Low back pain scores correlate with the cytokine mRNA level in lumbar disc biopsies: a study of inflammatory markers in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion

Sanjay S. Aripaka, R. Bech-Azeddine, L. M. Jørgensen, S. A. Chughtai, C. Gaarde, T. Bendix, J. D. Mikkelsen
May 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 23 May 2021

Proximal junctional kyphosis is a rebalancing spinal phenomenon due to insufficient postoperative thoracic kyphosis after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery

Jean-Luc Clément, Sebastien Pesenti, Brice Ilharreborde, Christian Morin, Yann-Philippe Charles, Henri-François Parent, Philippe Violas, Marc Szadkowski, Louis Boissière, Federico Solla
May 2021, pp 1 - 10
Original Article
First Online: 22 May 2021

The association between vertebral endplate structural defects and back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aliyu Lawan, Jackson Crites Videman, Michele C. Battié
May 2021, pp 1 - 18
Review Article
First Online: 22 May 2021

The role of TaqI, ApaI and BsmI polymorphisms of VDR gene in lumbar spine pathologies: systematic review and meta-analysis

Rosa Giannina Castillo-Avila, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, María Lilia López-Narváez, José Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez, Nonanzit Pérez-Hernández
May 2021, pp 1 - 11
Review Article
First Online: 22 May 2021

Sacroiliac joint stabilization using implants provide better fixation in females compared to males: a finite element analysis

Amin Joukar, Ali Kiapour, Anoli Shah, Ardalan Seyed Vosoughi, Vijay K. Goel
May 2021, pp 1 - 9
Original Article
First Online: 22 May 2021

Mid-long-term outcome and degeneration of the remaining unfused lumbar intervertebral disc in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients who had posterior spinal fusion surgery

Chee Kidd Chiu, Chin Siong Tan, Weng Hong Chung, Siti Mariam Mohamad, Mun Keong Kwan, Chris Yin Wei Chan
May 2021, pp 1 - 10
Original Article
First Online: 22 May 2021

Different disc characteristics between young elite skiers with diverse training histories revealed with a novel quantitative magnetic resonance imaging method

K. Lagerstrand, A. Baranto, H. Hebelka
May 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 19 May 2021

The odontoid-CSVL distance in a global population of asymptomatic volunteers: normative values and implications for spinal coronal alignment

Scott L. Zuckerman, Zeeshan M. Sardar, Christopher S. Lai, Gerard F. Marciano, Mena G. Kerolus, Ian A. Buchanan, Alex S. Ha, Meghan Cerpa, Michael P. Kelly, Stéphane Bourret, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Hee-Kit Wong, Gabriel Liu, Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Hend Riahi, Jean-Charles Le Huec, Lawrence G. Lenke
May 2021, pp 1 - 8
Original Article
First Online: 19 May 2021

Risk factors for worsening sexual function after lumbar spine surgery and characteristics of non-responders to the questionnaire of sex life

Koji Nakajima, Hideki Nakamoto, Hiroyuki Nakarai, Kosei Nagata, So Kato, Toru Doi, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, Yuki Taniguchi, Naohiro Kawamura, Akiro Higashikawa, Yujiro Takeshita, Masayoshi Fukushima, Takashi Ono, Nobuhiro Hara, Seiichi Azuma, Sakae Tanaka, Yasushi Oshima
May 2021, pp 1 - 9
Original Article
First Online: 18 May 2021

Quantitative determining of pre-operative osteotomy plan for severe spinal deformity: an analysis of 131 consecutive Yang's A type cases from single center

Zifang Huang, Wenyuan Sui, Han Huang, Yaolong Deng, Jianyi Li, Limin Liu, Jingfan Yang, Junlin Yang
May 2021, pp 1 - 9
Original Article
First Online: 18 May 2021