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Implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to JSS from June 01, 2020.

AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

Vol 6, Supplement 1 (January 2020): Journal of Spine Surgery (Staged Endoscopic Management of Painful Spine Conditions)

Endoscopic spine surgery has the potential to become the leading minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of common degenerative conditions of the spine. An increasing number of surgeons are recognizing its ability to alleviate patients’ pain effectively, not just by reducing the size of the surgical incision to decrease surgical morbidity, but indeed decrease the measurable parameters of reduced blood loss, peri- and postoperative pain, and complications.

JSS Annual Report 2019

We are pleased to present the 2019 Annual Report of JSS. We extend our sincere thanks to all our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers. In 2019, 111 papers were published in JSS, among which there are 52 Original Studies, 29 Review Articles, 14 Editorial Commentary/Editorial, and 5 Case Reports.

Vol 5, Supplement 2 (September 2019): Journal of Spine Surgery (Ambulatory Spine Surgery)

The purpose of this focused issue is to provide an up-to-date review of the current state of spine surgery in the ASC setting, to summarize the clinical implications and important considerations, and to outline future trends. We have invited distinguished leaders in the field of spine surgery to contribute their original findings and perspectives on this important topic.

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in the Journal of Spine Surgery

The Journal of Spine Surgery welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, the Journal of Spine Surgery will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 16, 2019. For any submission of case report after the date:

Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

This focused issue on “Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery” is edited by Dr. Hisashi Koga, from Department of Neurosurgery, Iwai FESS Clinic, Tokyo, Japan; and Dr. Alf Giese, fromDepartment of Spine Surgery, OrthoCentrum Hamburg, Park-Klinik Manhagen, Hamburg, Germany.

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS), an Open-Access journal devoted to exploring many contemporary issues affecting spine surgery, patient care and the basic sciences that form the foundation of surgical management. The Journal of Spine Surgery is intended to be an international spine journal with an Australasian platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences, new findings and developments in the treatment and outcomes of spinal care.

Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

This focused issue on “Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery” is edited by Dr. Lee A. Tan, from Department of Neurosurgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, USA; and Dr. Ilyas Aleem, from Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Division, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.

Vol 5, Supplement 1 (June 2019): Journal of Spine Surgery (Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery)

In this issue, we present the current state of minimally invasive spine surgery and review techniques, complications, and economic and societal considerations in minimally invasive spine surgery. We have carefully selected surgeon leaders in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery from a variety of settings to provide a balanced view.

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Vol 6, No 2 (June, 2020)

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Editorial

June 2020, JSS

Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan

PDF Pages: 351-352 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Gait velocity (walking speed) is an indicator of spine health, and objective measure of pre and post intervention recovery for spine care providers

Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 353-355 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Editorial

Minimally invasive spine

Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan

PDF Pages: E1-E2 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study

MRI based analysis of grade of spinal canal stenosis and grade of compression of nerve root by lumbar disc herniation as tools to predict probability to need surgical treatment

Markus Rafael Konieczny, Jeremia Reinhardt, Christoph Schleich, Max Prost, Rüdiger Krauspe

PDF Pages: 356-362 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Now is the time to standardize the terminology of full-endoscopic spine surgery

Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 363-365 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Degree of satisfaction following full-endoscopic cervical foraminotomy

Juichi Tonosu, Yasushi Oshima, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hiroki Iwai, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 366-371 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Endoscopic surgical treatment for symptomatic spinal metastases in long-term cancer survivors

Albert E. Telfeian, Adetokunbo Oyelese, Jared Fridley, Cody Doberstein, Ziya L. Gokaslan

PDF Pages: 372-382 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Full endoscopic cervical spine surgery

Jian Shen, Albert E. Telfeian, Elias Shaaya, Adetokunbo Oyelese, Jared Fridley, Ziya L. Gokaslan

PDF Pages: 383-390 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Early experience of single level full endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy and comparison with microscope-assisted open surgery

Masahiko Akiyama, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 391-396 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Transforaminal endoscopic thoracic discectomy with foraminoplasty for the treatment of thoracic disc herniation

Junseok Bae, Sourabh Chachan, Sang-Ha Shin, Sang-Ho Lee

PDF Pages: 397-404 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Comparative study between full-endoscopic laminectomy and microendoscopic laminectomy for the treatment of lumbar spinal canal stenosis

Hiroki Iwai, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: E3-E11 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Micro-anatomical structures of the lumbar intervertebral foramen for full-endoscopic spine surgery: review of the literatures

Hisaaki Uchikado, Yasuhiko Nishimura, Gohsuke Hattori, Yukoh Ohara

PDF Pages: 405-414 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Full-endoscopic debridement and drainage treating spine infection and psoas muscle abscess

