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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.

Focused Issue on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

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

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 2 (June, 2019)

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Original Study

Decreased estimated blood loss in lateral trans-psoas versus anterior approach to lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis

L. Henry Goodnough, Jayme Koltsov, Tianyi Wang, Grace Xiong, Karthik Nathan, Ivan Cheng

PDF Pages: 185-193 Full Text

Vertebral height restoration following kyphoplasty

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

PDF Pages: 194-200 Full Text

Analysis of single-position for revision surgery using lateral interbody fusion and pedicle screw fixation: feasibility and perioperative results

Chason Ziino, Alexander Arzeno, Ivan Cheng

PDF Pages: 201-206 Full Text

The operative treatment of shoulder pain in patients with a concurrent diagnosis of cervical spondylosis and shoulder dysfunction

Ajith Malige, Paul N. Morton, Gregory F. Carolan, Gbolabo Sokunbi

PDF Pages: 207-214 Full Text

Assessment of a rabbit posterolateral spinal fusion using movement between vertebrae: a modification of the palpation exam for quantifying fusions

Sohrab S. Virk, Alex Aurand, Alicia L. Bertone, Hayam Hussein, Mari Kaido, William S. Marras, Safdar N. Khan

PDF Pages: 215-222 Full Text

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

PDF Pages: 223-235 Full Text

Limited morbidity and possible radiographic benefit of C2 vs. subaxial cervical upper-most instrumented vertebrae

Peter G. Passias, Cole A. Bortz, Frank Segreto, Samantha Horn, Katherine E. Pierce, Haddy Alas, Avery E. Brown, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith, Breton Line, Robert Eastlack, Daniel M. Sciubba, Eric O. Klineberg, Alexandra Soroceanu, Douglas C. Burton, Frank J. Schwab, Shay Bess, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Christopher P. Ames, on behalf of the International Spine Study Group (ISSG)

PDF Pages: 236-244 Full Text

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

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

PDF Pages: 245-250 Full Text

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

PDF Pages: 251-258 Full Text

Open facet joint denervation as an adjunct in patients undergoing posterior lumbar decompression for spinal stenosis—a single blinded randomized controlled trial

Ali Faqeeh, David Yen

PDF Pages: 259-265 Full Text

Quantitative analysis of indirect decompression in extreme lateral interbody fusion and posterior spinal fusion with a percutaneous pedicle screw system for lumbar spinal stenosis

Hiroshi Nomura, Akihisa Yamashita, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kenzo Shirasawa

PDF Pages: 266-272 Full Text

Review Article

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

PDF Pages: 273-284 Full Text

Review of Techniques

Costotransversectomy plus hemilaminectomy as alternative surgical approach for extramedullary intradural thoracic schwannoma resection with and without extradural extension in pediatric population three cases and literature review

Alfonso Marhx Bracho, Juan Esteban Muñoz Montoya, Nadia Pérez Peña Rosas, Gabriel Carrillo Marhx, Esteban Ramírez Ferrer

PDF Pages: 285-290 Full Text

Editorial Commentary

The future of free vascularized fibular grafts in oncologic spinal and pelvic reconstruction

Grant R. McChesney, Alexander F. Mericli, Laurence D. Rhines, Justin E. Bird

PDF Pages: 291-295 Full Text

Editorial about: modified en bloc spondylectomy for tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine

Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Andrea Angelini, Pietro Ruggieri

PDF Pages: 296-299 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.

Systematic Review

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

Bilal Mahmood, Jordan Pasternack, Afshin Razi, Ahmed Saleh

Original Study

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

Ayman Elsayed Galhom, Mohamed Elhadi

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

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