Vol 4, No 3 (September 14, 2018) - Journal of Spine Surgery

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 (8519) Open Access

Surgical management of spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis

Etka Kurucan, David N. Bernstein, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 501-508 Full Text (2825) Open Access

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 (6405) Open Access

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 (2413) Open Access

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 (2672) Open Access

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 (4761) Open Access

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 (2411) Open Access

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

Taylor D’Amore, Brendan Boyce, Addisu Mesfin

PDF Pages: 546-552 Full Text (6384) Open Access

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 (1922) Open Access

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 (3383) Open Access

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 (2426) Open Access

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 (4392) Open Access

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 (2794) Open Access

Routine perioperative practices and postoperative outcomes for elective lumbar laminectomies

Mina Tohidi, Tiffany Lung, David Yen

PDF Pages: 588-593 Full Text (1899) Open Access

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 (Video) (5871) Open Access

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 (6869) Open Access

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 (2344) Open Access

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 (3983) Open Access

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 (2627) Open Access

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 (2965) Open Access

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 (3143) Open Access

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 (5763) Open Access

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 (2334) Open Access

Editorial

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

Anton E. Bowden

PDF Pages: 658-659 Full Text (1568) Open Access

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 (1511) Open Access

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 (1736) Open Access

Vol 4, No 3 (September 14, 2018): Journal of Spine Surgery