Issue 4

Volume 80, December 2014

  • editorial

    • The spine : so many areas left to explore !

      Everard MUNTING

      p443-443

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  • original studies

    • Fate of kyphosis in tuberculosis of subaxial cervical spine treated non-operatively

      Aditya AGGARWAL, Anuj JAIN, Nitesh JAJOIDA, Raj NAND, Sudhir KUMAR, Chandra KUMAR

      p451-456

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    • Growing rod instrumentation in the treatment of early onset scoliosis

      Turgut AKGÜL, Fatih DIKICI, Cüneyt ?AR, Ufuk TALU, Ünsal DOMANIÇ

      p457-463

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    • Should a Lumbar MRI for back pain routinely include the sacro-iliac joint ?

      Francis BROOKS, Vasu SHANBHAG, Adel GHANDOUR, John HOWES, Paul DAVIES, Kath LYONS, Sashin AHUJA

      p464-467

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    • The surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation : 33 cases

      Erhan CELIKOGLU, ?lker KIRAZ, Merih IS, Aycicek CECEN, Ali Fatih RAMAZANO?LU

      p468-476

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    • Kyphoplasty versus vertebroplasty in the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures : two-year follow-up in a prospective controlled study

      Junhua DU, Xigong LI, Xiangjin LIN

      p477-486

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    • Comparison of two treatment strategy for Lenke I adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

      Omer ERSEN, Serkan BILGIC, Selahattin OZYUREK, Safak EKINCI, Kenan KOCA, Erbil OGUZ

      p487-492

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    • The treatment of osteoporotic thoracolumbar severe burst fractures with short pedicle screw fixation and vertebroplasty

      Shaoqi HE, Lixing LIN, Xiaojun TANG, Yijiang HUANG, Minghai DAI, Maoxiu PENG, Guojing YANG, Chengxuan TANG

      p493-500

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    • Computed tomography-guided percutaneous focal catheter infusion in the treatment of spinal tuberculosis

      Xiaohua HOU, Xiaowei SUN, Zhiyong ZHANG, Guangyue XIE, Xifeng ZHANG

      p501-507

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    • Geographic Origin of Publications in Major Spine Journals

      Christos KOUTRAS, Stavros A. ANTONIOU, Hansjoerg HEEP

      p508-514

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    • Anatomical assessment of iliac crest graft size for anterior spondylodesis

      D. KUBOSCH, A. VACARIU, S. MILZ, K. IZADPANAH, N.P. SÜDKAMP, P.C. STROHM

      p515-521

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    • Correlation between clinical outcomes and spinopelvic parameters in osteoporosis

      Jung Sub LEE, Jong Ki SHIN, Sung Jin AN, Kuen Tak SUH, Sung Shik KANG

      p522-528

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    • Comparison of microendoscopic discectomy system and anterior open approach in treatment of unstable odontoid fracture with cannulated screw internal fixation

      Bin LIN, Chengwu LU, Hui YU, Wenbin ZHANG, Wenqing YANG

      p529-536

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    • Study on the anatomy of the lumbosacral anterior great vessels pertinent toL5/S1 anterior interbody surgery with computer tomography angiography

      Liehua LIU, Yong LIANG, Qiang ZHOU, Hong ZHANG, Haoming WANG, Songtao LI, Chen ZHAO, Tianyong HOU, Ling LIU

      p537-544

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    • Validity of creatine kinase as an indicator of muscle injury in spine surgery and its relation with postoperative pain

      Domingo LOMBAO, Joan BAGÓ, Teresa VILOR

      p545-550

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    • Cement augmentation for vertebral fractures in patients with multiple myeloma

      Haroon MAJEED, Rajendranath BOMMIREDDY, Zdenek KLEZL

      p551-557

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    • Is OPLL-induced canal stenosis a risk factor of cord injury in cervical trauma ?

      Kyung-Jin SONG, Chan-Il PARK, Do-Yeon KIM, Young-Ran JUNG, Kwang-Bok LEE

      p567-574

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    • Significance of spinal canal and dural sac dimensions in predicting treatment of lumbar disc herniation

      Shuai YUAN, Qiang TANG, Xinjia WANG, Kangmei KONG

      p575-581

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    • Non-union of osteoporotic vertebral fractures - identification and treatment of an underestimated pathology in elderly patients with persistent back pain

      Daniel ADLER, Sven K. TSCHOEKE, Nicolas VON DER HOEH, Jens GULOW, Georg VON SALIS-SOGLIO, Christoph-E. HEYDE

      p444-450

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    • A cervical "zero-profile" cage with integrated angle-stable fixation : 24-months results

      Matti SCHOLZ, Sebastiaan SCHELFAUT, Andreas PINGEL, Philipp SCHLEICHER, Frank KANDZIORA

      p558-566

      Abstract