Bacterial adhesion characteristics on implant materials for intervertebral cages: titanium or PEEK for spinal infections?

Theresa Krätzig, Klaus Christian Mende, Malte Mohme, Simon von Kroge, Martin Stangenberg, Marc Dreimann, Manfred Westphal, Samira Weisselberg, Sven Oliver Eicker
January 2021, pp 1 - 9
Original Article
First Online: 09 January 2021

Long-term experience with simultaneous prone video-assisted thoracoscopic anterior spinal release and posterior spinal fusion in severe rigid pediatric spinal deformities

Chirag A. Berry, Viral V. Jain, Kedar P. Padhye, Alvin H. Crawford
January 2021, pp 1 - 9
Original Article
First Online: 08 January 2021

Primary cervical decompression surgery may improve lumbar symptoms in patients with tandem spinal stenosis

Taro Inoue, Kei Ando, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Nakashima, Keigo Ito, Yoshito Katayama, Masaaki Machino, Shunsuke Kanbara, Sadayuki Ito, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Koshimizu, Naoki Segi, Fumihiko Kato, Shiro Imagama
January 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 06 January 2021

Preoperative lordosis in L4/5 predicts segmental lordosis correction achievable by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Clara Berlin, Ferdinand Zang, Henry Halm, Markus Quante
January 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 06 January 2021

Temporary treatment with magnetically controlled growing rod for surgical correction of severe adolescent idiopathic thoracic scoliosis greater than 100°

Heiko Koller, Michael Mayer, Juliane Koller, Luis Ferraris, Bernd Wiedenhöfer, Wolfgang Hitzl, Axel Hempfing
January 2021, pp 1 - 9
Ideas and Technical Innovations
First Online: 06 January 2021

The impact of bisphosphonates on postoperative complication rates in osteoporotic patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion

Sidney Roberts, Blake Formanek, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang
January 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 04 January 2021

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Yin Mengchen et al. concerning "The Haleem-Botchu classification: a novel CT-based classification for lumbar foraminal stenosis" by Haleem S et al. [Eur Spine J (2020): DOI 10.1007/s00586-020-06656-5]

Shahnawaz Haleem
January 2021, pp 1 - 1
Author's Reply
First Online: 04 January 2021

Radiographic and clinical features of thoracic disk disease associated with myelopathy: a retrospective analysis of 257 cases

Lei Yuan, Zhongqiang Chen, Weishi Li, Chuiguo Sun, Zhongjun Liu, Xiaoguang Liu, Huishu Yuan
January 2021, pp 1 - 10
Original Article
First Online: 03 January 2021

Letter to the Editor concerning "The Haleem-Botchu classification: a novel CT-based classification for lumbar foraminal stenosis" by Haleem S et al. [Eur Spine J (2020): DOI 10.1007/s00586-020-06656-5]

Mengchen Yin, Chongqing Xu, Wen Mo
January 2021, pp 1 - 2
Letter to the Editor
First Online: 03 January 2021

Impact of mechanical stability on the progress of bone ongrowth on the frame surfaces of a titanium-coated PEEK cage and a 3D porous titanium alloy cage: in vivo analysis using CT color mapping

Takahiro Makino, Shota Takaneka, Yusuke Sakai, Hideki Yoshikawa, Takashi Kaito
January 2021, pp 1 - 11
Original Article
First Online: 03 January 2021