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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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Vol 5, No 3 (September, 2019)

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Original Study

Proposed objective scoring algorithm for assessment and intervention recovery following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis based on relevant gait metrics from wearable devices: the Gait Posture index (GPi)

Ralph J. Mobbs, Redmond Ross Mobbs, Wen Jie Choy

PDF Pages: 300-309 Full Text

The incidence of new onset sacroiliac joint pain following lumbar fusion

Yu Chao Lee, Robert Lee, Clare Harman

PDF Pages: 310-314 Full Text

Expandable spacers provide better functional outcomes than static spacers in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

M. Adam Kremer, Jefferson Alferink, Stacie Wynsma, Torrey Shirk, Charles Ledonio

PDF Pages: 315-319 Full Text

Metastatic spine disease in lung cancer patients: national patterns of radiation and surgical care

Patrick D. Kelly, Scott L. Zuckerman, Khoi D. Than, Albert Attia, Jerry J. Jaboin

PDF Pages: 320-328 Full Text

Development and first clinical use of a novel anatomical and biomechanical testing platform for scoliosis

Michael A. Bohl, Sarah McBryan, Peter Nakaji, Steve W. Chang, Jay D. Turner, U. Kumar Kakarla

PDF Pages: 329-336 Full Text

Pediatric tethered cord release: an epidemiological and postoperative complication analysis

Abhiraj D. Bhimani, Ashley N. Selner, Jay B. Patel, Jonathan G. Hobbs, Darian R. Esfahani, Mandana Behbahani, Zaid Zayyad, Demetrios Nikas, Ankit I. Mehta

PDF Pages: 337-350 Full Text

Treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis by instrumented posterolateral versus instrumented posterolateral with transforaminal lumbar interbody single-level fusion

Jason P. Kelly, Christopher Alcala-Marquez, John M. Dawson, Amir A. Mehbod, Manuel R. Pinto

PDF Pages: 351-357 Full Text

Watertightness of wound closure in lumbar spine—a comparison of different techniques

Aline Suter, José Miguel Spirig, Paolo Fornaciari, Elias Bachmann, Tobias Götschi, Karina Klein, Mazda Farshad

PDF Pages: 358-364 Full Text

Review Article

Safety and efficacy of percutaneous sacroplasty for treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures: a systematic review

Bilal Mahmood, Jordan Pasternack, Afshin Razi, Ahmed Saleh

PDF Pages: 365-371 Full Text

Case Report

Burkholderia cepacia as a cause of pyogenic spondylodiscitis in immunocompetent patients: a single-institution case series and literature review

Maarouf Hammoud, Youssef Fares, Roula Atoui, Baraa Dabboucy

PDF Pages: 372-377 Full Text

Editorial Commentary

Is minimally invasive sacroiliac joint arthrodesis the treatment of choice for sacroiliac joint dysfunction?

M. Burhan Janjua, Sumanth Reddy, William C. Welch, Peter G. Passias

PDF Pages: 378-380 Full Text

Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion vs. conservative management for chronic sacroiliac joint pain

David W. Polly Jr

PDF Pages: 381-383 Full Text

Sacroiliac joint pain: is the medical world aware enough of its existence? Why not considering sacroiliac joint fusion in the recalcitrant cases?

Vicente Vanaclocha-Vanaclocha, Nieves Sáiz-Sapena, Leyre Vanaclocha

PDF Pages: 384-386 Full Text

Treatment of chordoma—where is it going?

Norio Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

PDF Pages: 387-389 Full Text

Letter to the Editor

The use of preoperative imaging in the treatment of sacral chordomas

Scott L. Zuckerman, Laurence D. Rhines

PDF Pages: 390-391 Full Text

Erratum

Erratum to 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, Isaac G. Freedman, Theresa Williamson, Adam J. Kundishora, Joaquin Camara-Quintana, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, C. Rory Goodwin, Isaac O. Karikari

PDF Pages: 392 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

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

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

Clinical outcomes with endoscopic resection of lumbar extradural cysts

Stefan Hellinger, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski

Minimal invasive surgical algorithm for revision lumbar spinal surgery

Yu Chao Lee, Robert Lee

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

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

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

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

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

Case Report

Standalone lordotic endoscopic wedge lumbar interbody fusion (LEW-LIF™) with a threaded cylindrical peek cage: report of two cases

Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Álvaro Silva Ardila, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Jefferson Infante, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski

Early return to activity after minimally invasive full endoscopic decompression surgery in medical doctors

Yugen Fujii, Kazuta Yamashita, Kosuke Sugiura, Yoshihiro Ishihama, Hiroaki Manabe, Fumitake Tezuka, Yoichiro Takata, Toshinori Sakai, Toru Maeda, Koichi Sairyo

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

Editorial

Early and staged endoscopic management of common pain generators in the spine

Anthony Yeung, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski

The strategies behind “inside-out” and “outside-in” endoscopy of the lumbar spine: treating the pain generator

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski

Endoscopic spine surgery in China: its evolution, flourishment, and future opportunity for advances

Peng Xiu, Xifeng Zhang

The motivators to endoscopic spine surgery implementation in Latin America

Jorge Felipe Ramírez León

Meaningful outcome research to validate endoscopic treatment of common lumbar pain generators with durability analysis

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Anthony Yeung

Endoscopic spine surgery—increasing usage and prominence in mainstream spine surgery and spine societies

Andrew S. Chung, Jon Kimball, Elliot Min, Jeffrey C. Wang

Original Article

Five-year clinical outcomes with endoscopic transforaminal foraminoplasty for symptomatic degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine: a comparative study of inside-out versus outside-in techniques

Anthony Yeung, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski

Five-year clinical outcomes with endoscopic transforaminal outside-in foraminoplasty techniques for symptomatic degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Nicholas A. Ransom

Surgeon motivation, and obstacles to the implementation of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, José-Antonio Soriano-Sánchez, Zhang Xifeng, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Sergio Soriano Solis, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Kaixuan Liu, Qiang Fu, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Stefan Hellinger, Álvaro Dowling, Nicholas Prada, Gun Choi, Girish Datar, Anthony Yeung