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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:

Focused Issue on 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.

Focused Issue on Staged Management of Painful Spine Conditions

This focused issue on “Staged Management of Painful Spine Conditions” is edited by Dr. Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, from Center For Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; and Dr. Anthony Yeung, from Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Focused Issue on 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.

JSS Annual Report 2018

We are glad to present the 2018 Annual Report of JSS here. JSS made great progress on publication quality and quantity in view of its publication number, pageviews, and citations. More information is shown in the Annual Report.

We also would like to give our sincere thanks to all our editorial board members, reviewers, authors and readers. Wish you a happy, healthy and productive 2019!

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.

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.

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Original Study

Comparison of M6-C and Mobi-C cervical total disc replacement for cervical degenerative disc disease in adults

Nicholas Hui, Kevin Phan, Jack Kerferd, Meiyi Lee, Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 393-403 Full Text

Radiological outcomes following hyperlordotic cage insertion in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Dianna Li, Katherine Poulgrain, Andrew Kam

PDF Pages: 404-412 Full Text

Minimal invasive surgical algorithm for revision lumbar spinal surgery

Yu Chao Lee, Robert Lee

PDF Pages: 413-424 Full Text

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis suffering from AO Type B3 traumatic thoracolumbar fractures are associated with increased frailty and morbidity when compared with patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Terence Tan, Milly S. Huang, Martin K. Hunn, Jin Tee

PDF Pages: 425-432 Full Text

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion in a lateral decubitus position: technique and outcomes in obese patients

Gregory M. Malham, Timothy P. Wagner, Matthew H. Claydon

PDF Pages: 433-442 Full Text

Accuracy of cortical bone trajectory screw placement in midline lumbar fusion (MIDLF) with intraoperative cone beam navigation

Joseph L. Laratta, Jamal N. Shillingford, Andrew J. Pugely, Karishma Gupta, Jeffrey L. Gum, Mladen Djurasovic, Charles H. Crawford

PDF Pages: 443-450 Full Text

The Berg balance scale for assessing dynamic stability and balance in the adult spinal deformity (ASD) population

Joseph L. Laratta, Steven D. Glassman, Abiola A. Atanda, John R. Dimar, Jeffrey L. Gum, Charles H. Crawford III, Kelly Bratcher, Leah Y. Carreon

PDF Pages: 451-456 Full Text

Computer-assisted surgical navigation is associated with an increased risk of neurological complications: a review of 67,264 posterolateral lumbar fusion cases

Remi M. Ajiboye, Jayme C. B. Koltsov, Brian Karamian, Steven Swinford, Blake K. Montgomery, Alexander Arzeno, Chason Ziino, Ivan Cheng

PDF Pages: 457-465 Full Text

Early surgical intervention among patients with acute central cord syndrome is not associated with higher mortality and morbidity

Jakub Godzik, Jonathan Dalton, Courtney Hemphill, Corey Walker, Kristina Chapple, Alan Cook, Juan S. Uribe, Jay D. Turner

PDF Pages: 466-474 Full Text

Risk factors for delay in surgery for patients undergoing elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Sean P. Renfree, Justin L. Makovicka, Andrew S. Chung

PDF Pages: 475-482 Full Text

An evaluation of the host response to an interspinous process device based on a series of spine explants: Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM^®)

Jeffrey M. Toth, Justin D. Bric

PDF Pages: 483-495 Full Text

Surgical management of symptomatic Tarlov cysts: cyst fenestration and nerve root imbrication—a single institutional experience

Khalid Medani, Shokry Lawandy, Rudolph Schrot, Jose N. Binongo, Kee D. Kim, Ripul R. Panchal

PDF Pages: 496-503 Full Text

Clinical outcomes for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with silicon nitride spine cages: a multicenter study

Graham C. Calvert, George VanBuren Huffmon III, William M. Rambo Jr, Micah W. Smith, Bryan J. McEntire, B. Sonny Bal

PDF Pages: 504-519 Full Text

The clinical and radiological outcomes of multilevel posterior lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of degenerative scoliosis: a consecutive case series with minimum 2 years follow up

Silviu Sabou, Roberto Carrasco, Rajat Verma, Irfan Siddique, Saeed Mohammad

PDF Pages: 520-528 Full Text

A protective method to reduce radiation exposure to the surgeon during endoscopic lumbar spine surgery

Keisuske Ishii, Hiroki Iwai, Hiroyuki Oka, Katsutoshi Otomo, Hirohiko Inanami

PDF Pages: 529-534 Full Text

The effect of increasing body mass index on the pain and function of patients with adult spinal deformity

David Christopher Kieser, Michael Charles Wyatt, Louis Boissiere, Kazunori Hayashi, Derek Thomas Cawley, Caglar Yilgor, Daniel Larrieu, Takashi Fujishiro, Ahmet Alanay, Emre Acaroglu, Frank Kleinstueck, Ferran Pellisé, Francisco Javier Sánchez Perez-Grueso, Anouar Bourghli, Jean-Marc Vital, Olivier Gille, Ibrahim Obeid, on behalf of the European Spine Study Group

PDF Pages: 535-540 Full Text

Posterior cervical foraminotomy for cervical radiculopathy: should cervical alignment be considered?

Seok Won Chung, Hyun Jun Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Shin Young Lee, Min Soo Kang, Yong Hwan Shin, Chan Hong Park

PDF Pages: 541-548 Full Text

Review Article

3D printed anatomical (bio)models in spine surgery: clinical benefits and value to health care providers

William C. H. Parr, Joshua L. Burnard, Peter John Wilson, Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 549-560 Full Text

Stem cell therapy in discogenic back pain

Ahmed H. Barakat, Vivian A. Elwell, Khai S. Lam

PDF Pages: 561-583 Full Text

Case Report

M6-C cervical disc replacement failure associated with late onset infection

Mary-Anne M. Xia, Mark J. Winder

PDF Pages: 584-588 Full Text

The use of demineralised bone fibres (DBF) in conjunction with supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO₂) treated allograft in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)

Jeremy Rajadurai, Vedran Lovric, Ralph J. Mobbs, Wen Jie Choy, William R. Walsh

PDF Pages: 589-595 Full Text

Priapism associated with lumbar stenosis: case report and literature review

Noah Michael Linwood Nichols, Ketan Yerneni, Antoine B. Chiu, Alex Y. Lu, Lee A. Tan

PDF Pages: 596-600 Full Text

Letter to the Editor

Ultrasound guided paraspinal intrafascial plane blocks for postoperative analgesic on spine surgery

Alla Spivak, Jeff L. Xu

PDF Pages: 601-602 Full Text

News

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

Editorial Office

PDF Pages: 603 Full Text

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

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