The Journal of Neurosurgery Podcast Archive

JNS: Spine October 28, 2011

Patient comorbidity score predicting the incidence of perioperative complications: assessing the impact of comorbidities on complications in spine surgery. Clinical article

JNS: Spine October 14, 2011

Early development and progression of heterotopic ossification in cervical total disc replacement. Clinical article.

Perioperative surgical complications of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center experience. Clinical Article.

JNS: Spine October 7, 2011

Spondylectomy of T-2 according to the Tomita technique via an extended Fessler approach: a cadaveric study. Laboratory investigation.

Prospective cohort study of mild cervical spondylotic myelopathy without surgical treatment. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine September 30, 2011

Prospective assessment of patient morbidity from prone sacral positioning. Clinical article

JNS: Spine September 16, 2011

Distraction of facets with intraarticular spacers as treatment for lumbar canal stenosis: report on a preliminary experience with 21 cases. Clinical article.

Novel reduction technique for thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations. Technical note.

The acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome after thoracic spine surgery. Case report.

Anterior dural ectasia mimicking a lytic lesion in the posterior vertebral body in ankylosing spondylitis. Case report.

Association of magnetic resonance imaging signal changes and outcome prediction after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

The effects of chemotherapeutic agents on differentiated chordoma cells. Laboratory investigation.

Analysis of ascending spinal tract degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy using 3D anisotropy contrast single-shot echo planar imaging on a 3.0-T system. Clinical article.

Analysis of in vivo kinematics of 3 different cervical devices: Bryan disc, ProDisc-C, and Prestige LP disc. Clinical article.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to retained lumbar drain. Case report. 

Preoperative “group and save” in lumbar microdiscectomy: is it necessary? Clinical article.

JNS: Spine September 2, 2011

A pilot study of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-g-polyethylene glycol and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-g-methylcellulose branched copolymers as injectable scaffolds for local delivery of neurotrophins and cellular transplants into the injured spinal cord. Laboratory Investigation.

JNS: Spine August 19, 2011

Increase of sensitivity to mechanical stimulus after transplantation of murine induced pluripotent stem cell–derived astrocytes in a rat spinal cord injury model. Laboratory Investigation.

JNS: Spine August 5, 2011

Combined endovascular and neurosurgical approach to the removal of an intraaortic pedicle screw. Technical note.

Effect on clinical outcomes of patient pain expectancies and preoperative mental component summary scores from the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine July 29, 2011

Cervical sagittal plane decompensation after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an effect imparted by postoperative thoracic hypokyphosis. Clinical article.

Spinal extradural arteriovenous fistulas: a clinical and radiological description of different types and their novel treatment with Onyx. Clinical article.

Late occurrence of drop metastasis to the spine in a case of esthesioneuroblastoma. Case report.

JNS: Spine July 22, 2011

An anterior approach to spinal pathology of the upper thoracic spine through a partial manubriotomy. Technical note.

JNS: Spine July 15, 2011

Feasibility of a femoral nerve motor branch for transfer to the pudendal nerve for restoring continence: a cadaveric study. Laboratory investigation.

JNS: Spine July 8, 2011

Surgical management of coccidioidomycosis of the spine. Clinical article.

Disc spaces, vertebral dimensions, and angle values at the lumbar region: a radioanatomical perspective in spines with L5-S1 transitions. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine July 1, 2011

Neuroprotective effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and relationship to promotion of angiogenesis after spinal cord injury in rats. Laboratory investigation

JNS: Spine June 24, 2011

Prospective, randomized, multicenter study of cervical arthroplasty: 269 patients from the Kineflex|C artificial disc investigational device exemption study with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Clinical article.

Spinal duraplasty materials and hydrostasis: a biomechanical study. Laboratory investigation.

JNS: Spine June 17, 2011

Effect of deep wound infection following lumbar arthrodesis for degenerative disc disease on long-term outcome: a prospective study. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine June 10, 2011

Blood supply and vascular reactivity of the spinal cord under normal and pathological conditions. A review. 

Acidic fibroblast growth factor for repair of human spinal cord injury: a clinical trial. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine June 3, 2011

Late instrumentation failure after total en bloc spondylectomy. Clinical article.

JNS: Spine May 27, 2011

Topic: cervical spine

JNS: Spine May 20, 2011

Key words: tethered cord, syringomyelia, split cord malformation, neurenteric cyst, dermoid cyst, spinal lipoma, minimally invasive surgery, lumbar fusion, complication, presacral access

JNS: Spine May 5, 2011

Key words: pediatric, spine fusion, pars defect, spondylolysis, lumbar spine

JNS: Spine April 29, 2011

Key words: pedicle screw; electromyography; EMG; lumbar spine; cervicothoracic; pedicle subtraction osteotomy; PSO; cervicothoracic kyphosis; sagittal imbalance; cervical deformity; absence of inferior vena cava; deep vein thrombosis; epidural varices; low-back pain; lumbar disc herniation; vascular disorders

JNS: Spine April 22, 2011

Key words: chondrosarcoma; en bloc resection; pelvectomy; reconstruction; vascularized bone graft; cervical spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma; internal jugular vein thrombosis; epidural venous plexus; thrombolysis; spinal epidural hematoma; central venous catheter; complication; cervical; thoracic

JNS: Spine April 15, 2011

Key words: tethered cord syndrome; lipomyelomeningocele; spine-shortening osteotomy; cervicothoracic junction; computed tomography; manubriotomy; anterior surgical approach; surgical technique; anatomy; craniocervical anatomy; pain syndromes