Ching-Hsiao Yu

PDF Pages: 415-423 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Evolution of endoscopic transforaminal lumbar approach for degenerative lumbar disease

Hyeun Sung Kim, Harshavardhan Dilip Raorane, Pang Hung Wu, Yeon Jin Yi, Il Tae Jang

PDF Pages: 424-437 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Unilateral biportal endoscopic decompression for degenerative lumbar canal stenosis

Jwo-Luen Pao, Shang-Ming Lin, Wen-Chi Chen, Chih-Hung Chang

PDF Pages: 438-446 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Full endoscopic unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression of the cervical spine: surgical technique and early experience

Daniel A. Carr, Isaac Josh Abecassis, Christoph P. Hofstetter

PDF Pages: 447-456 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review of Techniques on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Biportal endoscopic spine surgery (BESS): considering merits and pitfalls

Chang-Myong Choi

PDF Pages: 457-465 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Case Report on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Full-endoscopic spine surgery for radiculopathy after osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a case report

Giby Abraham Cherry Philips, Yasushi Oshima, Hirokazu Inoue, Tomoaki Kitagawa, Hiroki Iwai, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 466-471 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

A less invasive treatment by a full-endoscopic spine surgery for adjacent segment disease after lumbar interbody fusion

Hiroki Iwai, Yasushi Oshima, Tomoaki Kitagawa, Hirokazu Inoue, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 472-482 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Full endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (FEID) for recurrent lumbar disc herniation: surgical technique, clinical outcome, and prognostic factors

Keng-Chang Liu, Min-Hong Hsieh, Chang-Chen Yang, Wei-Lun Chang, Yi-Hung Huang

PDF Pages: 483-494 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Use of an endoscope for spinal intradural pathology

Toshiki Endo, Teiji Tominaga

PDF Pages: 495-501 Full Text COI Form Open Access

The evolution of interlaminar endoscopic spine surgery

Kuo-Tai Chen, Hussam Jabri, Yadhu K. Lokanath, Myung-Soo Song, Jin-Sung Kim

PDF Pages: 502-512 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Navigation-assisted full-endoscopic spine surgery: a technical note

Yasushi Shin, Hiromu Sunada, Yuki Shiraishi, Makoto Hosokawa, Yumi Koh, Rinsei Tei, Shuta Aketa, Yasushi Motoyama, Taiji Yonezawa, Hiroyuki Nakase

PDF Pages: 513-520 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Future directions—development of a new technology

Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 521-522 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Lumbar interbody fusion: techniques, indications and comparison of interbody fusion options including PLIF, TLIF, MI-TLIF, OLIF/ATP, LLIF and ALIF

Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan, Greg Malham, Kevin Seex, Prashanth J. Rao

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in spine surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedics: guidelines for the surgeon scientist

Kevin Phan, Ralph J. Mobbs

Systematic review of 3D printing in spinal surgery: the current state of play

Ben Wilcox, Ralph J. Mobbs, Ai-Min Wu, Kevin Phan

Comparison of ALIF vs. XLIF for L4/5 interbody fusion: pros, cons, and literature review

Mark J. Winder, Shanu Gambhir

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the management of scoliosis

James E. Archer, Adrian C. Gardner, Helen P. Roper, Ashish A. Chikermane, Andrew J. Tatman

Third-generation percutaneous vertebral augmentation systems

Daniele Vanni, Renato Galzio, Anna Kazakova, Andrea Pantalone, Giovanni Grillea, Marcello Bartolo, Vincenzo Salini, Vincenzo Magliani

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: literature review

Jessica Figueroa, John G. DeVine

Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients: ATLS^® recommendations and review of current evidence

Roozbeh Shafafy, Sukrit Suresh, John O. Afolayan, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Jaykar R. Panchmatia

Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation: a safe and simple approach

Darweesh O. Al-Khawaja, Tamadur Mahasneh, Jonathan C. Li

Anterior cervical spine surgery-associated complications in a retrospective case-control study

Anastasia Tasiou, Theofanis Giannis, Alexandros G. Brotis, Ioannis Siasios, Iordanis Georgiadis, Haralampos Gatos, Eleni Tsianaka, Konstantinos Vagkopoulos, Konstantinos Paterakis, Kostas N. Fountas

Single-level selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy

David Graham, Kristian Aquilina, Stephanie Cawker, Simon Paget, Neil Wimalasundera

Case Report

Application of a 3D custom printed patient specific spinal implant for C1/2 arthrodesis

