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The association of back muscle strength and sarcopenia-related parameters in the patients with spinal disorders

Hiromitsu Toyoda, Masatoshi Hoshino, Shoichiro Ohyama, Hidetomi Terai, Akinobu Suzuki, Kentaro Yamada, Shinji Takahashi, Kazunori Hayashi, Koji Tamai, Yusuke Hori, Hiroaki Nakamura

December 2018, pp 1 - 9

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5858-8

First Online: 12 December 2018

Novel unilateral C1 double screw and ipsilateral C2 pedicle screw placement combined with contralateral laminar screw-rod fixation for atlantoaxial instability

Lei Shi, Kai Shen, Rui Deng, Zheng-Jian Yan, Kai-Lu Liang, Liang Chen, Zhen-Yong Ke, Zhong-Liang Deng

December 2018, pp 1 - 8

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5853-0

First Online: 11 December 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

December 2018, pp 1 - 7

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5852-1

First Online: 10 December 2018

Intrasubject repeatability of in vivo intervertebral motion parameters using quantitative fluoroscopy

Alexander Breen, Rebecca Hemming, Fiona Mellor, Alan Breen

December 2018, pp 1 - 11

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5849-9

First Online: 08 December 2018

Contributions of birthweight, annualised weight gain and BMI to back pain in adults: a population-based co-twin control study of 2754 Australian twins

Hercules R. Leite, Amabile B. Dario, Alison R. Harmer, Vinicius C. Oliveira, Manuela L. Ferreira, Lucas Calais-Ferreira, Paulo H. Ferreira

December 2018, pp 1 - 10

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5850-3

First Online: 06 December 2018

‘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

December 2018, pp 1 - 12

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5848-x

First Online: 06 December 2018

Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis

Yawara Eguchi, Toru Toyoguchi, Kazuhide Inage, Kazuki Fujimoto, Sumihisa Orita, Miyako Suzuki, Hirohito Kanamoto, Koki Abe, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Takashi Sato, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Yasuchika Aoki, Junichi Nakamura, Tsutomu Akazawa, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori

December 2018, pp 1 - 8

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5845-0

First Online: 04 December 2018

Single-center, consecutive series study of the use of a novel platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) and beta-tricalcium phosphate in posterolateral lumbar fusion

Tucker C. Callanan, Antonio T. Brecevich, Craig D. Steiner, Fred Xavier, Justin A. Iorio, Celeste Abjornson, Frank P. Cammisa

December 2018, pp 1 - 8

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5832-5

First Online: 03 December 2018

Predicting clinical outcome and length of sick leave after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis in Sweden: a multi-register evaluation

Hanna Iderberg, Carl Willers, Fredrik Borgström, Rune Hedlund, Olle Hägg, Hans Möller, Ewald Ornstein, Bengt Sandén, Holger Stalberg, Hans Torevall-Larsson, Tycho Tullberg, Peter Fritzell

December 2018, pp 1 - 10

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5842-3

First Online: 03 December 2018

A mouse model for the study of transplanted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell survival and proliferation in lumbar spinal fusion

Ioan A. Lina, Wataru Ishida, Jason A. Liauw, Sheng-fu L. Lo, Benjamin D. Elder, Alexander Perdomo-Pantoja, Debebe Theodros, Timothy F. Witham, Christina Holmes

December 2018, pp 1 - 9

Original Article

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5839-y

First Online: 03 December 2018