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JSS Annual Report (2017)

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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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Original Study

Outcomes and revision rates following multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Joseph L. Laratta, Hemant P. Reddy, Kelly R. Bratcher, Katlyn E. McGraw, Leah Y. Carreon, R. Kirk Owens II

PDF Pages: 496-500 Full Text

Surgical management of spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis

Etka Kurucan, David N. Bernstein, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 501-508 Full Text

The effect of standing vs. variants of the seated position on lumbar intersegmental angulation and spacing: a radiographic study of 20 asymptomatic subjects

Todd F. Alamin, Vijay Agarwal, Alicia Zagel, Albi Qeli

PDF Pages: 509-515 Full Text

A comparison of narcotic usage and length of post-operative hospital stay in open versus minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws

Darshan Vora, Matthew Kinnard, David Falk, Michael Hoy, Sachin Gupta, Christine Piper, Warren Yu, Faisal Siddiqui, Joseph O’Brien

PDF Pages: 516-521 Full Text

Trends in cervical disc arthroplasty and revisions in the Medicare database

Timothy R. Niedzielak, Bijan J. Ameri, Blaze Emerson, Rushabh M. Vakharia, Martin W. Roche, John P. Malloy IV

PDF Pages: 522-528 Full Text

An epidural steroid injection in the 6 months preceding a lumbar decompression without fusion predisposes patients to postoperative infections

Chester J. Donnally III, Augustus J. Rush III, Sebastian Rivera, Rushabh M. Vakharia, Ajit M. Vakharia, Dustin H. Massel, Frank J. Eismont

PDF Pages: 529-533 Full Text

Early term effects of rhBMP-2 on pedicle screw fixation in a sheep model: histomorphometric and biomechanical analyses

Jeffrey M. Toth, Mei Wang, Chetan K. Patel, Akshi Arora

PDF Pages: 534-545 Full Text

Chordoma of the mobile spine and sacrum: clinical management and prognosis

Taylor D’Amore, Brendan Boyce, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 546-552 Full Text

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an independent predictor for 30-day readmissions following 1- to 2-level posterior lumbar fusions

Azeem Tariq Malik, Nikhil Jain, Jeffery Kim, Safdar N. Khan, Elizabeth Yu

PDF Pages: 553-559 Full Text

Prophylactic muscle flap reconstruction after complex spine surgery for degenerative disease: case series and institutional protocol

Nikhil Adapa, Nikhil Jain, Allison Capek, Rajiv Chandawarkar, Safdar N. Khan, Yazeed M. Gussous, Elizabeth Yu

PDF Pages: 560-567 Full Text

Comparison of implant survivability in primary 1- to 2-level lumbar fusion amongst opioid abusers and non-opioid abusers

Rushabh M. Vakharia, Chester J. Donnally III, Augustus J. Rush III, Ajit M. Vakharia, Derek D. Berglund, Neil V. Shah, Michael Y. Wang

PDF Pages: 568-574 Full Text

Is the routine use of magnetic resonance imaging indicated in patients with scoliosis?

Varun Dewan, Adrian Gardner, Stephen Forster, Jake Matthews, Matthew Newton Ede, Jwalant Mehta, Jonathan Spilsbury, David Marks

PDF Pages: 575-582 Full Text

An observation of massive lumbar disc prolapse

Edmond Chun Ying U, Anupkumar Shetty, Peter Richard Scott Craig, Shashank Dattatraya Chitgopkar

PDF Pages: 583-587 Full Text

Routine perioperative practices and postoperative outcomes for elective lumbar laminectomies

Mina Tohidi, Tiffany Lung, David Yen

PDF Pages: 588-593 Full Text

A less invasive surgery using a full-endoscopic system for L5 nerve root compression caused by lumbar foraminal stenosis

Katsuhiko Ishibashi, Yasushi Oshima, Hirokazu Inoue, Yuichi Takano, Hiroki Iwai, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

PDF Pages: 594-601 Full Text

Management of symptomatic sacral perineural cysts with microsurgery and a vascularized fasciocutaneous flap

Parmenion P. Tsitsopoulos, Niklas Marklund, Konstantin Salci, Anders Holtz, Maria Mani

PDF Pages: 602-609 Full Text

Extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) in the management of degenerative scoliosis: a retrospective case series

Konstantinos N. Paterakis, Alexandros G. Brotis, Athanasios Paschalis, Alkiviadis Tzannis, Konstantinos N. Fountas

PDF Pages: 610-615 Full Text

Utility of the claw sign in spine magnetic nuclear resonance with diffusion to differentiate Modic type I changes for degenerative disease versus infection

Juan Esteban Muñoz Montoya, Carlos Pérez Cataño, Angela María Tapicha Cuellar, Maria Paula Vargas Osorio, Jimar Rivero Cano, Juan Carlos Luque Suarez, Marco Luciano Charry Lopez

PDF Pages: 616-623 Full Text

A Colombian experience involving SpineJack^®, a consecutive series of patients experiencing spinal fractures, percutaneous approach and anatomical restoration 2016–2017

Juan Esteban Muñoz Montoya, Christian Torres, Esteban Ramírez Ferrer, Erik Edgardo Muñoz Rodríguez

PDF Pages: 624-629 Full Text

Microendoscopic discectomy (MED) for lumbar disc herniation: comparison of learning curve of the surgery and outcome with other established case studies

Kodeeswaran Marappan, Ranganathan Jothi, Sherina Paul Raj

PDF Pages: 630-637 Full Text

Review of Techniques

Robotic versus freehand S2 alar iliac fixation: in-depth technical considerations

