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Journal of Spine Surgery 2023 CiteScore Released: 5.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 5.6, ranking 58 out of 551 journals in the Surgery category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many JSS authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JSS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

JSS Annual Report 2023

We are pleased to present the 2023 Annual Report of Journal of Spine Surgery. Highlights from this year’s report include:

JSS has published 68 manuscripts, among which there are 24 Original Articles, 4 Review Articles. The pageviews of JSS have increased steadily, with a total of 246,534 hits.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers, and we look forward to continuing our work with you in the new year.

Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Beginning in September 2022, the Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) adopted the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG) joint statement and pledges to "strive for diversity in the peer review process and among the editorial boards and editorial leaders."

Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is among the list of COPE membership.

AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

Implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to JSS from June 01, 2020.

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in the Journal of Spine Surgery

The Journal of Spine Surgery welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, the Journal of Spine Surgery will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 16, 2019. For any submission of case report after the date:

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS), an Open-Access journal devoted to exploring many contemporary issues affecting spine surgery, patient care and the basic sciences that form the foundation of surgical management. The Journal of Spine Surgery is intended to be an international spine journal with an Australasian platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences, new findings and developments in the treatment and outcomes of spinal care.

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Vol 10, No 3 (September, 2024)

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Editorial

Is it still worth writing a research paper in 2024?

Gregory M. Malham, Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 329-332 Full Text (1639) COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Lateral decubitus anterior exposure of the L4–5 disc maintains safety compared with supine positioning

Nam V. Huynh, J. Alex Thomas, Leon Eisen, Domenic Robinson, Mark Medley, Aaron J. Buckland

PDF Pages: 333-343 Full Text (400) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Treatment strategies for cervical spondylotic myelopathy—is laminectomy alone a safe and effective option?

Connor A. Wathen, Arun T. Jacob, Dominique Bohorquez, Carthi Mannikarottu, Paul Marcotte

PDF Pages: 344-353 Full Text (280) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A comparative cadaveric biomechanical study of bilateral FacetFuse^® transfacet pedicle screws versus bilateral or unilateral pedicle screw-rod construct

Kingsley R. Chin, Jason A. Seale, Carl A. Bruce, Warren D. Yu, Steven C. Anagnost, Vivek P. Kushwaha, Roger D. Sung, Josue Gabriel, Craig S. Meyer, Neil R. Crawford, Vito Lore

PDF Pages: 354-361 Full Text (367) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Machine learning approach to predict acute kidney injury among patients undergoing multi-level spinal posterior instrumented fusion

Kevin Y. Heo, Prashant V. Rajan, Sameer Khawaja, Lauren A. Barber, Sangwook Tim Yoon

PDF Pages: 362-371 Full Text (334) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy of an allograft cellular bone matrix as an alternative to autograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: radiological results & safety

Samuel N. Goldman, Gregory K. Paschal, Kyle Mani, Frederik Abel, Fedan Avrumova, Andrew A. Sama, Frank P. Cammisa Jr, Celeste Abjornson

PDF Pages: 372-385 Full Text (344) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Advancing the design of interspinous fixation devices for improved biomechanical performance: dual vs. single-locking set screw mechanisms and symmetrical vs. asymmetrical plate designs

Kingsley R. Chin, Vito Lore, Erik Spayde, William M. Costigan, Zoha Irfan, Owen Battel, Deepak K. Pandey, Chukwunonso C. Ilogu, Jason A. Seale

PDF Pages: 386-394 Full Text (268) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Blood loss during three column osteotomies: influence on outcomes and mitigation strategies

Connor Wathen, Mert Marcel Dagli, Gabrielle Santangelo, Yohannes Ghenbot, Michael Spadola, Dominick Macaluso, William C. Welch, Vincent Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk

PDF Pages: 395-402 Full Text (225) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Minimally-invasive trans-facet lumbar interbody fusion using a dual-dimension expandable cage: preliminary results of a multi-institutional retrospective study

Chuan-Ching Huang, Kyle R. Brena, Troy Q. Tabarestani, Anas Bardeesi, Mounica Paturu, Holley Spears, Ernest E. Braxton, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr

PDF Pages: 403-415 Full Text (309) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical and radiographic outcomes after index anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with interbody spacer with integrated anchor fixation: a single-surgeon case study

Vishal Venkatraman, Jessica Albanese, Saif E. Zaidi, Khoi D. Than, Melissa M. Erickson, Clifford L. Crutcher, C. Rory Goodwin, Michael W. Groff, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr

PDF Pages: 416-427 Full Text (217) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical management of spinal multiple myeloma: insights from the National Inpatient Sample database

Aqib H. Zehri, Rebecca L. Calafiore, Keyan A. Peterson, Carol A. Kittel, Jed A. Osei, Jonathan L. Wilson, Wesley Hsu

PDF Pages: 428-437 Full Text (317) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Hardware failure following multilevel posterior percutaneous fixation using the minimally invasive antepsoas (MIS-ATP) approach in adult spine deformity

