015

Is obesity associated with worse patient-reported outcomes following lumbar surgery for degenerative conditions?

J. Alex Sielatycki, Silky Chotai, David Stonko, Joseph Wick, Harrison Kay, Matthew J. McGirt, Clinton J. Devin
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1627 - 1633
Original Article
First Online: 05 March 2016

Posterior instrumented fusion suppresses the progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a comparison of laminoplasty with and without instrumented fusion by three-dimensional analysis

Keiichi Katsumi, Tomohiro Izumi, Takui Ito, Toru Hirano, Kei Watanabe, Masayuki Ohashi
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1634 - 1640
Original Article
First Online: 19 November 2015

Erratum to: Annual changes in radiographic indices of the spine in cerebral palsy patients

Seung Yeol Lee, Chin Youb Chung, Kyoung Min Lee, Soon-Sun Kwon, Kyu-Jung Cho, Moon Seok Park
April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1641 - 1641
Erratum
First Online: 15 March 2016

Announcements for issue 4, 2016

April 2016, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 1642 - 1642
Announcements
First Online: 04 April 2016