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The impact of routine whole spine MRI screening in the evaluation of spinal degenerative diseases

Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Younis Kamal, Anupama Mahesh, Prakash Venugopal, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 1993 - 1998
Original Article
First Online: 21 January 2017

Evaluation of changes in lumbar neuroforaminal dimensions in symptomatic young adults using positional MRI

Zhiwei Ren, An Liu, Kaixiang Yang, Dalin Wang, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 1999 - 2006
Original Article
First Online: 23 January 2017

The Oswestry Disability Index, confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 35,263 verifies a one-factor structure but practicality issues remain

Charles Philip Gabel, Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, Meihua Qian, Rok Vengust, Ulrich Berlemann, Emin Aghayev, Markus Melloh
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2007 - 2013
Original Article
First Online: 23 June 2017

Three-dimensional micro-computed tomography analysis for spinal instability after lumbar facetectomy in the rat

Daisuke Fukui, Mamoru Kawakami, Kevin Cheng, Koichiro Murata, Keianne Yamada, Rinoka Sato, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamada, Nozomu Inoue, Koichi Masuda
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2014 - 2020
Original Article
First Online: 23 December 2016

Myofibroblast in the ligamentum flavum hypertrophic activity

Junseok W. Hur, Taegeun Bae, Sunghyeok Ye, Joo-Hyun Kim, Sunhye Lee, Kyoungmi Kim, Seung-Hwan Lee, Jin-Soo Kim, Jang-Bo Lee, Tai-Hyoung Cho, Jung-Yul Park, Junho K. Hur
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2021 - 2030
Original Article
First Online: 08 February 2017

Micro-CT evaluation of asymmetrical ovine intervertebral disc height loss from surgical approach

Christopher Ludtka, Stefan Schwan, Andrea Friedmann, Walther Brehm, Ingo Wiesner, Felix Goehre
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2031 - 2037
Original Article
First Online: 13 March 2017

Ribosomal PCR assay of excised intervertebral discs from patients undergoing single-level primary lumbar microdiscectomy

Todd F. Alamin, Marcus Munoz, Alicia Zagel, Agnes Ith, Eugene Carragee, Ivan Cheng, Gaetano Scuderi, Indre Budvytiene, Niaz Banei
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2038 - 2044
Original Article
First Online: 31 May 2017

Meta-analysis of the effects of genetic polymorphisms on intervertebral disc degeneration

J. Rigal, A. Léglise, T. Barnetche, A. Cogniet, S. Aunoble, J. C. Le Huec
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2045 - 2052
Original Article
First Online: 27 May 2017

Transcriptional profiling distinguishes inner and outer annulus fibrosus from nucleus pulposus in the bovine intervertebral disc

Guus G. H. van den Akker, Marije I. Koenders, Fons A. J. van de Loo, Peter L. E. M. van Lent, Esmeralda Blaney Davidson, Peter M. van der Kraan
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2053 - 2062
Original Article
First Online: 31 May 2017

Human nucleus pulposus intervertebral disc cells becoming senescent using different treatments exhibit a similar transcriptional profile of catabolic and inflammatory genes

Sotiris-Spyros Vamvakas, Eleni Mavrogonatou, Dimitris Kletsas
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2063 - 2071
Original Article
First Online: 23 June 2017

The transpedicular surgical approach for the development of intervertebral disc targeting regenerative strategies in an ovine model

Luc Le Fournier, Marion Fusellier, Boris Halgand, Julie Lesoeur, Olivier Gauthier, Philippe Menei, Claudia Montero-Menei, Jérôme Guicheux, Johann Clouet
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2072 - 2083
Original Article
First Online: 03 July 2017

Measuring outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review to identify current strengths, weaknesses and gaps in patient-reported outcome measures

Sayf S. A. Faraj, Miranda L. van Hooff, Roderick M. Holewijn, David W. Polly Jr., Tsjitske M. Haanstra, Marinus de Kleuver
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2084 - 2093
Review
First Online: 22 May 2017

Bone morphogenetic protein in adult spinal deformity surgery: a meta-analysis

Gregory W. Poorman, Cyrus M. Jalai, Anthony Boniello, Nancy Worley, Shearwood McClelland III, Peter G. Passias
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2094 - 2102
Original Article
First Online: 09 March 2017

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the semi-quantitative, pre-operative assessment of patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery

Michael A. Glasby, Athanasios I. Tsirikos, Lindsay Henderson, Gillian Horsburgh, Brian Jordan, Ciara Michaelson, Christopher I. Adams, Enrique Garrido
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2103 - 2111
Original Article
First Online: 23 August 2016

Three-dimensional reconstruction using stereoradiography for evaluating adult spinal deformity: a reproducibility study

Emmanuelle Ferrero, Renaud Lafage, Shaleen Vira, Pierre-Yves Rohan, Jonathan Oren, Edward Delsole, Pierre Guigui, Frank Schwab, Virginie Lafage, Wafa Skalli
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2112 - 2120
Original Article
First Online: 05 November 2016

Teriparatide versus low-dose bisphosphonates before and after surgery for adult spinal deformity in female Japanese patients with osteoporosis

Shoji Seki, Norikazu Hirano, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Masato Nakano, Taketoshi Yasuda, Kayo Suzuki, Kenta Watanabe, Hiroto Makino, Masahiko Kanamori, Tomoatsu Kimura
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2121 - 2127
Original Article
First Online: 23 January 2017

Three-column osteotomy for correction of cervical and cervicothoracic deformities: alignment changes and early complications in a multicenter prospective series of 23 patients

Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Han Jo Kim, Justin K. Scheer, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Peter Passias, Gregory Mundis, Robert Hart, Brian Neuman, Eric Klineberg, Richard Hostin, Shay Bess, Vedat Deviren, Christopher P. Ames
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2128 - 2137
Original Article
First Online: 30 March 2017

Effect of corrective long spinal fusion to the ilium on physical function in patients with adult spinal deformity

Ryo Kondo, Yu Yamato, Tetsuyuki Nagafusa, Takashi Mizushima, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Sho Kobayashi, Daisuke Togawa, Shin Oe, Kenta Kurosu, Yukihiro Matsuyama
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2138 - 2145
Original Article
First Online: 11 February 2017

Surgical treatment of thoraco-lumbar kyphosis (TLK) associated with low pelvic incidence

C. Scemama, F. Laouissat, K. Abelin-Genevois, P. Roussouly
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2146 - 2152
Original Article
First Online: 08 February 2017

Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of lumbar degenerative kyphosis

Tae Sik Goh, Jong Ki Shin, Myung Soo Youn, Hong Seok Lee, Taek Hoon Kim, Jung Sub Lee
August 2017, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 2153 - 2159
Original Article
First Online: 28 February 2017