Aziz Saade, Tony Tannoury, Rahul Bhale, Varun Singh, Avilash Das, Chadi Tannoury

PDF Pages: 438-449 Full Text (292) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical treatment of post-traumatic vertebral osteonecrosis including intravertebral expansive implants—clinical, functional and imaging outcomes and a center experience over 7 years

Diogo Lino Moura, Helena Sofia Pais, Paulo Lourenço, Carlos Jardim

PDF Pages: 450-467 Full Text (187) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Real-world clinical accuracy of long cortical bone trajectory screw placement using a patient-specific template guide

Ryo Fujita, Itaru Oda, Hiroki Tanaka, Hirohito Takeuchi, Shigeki Oshima, Hiroyuki Hasebe, Hiroyuki Ambo, So Endo, Masanori Fujiya, Tsutomu Endo, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masahiko Takahata, Norimasa Iwasaki

PDF Pages: 468-478 Full Text (184) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Single position lateral lumbar interbody fusion with navigated percutaneous pedicle screw fixation: technique modification with resultant resource usage optimisation

Yong Yao Tan, Joseph Jon Yin Wan, Thayaparren Rajendram, Lilian Ow, Mon Hnin Tun, Hong Lee Terry Teo

PDF Pages: 479-487 Full Text (167) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Five-year radiological outcomes between decompression alone and decompression with an interlaminar device for lumbar spinal stenosis

Chen Xi Kasia Chua, Meetrra Seyher Rajoo, Andrew Cherian Thomas, Sean Junn Kit Lee, Shen Liang, Naresh Kumar

PDF Pages: 488-500 Full Text (795) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The use of thoracolumbar spinal orthosis in thoracolumbar fractures

Hani Alharbi, Nouf Altwaijri, Norah Alromaih, Adel Alshihri, Taif Almutairi, Mohammed Almizani, Mamdoh Alhawsawi

PDF Pages: 501-513 Full Text (448) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical Practice Guideline

Best practices guidelines in the postoperative management of patients who underwent cervical and lumbar fusions

Rami Elsabeh, John M. Abrahams

PDF Pages: 514-520 Full Text (224) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Surgical technique of 3D computer-assisted navigated posterior fixation of the upper cervical spine: illustration of three cases

Franziska C. S. Altorfer, Fedan Avrumova, Gregory Paschal, Marco D. Burkhard, Darren R. Lebl

PDF Pages: 521-539 Full Text (206) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Challenges in contemporary spinal robotics: encouraging spine surgeons to drive transformative changes in the development of future robotic platforms

Gregory M. Malham, Thomas A. Wells-Quinn, Adrian M. Nowitzke, Ralph J. Mobbs, Lali H. Sekhon

PDF Pages: 540-547 Full Text (191) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Bone graft substitutes used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a contemporary systematic review of fusion rates and complications

Dean T. Biddau, Zhou-Ai Wang, Charlie R. Faulks, Ralph J. Mobbs, Gregory M. Malham

PDF Pages: 548-561 Full Text (298) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Management and treatment algorithm of airway complications after anterior cervical spine surgery: systematic review

Luis Felipe Colón, Lauren Barber, Ellen Soffin, Todd J. Albert, Yoshihiro Katsuura

PDF Pages: 562-575 Full Text (281) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Spinal epidural hematoma and permanent paraplegia following spinal cord stimulator implantation: a case report

Alexander Baur, Keith Lustig

PDF Pages: 576-582 Full Text (726) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Total joint replacement of the lumbar spine: report of the first two cases with 16 years of follow-up

Louis J. Nel, S. Craig Humphreys, J. Alex Sielatycki, Jon E. Block, Scott D. Hodges

PDF Pages: 583-589 Full Text (472) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Computer-assisted navigation of anterior odontoid screw fixation for type II odontoid fracture: case report and practical positioning technique

Davin C. Gong, Mohamed Yassin, Rakesh D. Patel, Osama N. Kashlan, Ilyas Aleem

PDF Pages: 590-596 Full Text (229) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression from testicular yolk sac tumor: case report and literature review

Christine Anne T. Galang, Nicholas Hernandez, Courtney S. Lewis, Martin H. Pham

PDF Pages: 597-605 Full Text (289) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in children: a case report and literature review

Marthinson Andrew Tombeng, Kazuma Doi, Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa, Satoshi Tani, Junichi Mizuno

PDF Pages: 606-615 Full Text (359) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Lumbar interbody fusion: techniques, indications and comparison of interbody fusion options including PLIF, TLIF, MI-TLIF, OLIF/ATP, LLIF and ALIF

Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan, Greg Malham, Kevin Seex, Prashanth J. Rao

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 2-18 Full Text (128940) Open Access

Review Article

Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation: a safe and simple approach

Darweesh O. Al-Khawaja, Tamadur Mahasneh, Jonathan C. Li

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 21-24 Full Text (41922) Open Access

Original Study

Interspinous process spacers versus traditional decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Prashanth J. Rao, Jonathon R. Ball, Ralph J. Mobbs

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 31-40 Full Text (40144) Open Access

Review Article on Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

Complications of anterior cervical spine surgery: a systematic review of the literature

