JNS: Spine February 28, 2014—click here to listen.
Load sharing in lumbar spinal segment as a function of location of center of rotation. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine February 21, 2014—click here to listen.
High-grade spondylolisthesis treated using a modified Bohlman technique: results among multiple surgeons. Clinical article.
Is in vivo manual palpation for thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation reliable? Clinical article.
Kinetic analysis of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion supplemented with transarticular facet screws. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine February 14, 2014—click here to listen.
Nonoperative care to manage sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis: high costs and medical resource utilization in the United States Medicare population. Clinical article.
Health impact and economic analysis of NGO-supported neurosurgery in Bolivia. Clinical article.
Conversion of high sacral to midsacral amputation via S-2 nerve preservation during partial S-2 sacrectomy for chordoma. Technical note.
Tissue-engineered intervertebral discs: MRI results and histology in the rodent spine. Laboratory investigation.
Spinal juvenile (Type III) extradural-intradural arteriovenous malformations. Clinical article.
A preliminary comparative clinical study of vertebroplasty with multineedle or single-needle interstitial implantation of 125I seeds in the treatment of osteolytic metastatic vertebral tumors. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine February 7, 2014—click here to listen.
In vivo 3D kinematics of the upper cervical spine during head rotation in rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 31, 2014—click here to listen.
Surgical treatment of double-level isthmic spondylolisthesis. Case report.
Adjacent-segment disease in 511 cases of posterolateral instrumented lumbar arthrodesis: floating fusion versus distal construct including the sacrum. Clinical article.
In vitro evaluation of a lateral expandable cage and its comparison with a static device for lumbar interbody fusion: a biomechanical investigation. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine January 24, 2014—click here to listen.
Extraforaminal compression of the L-5 nerve root at the lumbosacral junction: clinical analysis, decompression technique, and outcome. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 17, 2014—click here to listen.
High cervical arteriovenous fistulas fed by dural and spinal arteries and draining into a single medullary vein. Report of 3 cases.
Spontaneous atraumatic vertebral artery occlusion due to physiological cervical extension. Case report.
Use of artificial neural networks to predict surgical satisfaction in patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 10, 2014—click here to download.
Simultaneous anterior and posterior screw fixations confined to the axis for stabilization of a 3-part fracture of the axis (odontoid, dens, and hangman fractures). Report of 2 cases.
JNS: Spine January 3, 2014—click here to download.
Creation of false pedicles and a neo-pelvis for lumbopelvic reconstruction following en bloc resection of an iliosacral chondrosarcoma with lumbar spine extension. Technical note.
Comparative effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative management of unilateral, nondisplaced, subaxial cervical spine facet fractures without evidence of spinal cord injury. Clinical article.
Biomechanics of lateral lumbar interbody fusion constructs with lateral and posterior plate fixation. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine December 20, 2013—click here to download.
Surgeon-industry conflict of interest: survey of opinions regarding industry-sponsored educational events and surgeon teaching. Clinical article.
The accuracy of pedicle screw placement using intraoperative image guidance systems. A systematic review.
Spontaneous spinal epidural abscess in patients 50 years of age and older: a 15-year institutional perspective and review of the literature. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine December 13, 2013—click here to download.
Effect of machined interfacet allograft spacers on cervical foraminal height and area. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine December 6, 2013—click here to listen.
Perfusion imaging of spinal cord contusion: injury-induced blockade and partial reversal by beta-2-agonist treatment in rats. Laboratory investigation.
Dorsal spinal arachnoid web diagnosed with the quantitative measurement of cerebrospinal fluid flow on magnetic resonance imaging. Report of 2 cases.
A novel method of anterior lumbosacral cage reconstruction. Technical note.
JNS: Spine November 29, 2013—click here to listen.
Traumatic, high-cervical, coronal-plane spondyloptosis with unilateral vertebral artery occlusion: treatment using a prophylactic arterial bypass graft, open reduction, and instrumented segmental fusion. Case report.
A severe case of Hirayama disease successfully treated by anterior cervical fusion. Case report.
Biomechanical analysis of an interspinous fusion device as a stand-alone and as supplemental fixation to posterior expandable interbody cages in the lumbar spine. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine November 15, 2013—click here to listen.
A new alarm point of transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potentials for intraoperative spinal cord monitoring: a prospective multicenter study from the Spinal Cord Monitoring Working Group of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research. Clinical article.
Spine surgery referrals redirected through a multidisciplinary care pathway: effects of nonsurgeon triage including MRI utilization. Clinical article.
Noncontiguous lumbar vertebral hemangiomas treated by posterior decompression, intraoperative kyphoplasty, and segmental fixation. Case report.
JNS: Spine November 8, 2013—click here to listen.
Cilostazol, a selective Type III phosphodiesterase inhibitor: prevention of cervical myelopathy in a rat chronic compression model. Laboratory investigation.
Factors affecting survival in 267 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. Clinical article.
Cervical spinous process reconstruction. Case report.
Why are there different versions of the Oswestry Disability Index? A review.
JNS: Spine November 1, 2013—click here to listen.
Risk factors for intraoperative lateral mass fracture of lateral mass screw fixation in the subaxial cervical spine. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine October 18, 2013—click here to listen.
Alfred W. Adson (1887–1951): his contributions to surgery for tumors of the spine and spinal cord in the context of spinal tumor surgery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Historical vignette.
JNS: Spine October 11, 2013—click here to listen.
Surgical management and clinical outcomes of multiple-level symptomatic herniated thoracic discs. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine October 4, 2013—click here to listen.
A novel device to simplify intraoperative radiographic visualization of the cervical spine by producing transient caudal shoulder displacement: a 2-center case series of 80 patients. Clinical article.
Endoscope-assisted spinal decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Technical note.
JNS: Spine September 27, 2013—click here to listen.
The posterior pedicle screw construct: 5-year results for thoracolumbar and lumbar curves. Clinical article.
Intramuscular pressure of the multifidus muscle and low-back pain after posterior lumbar interbody fusion: comparison of mini-open and conventional approaches. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine September 20, 2013—click here to listen.
Delayed postoperative neurological complication in a patient with congenital kyphoscoliosis: recovered by revision of the 4-rod instrumentation technique. Case report.
Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging artifact with cobalt-chromium versus titanium spinal instrumentation. Clinical article.
Endoscopic transnasal odontoidectomy combined with posterior reduction to treat basilar invagination. Technical note.
Malignant transformation of an intramedullary epidermoid cyst in the thoracic region of the spinal cord. Case report.
JNS: Spine September 13, 2013—click here to listen.
Screw-related complications in the subaxial cervical spine with the use of lateral mass versus cervical pedicle screws. A systematic review.
Spinal extradural arteriovenous fistulas. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine September 6, 2013—click here to listen.
Percutaneous pedicle screw placement with computer-navigated mapping in place of Kirschner wires. Clinical article.
Clinically important deterioration in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery: a choice of evaluation methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, and pain scales. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine August 16, 2013—click here to listen.
The pathophysiology of venous hypertensive myelopathy––study of an animal model. Laboratory investigation.
Desmoplastic fibroma of the spine causing severe mediastinal compression and brachial plexus encasement. Report of 2 cases.
Complex regional pain syndrome following lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Case report.
The use of cooled saline during bone drilling to reduce the incidence of upper-limb palsy after cervical laminoplasty. Clinical article.
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