JNS: Spine February 1, 2013—click here to listen.
Curve progression after decompression surgery in patients with mild degenerative scoliosis. Clinical article.
Twelve-month results of a clinical pilot study utilizing pedicle-lengthening osteotomy for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Clinical article.
Accuracy and complications associated with the freehand C-1 lateral mass screw fixation technique: a radiographic and clinical assessment. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 25, 2013—click here to listen.
The effect of July admission on inpatient outcomes following spinal surgery. Clinical article.
Fusion rates in multilevel, instrumented anterior cervical fusion for degenerative disease with and without the use of bone morphogenetic protein. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 18, 2013—click here to listen.
Percutaneous posterior cervical fusion with the DTRAX Facet System for single-level radiculopathy: results in 60 patients. Clinical article.
Ectopic extramedullary hematopoiesis: evaluation and treatment of a rare and benign paraspinal/epidural tumor. Case report.
A multicenter analysis of factors associated with change in height after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis deformity surgery in 447 patients. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine January 4, 2013—click here to listen.
Surgical correction of severe cervical kyphosis in patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1. Report of 3 cases.
Neuropathic arthropathy caused by syringomyelia. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine December 21, 2012—click here to listen.
A novel animal model of human breast cancer metastasis to the spine: a pilot study using intracardiac injection and luciferase-expressing cells. Laboratory investigation.
Perioperative complications in patients undergoing open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion as a revision surgery. Clinical article.
Analysis of lumbar plexopathies and nerve injury after lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach: diagnostic standardization. A review.
JNS: Spine December 14, 2012—click here to listen.
Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis. Clinical article.
Craniocervical arachnoid cyst in a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome: a unique case. Case report.
JNS: Spine November 30, 2012—click here to listen.
Retrograde ejaculation following single-level anterior lumbar surgery with or without recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in 5 randomized controlled trials. Clinical article.
Intramedullary spinal cord ganglioglioma presenting as hyperhidrosis: unique symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging findings. Case report.
JNS: Spine November 23, 2012—click here to listen.
Treatment of subacute thoracic spine fracture-dislocation by total vertebrectomy and spine shortening. Technical note.
JNS: Spine November 16, 2012—click here to listen.
Is inclusion of the occiput necessary in fusion for C1-2 instability in rheumatoid arthritis? Clinical article.
JNS: Spine November 9, 2012—click here to listen.
Use of prone position magnetic resonance imaging for detecting the terminal filum in patients with occult tethered cord syndrome. Clinical article.
Prospective study of disc repair with allogeneic chondrocytes. Clinical article.
Prospective randomized study of cervical arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with long-term follow-up: results in 74 patients from a single site. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine October 26, 2012—click here to listen
Delivering a third course of radiation to spine metastases using image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Clinical article.
Improvement of sagittal balance and lumbar lordosis following less invasive adult spinal deformity surgery with expandable cages and percutaneous instrumentation. Clinical article.
Comparison of a novel pedicle subtraction osteotomy model using the traditional American Society of Testing and Materials standard for spinal biomechanics fatigue testing. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine October 19, 2012—click here to listen
Five-year results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-L total disc replacement versus circumferential arthrodesis for the treatment of single-level degenerative disc disease. Clinical article.
Five-year adjacent-level degenerative changes in patients with single-level disease treated using lumbar total disc replacement with ProDisc-L versus circumferential fusion. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine October 12, 2012—click here to listen
Dorsal myelopathy secondary to epidural fibrous scar tissue around a spinal cord stimulation electrode. Case report.
JNS: Spine October 5, 2012—click here to listen
Comparison of safety and stability of C-2 pars and pedicle screws for atlantoaxial fusion: meta-analysis and review of the literature. A systematic review.
JNS: Spine September 28, 2012—click here to listen
Single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Clinical article.
Tumors at the lateral portion of the C1-2 interlaminar space compressing the spinal cord by rotation of the atlantoaxial joint: new aspects of spinal cord compression. Report of 2 cases.
JNS: Spine September 21, 2012—click here to listen
Changes in the Oswestry Disability Index that predict improvement after lumbar fusion. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine September 14, 2012—click here to listen
Epidemiology of traumatic spinal fractures: experience from medical university-affiliated hospitals in Chongqing, China, 2001-2010. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine September 7, 2012—click here to listen
Pathophysiology of primary spinal syringomyelia. Clinical article.
Leptomeningeal spinal metastases from glioblastoma multiforme: treatment and management of an uncommon manifestation of disease. A review.
JNS: Spine August 31, 2012—click here to listen
Union rates and prognostic variables of osteoporotic vertebral fractures treated with a rigid external support. Clinical article.
Long-term results after posterior fossa decompression in syringomyelia with adult Chiari Type I malformation. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine August 24, 2012—click here to listen
Infection risk for primary and revision instrumented lumbar spine fusion in the Medicare population. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine August 17, 2012—click here to listen
Spinal cord stimulation paresthesia and activity of primary afferents. Case report.
Surgical management of cervical radiculopathy caused by redundant vertebral artery loop. Case report.
JNS: Spine August 10, 2012—click here to listen
A new criterion for the alarm point for compound muscle action potentials. Clinical article.
Anatomical feasibility of performing intercostal and ilioinguinal nerve to pelvic nerve transfer: a possible technique to restore lower urinary tract innervation. Laboratory investigation.
JNS: Spine August 3, 2012—click here to listen
Spinal intradural myxoid chondrosarcoma. Case report.
Three-dimensional motion of the uncovertebral joint during head rotation. Clinical article.
Kinematic effects of a pedicle-lengthening osteotomy for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Laboratory investigation.
The impact of direct vertebral body derotation on the lumbar prominence in Lenke Type 5C curves. Clinical article.
JNS: Spine July 17, 2012—click here to listen
Results and complications after 2-level axial lumbar interbody fusion with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Clinical article.
Treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia. Clinical article.
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