Joseph L. Laratta, Jamal N. Shillingford, Joshua S. Meredith, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman, Jeffrey L. Gum

PDF Pages: 638-644 Full Text

Design of a 3D navigation template to guide the screw trajectory in spine: a step-by-step approach using Mimics and 3-Matic software

Zhen-Hua Feng, Xiao-Bin Li, Kevin Phan, Zhi-Chao Hu, Kai Zhang, Jie Zhao, Wen-Fei Ni, Ai-Min Wu

PDF Pages: 645-653 Full Text

Case Report

The Morel-Lavallée lesion in thoracolumbar spine trauma—two index cases

Michael J. Mulcahy, Jonathon R. Ball

PDF Pages: 654-657 Full Text

Editorial

Twenty years of ‘insanity’ in diagnosing underlying clinically relevant cervical dysfunction using traditional MRI

Anton E. Bowden

PDF Pages: 658-659 Full Text

Editorial on “Increased radiation but no benefits in pedicle screw accuracy with navigation versus a freehand technique in scoliosis surgery”

Rafael De la Garza Ramos, Jacob F. Schulz, Jaime A. Gomez, Reza Yassari

PDF Pages: 660-662 Full Text

Total en bloc spondylectomy

Morgan Jones, James Holton, Simon Hughes, Marcin Czyz

PDF Pages: 663-665 Full Text

Editorial on: “Superion^® InterSpinous Spacer Treatment of Moderate Spinal Stenosis: 4-year Results”

Federico Caporlingua

PDF Pages: 666-667 Full Text

En bloc resection in the spine: a procedure of surgical oncology

Stefano Boriani

PDF Pages: 668-676 Full Text

Lumbar discectomy: has it got any ill-effects?

Leonello Tacconi

PDF Pages: 677-680 Full Text

Editorial on “can navigation-assisted surgery help achieve negative margins in resection of pelvic and sacral tumor?”

Ying-lee Lam, Alexander Chak-lam Chan

PDF Pages: 681-683 Full Text

Editorial on “Lumbar spinal stenosis: comparison of surgical practice variation and clinical outcome in three national spine registries” by Lønne et al.

Nils H. Ulrich, Jakob M. Burgstaller, Johann Steurer, Mazda Farshad

PDF Pages: 684-686 Full Text

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

Successful treatment of lumbar ligamentum flavum hematoma using a spinal full-endoscopic system

Takeshi Kaneko, Yasushi Oshima, Hirokazu Inoue, Hiroki Iwai, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga

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

Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Denise Ai Wen Choong, Adrian Zhigao Lin, Eugene Tze-Chun Lau, Alex Quok An Teo, Gabriel Liu, Hee-Kit Wong

Baseline mental status predicts happy patients after operative or non-operative treatment of adult spinal deformity

Bassel G. Diebo, Frank A. Segreto, Cyrus M. Jalai, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, Cole A. Bortz, Samantha R. Horn, Nicholas J. Frangella, Max I. Egers, Eric Klineberg, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Frank Schwab, Peter G. Passias, International Spine Study Group

Decreasing radiation dose with FluoroLESS Standalone Anterior Cervical Fusion

Kingsley R. Chin, Fabio J. R. Pencle, Kathleen A. Quijada, Moawiah S. Mustafa, Luai S. Mustafa, Jason A. Seale

Three-dimensional fluoroscopic navigation versus fluoroscopy-guided placement of pedicle screws in L4-L5-S1 fixation: single-centre experience of pedicular accuracy and S1 cortical fixation of 810 screws

Manuel García-Fantini, Ricardo De Casas

Cost-utility of revisions for cervical deformity correction warrants minimization of reoperations

Samantha R. Horn, Peter G. Passias, Aaron Hockley, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Hamid Hassanzadeh, Jason A. Horowitz, Cole A. Bortz, Frank A. Segreto, Avery E. Brown, Justin S. Smith, Daniel M. Sciubba, Gregory M. Mundis, Michael P. Kelley, Alan H. Daniels, Douglas C. Burton, Robert A. Hart, Frank J. Schwab, Shay Bess, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Richard A. Hostin, Christopher P. Ames, International Spine Study Group

Epidemiology and treatment of central cord syndrome in the United States

Dale N. Segal, Zachary J. Grabel, John G. Heller, John M. Rhee, Keith W. Michael, S. Tim Yoon, Amit Jain

Single position versus lateral-then-prone positioning for lateral interbody fusion and pedicle screw fixation

Chason Ziino, Jaclyn A. Konopka, Remi M. Ajiboye, Justin B. Ledesma, Jayme C. B. Koltsov, Ivan Cheng

Clinical and radiological outcomes of image guided posterior C1-C2 fixation for atlantoaxial osteoarthritis (AAOA)

Mitchell Fung, Ellen Frydenberg, Leslie Barnsley, Joga Chaganti, Timothy Steel

Case Report

The “Kickstand Rod” technique for correction of coronal imbalance in patients with adult spinal deformity: theory and technical considerations

Melvin C. Makhni, Meghan Cerpa, James D. Lin, Paul J. Park, Lawrence G. Lenke

Review Article

The most influential publications in cervical myelopathy

Chester J. Donnally III, Alexander J. Butler, Alexander J. Butler, Augustus J. Rush III, Kevin J. Bondar, Michael Y. Wang

Review of Techniques

“One and a half” minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: single level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with adjacent segment unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression for spondylolisthesis with bisegmental stenosis

Christoph Wipplinger, Carolin Melcher, R. Nick Hernandez, Sara Lener, Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, Sertac Kirnaz, Franziska Anna Schmidt, Eliana Kim, Roger Härtl