Kevin Phan, Alessandro Sgro, Monish M. Maharaj, Paul D’Urso, Ralph J. Mobbs

Far lateral microdiscectomy: a minimally-invasive surgical technique for the treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation

Kevin Phan, Alexander E. Dunn, Prashanth J. Rao, Ralph J. Mobbs

Contralateral facet-sparing sublaminar endoscopic foraminotomy for the treatment of lumbar lateral recess stenosis: technical note

Guntram Krzok, Albert E. Telfeian, Ralf Wagner, Christoph P. Hofstetter, Menno Iprenburg

Cervical disc herniation as a trigger for temporary cervical cord ischemia

Güliz Acker, Ulf C. Schneider, Zarko Grozdanovic, Peter Vajkoczy, Johannes Woitzik

Original Study

Surgery for spinal tuberculosis: a multi-center experience of 582 cases

Md. Shah Alam, Kevin Phan, Rezaul Karim, Sharif Ahmed Jonayed, Hasan Khalid Md. Munir, Shubhendu Chakraborty, Tashfique Alam

Advantages and disadvantages of posterolateral approach for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy

Junichi Yokosuka, Yasushi Oshima, Takeshi Kaneko, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

Interlaminar endoscopic lateral recess decompression—surgical technique and early clinical results

Zeinab Birjandian, Samuel Emerson, Albert E. Telfeian, Christoph P. Hofstetter

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) autograft versus graft substitutes: what do patients prefer?—A clinical study

Monish M. Maharaj, Kevin Phan, Ralph J. Mobbs

Elastic modulus in the selection of interbody implants

Robert F. Heary, Naresh Parvathreddy, Sujitha Sampath, Nitin Agarwal

Consideration of proper operative route for interlaminar approach for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy

Juichi Tonosu, Yasushi Oshima, Ryutaro Shiboi, Akihiko Hayashi, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

Anterior cervical disc arthroplasty (ACDA) versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF): a systematic review and metaanalysis

Monish M. Maharaj, Ralph J. Mobbs, Jarred Hogan, Dong Fang Zhao, Prashanth J. Rao, Kevin Phan

Decompression versus decompression and fusion for degenerative lumbar stenosis: analysis of the factors influencing the outcome of back pain and disability

Pasquale Donnarumma, Roberto Tarantino, Lorenzo Nigro, Marika Rullo, Domenico Messina, Daniele Diacinti, Roberto Delfini

Efficacy of tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss and blood transfusion in idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and metaanalysis

Turki Alajmi, Halah Saeed, Khalid Alfaryan, Ahmed Alakeel, Thamer Alfaryan

Composite PEEK/Carbon fiber implants can increase the effectiveness of radiotherapy in the management of spine tumors

Giuseppe Tedesco, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Stefano Boriani

Lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions is associated with significant resource and narcotic use 2 years postoperatively in the commercially insured: a medical and pharmacy claims study

David E. Mino, James E. Munterich, Liana D. Castel

Range of motion, sacral screw and rod strain in long posterior spinal constructs: a biomechanical comparison between S2 alar iliac screws with traditional fixation strategies

Chester E. Sutterlin III, Antony Field, Lisa A. Ferrara, Andrew L. Freeman, Kevin Phan

Can intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring during cervical spine decompression predict post-operative segmental C5 palsy?

Siavash S. Haghighi, Donald J. Blaskiewicz, Bertha Ramirez, Richard Zhang

Effect of body mass index on patient outcomes of surgical intervention for the lumbar spine

Michael Flippin, Jessica Harris, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Heather A. Prentice, Donald C. Fithian, Samuel R. Ward, Sara P. Gombatto

Utilization of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures throughout the United States over a recent decade: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Joseph L. Laratta, Jamal N. Shillingford, Joseph M. Lombardi, John D. Mueller, Hemant Reddy, Comron Saifi, Charla R. Fischer, Steven C. Ludwig, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman

Cost analysis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery: early discharge decreases hospital costs much less than intraoperative variables under the control of the surgeon

Brandon L. Raudenbush, David P. Gurd, Ryan C. Goodwin, Thomas E. Kuivila, R. Tracy Ballock

Interspinous process spacers versus traditional decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Prashanth J. Rao, Jonathon R. Ball, Ralph J. Mobbs

Below are the latest Journal of Spine Surgery articles published online ahead of print publication.

Editorial

Clinical presentation and diagnosis of delayed postoperative spinal implant infection

Friederike Schömig, Michael Putzier

Indexing

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Editorial

Editorial

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Editorial on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Review of Techniques on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Case Report on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Review Article on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Editorial on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Review Article

Case Report

Original Study

Review Article

Editorial

Editorial Commentary

Indexing

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