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JSS Annual Report 2018

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Case series of posterior instrumentation for repair of burst lumbar vertebral body fractures with entrapped neural elements

Cross section demonstrating use of the nerve root retractor or osteotome to reduce the retropulsed vertebral body fracture segments after distraction has been achieved. Solid arrows show the direction of movement.

Utilization of the 3D-printed spine model for freehand pedicle screw placement in complex spinal deformity correction

An 18-year-old woman with a complicated past medical history and congenital kyphoscoliosis presented with worsening back pain, progressive shortness of breath, and continued curve progression. CT 3D-reconstruction demonstrated severe kyphoscoliosis with 94° residual thoracic scoliosis and 178° severe angular thoracic kyphosis.

A psoas splitting approach developed for outpatient lateral interbody fusion versus a standard transpsoas approach

Lateral fluoroscopy showing insertion of cage within disc space and demineralized bone matrix in Sagittal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Technology interbody cage.

Minimally invasive stabilization of the fractured ankylosed spine: a comparative case series study

All patients in both groups demonstrated complete bony union clinically and radiologically (via CT scan) at a minimum of 12 months following surgery. This was despite some fractures being reduced in mild hyper-extension in both groups. Post-op CT three-dimensional reconstruction with a follow-up plain radiograph showing fracture healing.

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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.

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Vol 5, No 1 (March, 2019)

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Original Study

Outcomes of direct lateral interbody fusion (DLIF) in an Australian cohort

Daniel B. Scherman, Prashanth J. Rao, Kevin Phan, Sean F. Mungovan, Kenneth Faulder, Gordon Dandie

PDF Pages: 1-12 Full Text

Minimally invasive stabilization for thoracolumbar and lumbar fractures: a comparative study with short segment open Schanz screw constructs

Yu Chao Lee, Michael Selby, Mario Zotti, Deb Roy, Brian Freeman

PDF Pages: 13-18 Full Text

Adult intradural intramedullary astrocytomas: a multicenter analysis

Syed Khalid, Ryan Kelly, Adam Carlton, Rita Wu, Akhil Peta, Patrick Melville, Samantha Maasarani, Haley Meyer, Owoicho Adogwa

PDF Pages: 19-30 Full Text

Mini-open sacroiliac joint fusion with direct bone grafting and minimally invasive fixation using intraoperative navigation

Andrew W. Cleveland III, Derek T. Nhan, Michelle Akiyama, Christopher J. Kleck, Andriy Noshchenko, Vikas V. Patel

PDF Pages: 31-37 Full Text

Traumatic spinal cord injuries in geriatric population: etiology, management, and complications

Karan Arul, Laurence Ge, Tochukwu Ikpeze, Avionna Baldwin, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 38-45 Full Text

Development and validation of risk-adjustment models for elective, single-level posterior lumbar spinal fusions

David N. Bernstein, Aakash Keswani, Debbie Chi, James E. Dowdell, Samuel C. Overley, Saad B. Chaudhary, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 46-57 Full Text

The Barrow Biomimetic Spine: effect of a 3-dimensional-printed spinal osteotomy model on performance of spinal osteotomies by medical students and interns

Michael A. Bohl, James J. Zhou, Michael A. Mooney, Garrett J. Repp, Claudio Cavallo, Peter Nakaji, Steve W. Chang, Jay D. Turner, U. Kumar Kakarla

PDF Pages: 58-65 Full Text

The prevalence of Klippel-Feil syndrome in pediatric patients: analysis of 831 CT scans

Jalea T. Moses, Devin M. Williams, Paul T. Rubery, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 66-71 Full Text

Non-home discharge disposition after posterior spinal fusion in neuromuscular scoliosis—an analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) Pediatric database

Jae Baek, Azeem Tariq Malik, Robert Tamer, Elizabeth Yu, Jeffery Kim, Safdar N. Khan

PDF Pages: 72-78 Full Text

Intraoperative ketamine may increase risk of post-operative delirium after complex spinal fusion for adult deformity correction

Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Lefko T. Charalambous, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Nicolas Drysdale, Syed M. Adil, Issac G. Freedman, Theresa Williamson, Adam J. Kundishora, Joaquin Camara-Quintana, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, C. Rory Goodwin, Isaac O. Karikari

PDF Pages: 79-87 Full Text

Novel minimally invasive technique in the treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome

Syed I. Khalid, Adam Carlton, Ryan Kelly, Jonathan Citow

PDF Pages: 88-96 Full Text

The 100 most influential spine fracture publications

Chester J. Donnally III, Sebastian Rivera, Augustus J. Rush III, Kevin J. Bondar, Allison L. Boden, Michael Y. Wang

PDF Pages: 97-109 Full Text

Instrumentation complication rates following spine surgery: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) morbidity and mortality database

Jamal N. Shillingford, Joseph L. Laratta, Nana O. Sarpong, Rami G. Alrabaa, Meghan K. Cerpa, Ronald A. Lehman, Lawrence G. Lenke, Charla R. Fischer

PDF Pages: 110-115 Full Text

The implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in complex spinal surgery

Michelle Angus, Kelly Jackson, Glyn Smurthwaite, Roberto Carrasco, Saeed Mohammad, Rajat Verma, Irfan Siddique

PDF Pages: 116-123 Full Text

Temporary axial rotation stabilization for lumbar disc herniation surgery with the ARO^® spinal system: a prospective analysis of safety and clinical efficacy

Kresten Wendell Rickers, Haisheng Li, Bruce Robie, Cody Bünger

PDF Pages: 124-131 Full Text

Computed tomography lung volume estimation and its relation to lung capacities and spine deformation

Abtin Daghighi, Hans Tropp

PDF Pages: 132-141 Full Text

Review Article

Acute post-operative airway complications following anterior cervical spine surgery and the role for cricothyrotomy

Monika P. Debkowska, John F. Butterworth, Jaime E. Moore, Soobin Kang, Eric N. Appelbaum, Wilhelm A. Zuelzer

PDF Pages: 142-154 Full Text

Review of Techniques

What should my hospital buy next?—Guidelines for the acquisition and application of imaging, navigation, and robotics for spine surgery

Gregory M. Malham, Thomas Wells-Quinn

PDF Pages: 155-165 Full Text

Case Report

Multi-stage surgery for a multiple-level spondylodiscitis caused by multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex

Rafael García Cañas, Francisco Javier Areta Jiménez, Carlos Rodríguez Moro, José Luis Bernácer López, Javier Cobo Soriano, Fernando Álvarez-Sala Walther

PDF Pages: 166-170 Full Text

Editorial Commentary

Defining preoperative imaging findings of sacral chordomas associated with decreased overall survival and local recurrence

Alana M. Munger, Benjamin J. Geddes, Francis Y. Lee

PDF Pages: 171-173 Full Text

Compensatory or pathologic?—cervical spine sagittal alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Kenneth Aaron Shaw, Joshua S. Murphy

PDF Pages: 174-175 Full Text

Epidemiology of spinal trauma—regional differences

Andrei Fernandes Joaquim

PDF Pages: 176-177 Full Text

Letter to the Editor

Response to “Primum non nocere: robots and spinal surgery”

Alexander M. Lieber, Gregory J. Kirchner, Yehuda E. Kerbel, Amrit S. Khalsa

PDF Pages: 178-179 Full Text

Response to comment from Dr. Yassari et al.

Wiktor Urbanski

PDF Pages: 180-181 Full Text

Erratum

Erratum to patient and radiographer assessment of slump sitting flexion compared to conventional standing forward bending flexion

Editorial Team

PDF Pages: 182 Full Text

Retraction

Retraction: Limited post-operative dexamethasone use does not affect lumbar fusion: a single institutional experience

Owoicho Adogwa, Victoria D. Vuong, Daniel T. Lilly, Shyam A. Desai, Ryan Khanna, Shahjehan Ahmad, Josha Woodward, Syed Khalid, Joseph Cheng

PDF Pages: 183 Full Text

Editorial

January 2019, JSS

Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 184 Full Text

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

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

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

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

Original Study

Transdural lumbar disc herniation: experiences often ten cases with review of literature

Ayman Elsayed Galhom, Mohamed Elhadi

Carbon-fibre cage reconstruction in anterior cervical corpectomy for multilevel cervical spondylosis: mid-term outcomes

Derek T. Cawley, Abdulmajeed Alzakri, Takashi Fujishiro, David C. Kieser, Celeste Tavalaro, Louis Boissiere, Ibrahim Obeid, Vincent Pointillart, Jean Marc Vital, Olivier Gille

Vertebral height restoration following kyphoplasty

James H. Mooney, John Amburgy, Mitchell Self, Bonita S. Agee, Leah Schoel, Patrick R. Pritchard, Melissa Rene Chambers

Are dorsal ramus nerve blocks the solution to postoperative lumbar spine surgery pain?

Mark G. Williams, Brian Rigney, Ahmad Wafai, Andrew Walder

Review Article

Complication avoidance in minimally invasive spinal surgery

Peter B. Derman, Frank M. Phillips

Minimally invasive approach to the lumbosacral junction with a single position, 360° fusion

Griffin R. Baum, James D. Lin, Simon Morr, Joseph A. Osorio, Eric Leung, Richard W. Schutzer, Ronald A. Lehman Jr

Interbody options in lumbar fusion

Dil V. Patel, Joon S. Yoo, Sailee S. Karmarkar, Eric H. Lamoutte, Kern Singh

Spine centers of excellence: applications for the ambulatory care setting

Evan D. Sheha, Sravisht Iyer

Orthobiologics in minimally invasive lumbar fusion

Allison C. Greene, Wellington K. Hsu

MIS approaches in the cervical spine

Ibrahim Hussain, Franziska A. Schmidt, Sertac Kirnaz, Christoph Wipplinger, Theodore H. Schwartz, Roger Härtl

ASC ownership models

Neil Badlani

Chemonucleolysis with chondroitin sulfate ABC endolyase as a novel minimally invasive treatment for patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Katsuhiko Ishibashi, Hiroki Iwai, Hisashi Koga

Feasibility of local administration of chemotherapeutic drugs as an effective adjuvant therapy in primary, recurrent and metastatic extradural tumours of the spine—review

Karthikeyan Maharajan

Current state of minimally invasive spine surgery

Avani S. Vaishnav, Yahya A. Othman, Sohrab S. Virk, Catherine Himo Gang, Sheeraz A. Qureshi

Navigation in minimally invasive spine surgery

Sohrab Virk, Sheeraz Qureshi

The use of robotics in minimally invasive spine surgery

Blake N. Staub, Saeed S. Sadrameli

Editorial

Ethics of minimally invasive spine surgery in an ambulatory surgery center setting

Dil V. Patel, Joon S. Yoo, Kern Singh

Original Article

The prevalence of complications associated with lumbar and thoracic spinal deformity surgery in the elderly population: a meta-analysis

Colleen Smith, Nayan Lamba, Zhonghui Ou, Quynh-Anh Vo, Lita Araujo-Lama, Sanghee Lim, Dhaivat Joshi, Joanne Doucette, Stefania Papatheodorou, Ian Tafel, Linda S. Aglio, Timothy R. Smith, Rania A. Mekary, Hasan Zaidi