Timothy J. Yee, Kevin Swong, Paul Park

Published online: 30 March 2020

PDF Pages: 302-322 Full Text (34942) Open Access

Review Article on Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

Complications following posterior cervical decompression and fusion: a review of incidence, risk factors, and prevention strategies

Ryan K. Badiee, Rory Mayer, Brenton Pennicooke, Dean Chou, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Lee A. Tan

Published online: 30 March 2020

PDF Pages: 323-333 Full Text (31307) Open Access

Review Article

Anterior cervical spine surgery-associated complications in a retrospective case-control study

Anastasia Tasiou, Theofanis Giannis, Alexandros G. Brotis, Ioannis Siasios, Iordanis Georgiadis, Haralampos Gatos, Eleni Tsianaka, Konstantinos Vagkopoulos, Konstantinos Paterakis, Kostas N. Fountas

Published online: 29 September 2017

PDF Pages: 444-459 Full Text (25520) Open Access

Case Report

Far lateral microdiscectomy: a minimally-invasive surgical technique for the treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation

Kevin Phan, Alexander E. Dunn, Prashanth J. Rao, Ralph J. Mobbs

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 59-63 Full Text (Video) (24616) Open Access

Review Article

Comparison of ALIF vs. XLIF for L4/5 interbody fusion: pros, cons, and literature review

Mark J. Winder, Shanu Gambhir

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 2-8 Full Text (23604) Open Access

Review Article

Acute post-operative airway complications following anterior cervical spine surgery and the role for cricothyrotomy

Monika P. Debkowska, John F. Butterworth, Jaime E. Moore, Soobin Kang, Eric N. Appelbaum, Wilhelm A. Zuelzer

Published online: 22 March 2019

PDF Pages: 142-154 Full Text (21916) Open Access

Original Article

Flexion-extension standing radiographs underestimate instability in patients with single-level lumbar spondylolisthesis: comparing flexion-supine imaging may be more appropriate

Nathan J. Lee, Justin Mathew, Jun S. Kim, Joseph M. Lombardi, Andrew C. Vivas, Jay Reidler, Scott L. Zuckerman, Paul J. Park, Eric Leung, Meghan Cerpa, Mark Weidenbaum, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman, Zeeshan M. Sardar

Published online: 17 March 2021

PDF Pages: 48-54 Full Text (21442) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

The management of scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Thomas Cloake, Adrian Gardner

Published online: 31 December 2016

PDF Pages: 299-309 Full Text (20615) Open Access

Original Study

Surgery for spinal tuberculosis: a multi-center experience of 582 cases

Md. Shah Alam, Kevin Phan, Rezaul Karim, Sharif Ahmed Jonayed, Hasan Khalid Md. Munir, Shubhendu Chakraborty, Tashfique Alam

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 65-71 Full Text (20524) Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Unilateral biportal endoscopic decompression for degenerative lumbar canal stenosis

Jwo-Luen Pao, Shang-Ming Lin, Wen-Chi Chen, Chih-Hung Chang

Published online: 30 June 2020

PDF Pages: 438-446 Full Text (19327) COI Form Open Access

Review of Techniques

What should my hospital buy next?—Guidelines for the acquisition and application of imaging, navigation, and robotics for spine surgery

Gregory M. Malham, Thomas Wells-Quinn

Published online: 22 March 2019

PDF Pages: 155-165 Full Text (16818) Open Access

Original Study

The incidence of new onset sacroiliac joint pain following lumbar fusion

Yu Chao Lee, Robert Lee, Clare Harman

Published online: 29 September 2019

PDF Pages: 310-314 Full Text (16261) Open Access

Review Article

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the management of scoliosis

James E. Archer, Adrian C. Gardner, Helen P. Roper, Ashish A. Chikermane, Andrew J. Tatman

Published online: 01 September 2016

PDF Pages: 185-194 Full Text (15956) Open Access

Review Article

Single-level selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy

David Graham, Kristian Aquilina, Stephanie Cawker, Simon Paget, Neil Wimalasundera

Published online: 01 September 2016

PDF Pages: 195-201 Full Text (15559) Open Access

Original Study

The outcome of pedicle screw instrumentation removal for ongoing low back pain following posterolateral lumbar fusion

Mario G. Zotti, Oscar P. Brumby-Rendell, Ben McDonald, Tom Fisher, Christovalantis Tsimiklis, Wai Weng Yoon, Orso L. Osti

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 50-56 Full Text (14304) Open Access

Review Article

Systematic review of 3D printing in spinal surgery: the current state of play

Ben Wilcox, Ralph J. Mobbs, Ai-Min Wu, Kevin Phan

Published online: 29 September 2017

PDF Pages: 433-443 Full Text (14000) Open Access

Review Article

Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients: ATLS^® recommendations and review of current evidence

Roozbeh Shafafy, Sukrit Suresh, John O. Afolayan, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Jaykar R. Panchmatia

Published online: 30 June 2017

PDF Pages: 217-225 Full Text (13632) Open Access

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Below are the latest Journal of Spine Surgery articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article

The percentage of sacroiliac fusions done in the U.S. by non-surgical specialties has increased

Mathew Cyriac, Bela P. Delvadia, Julianna E. Winter, Jacob S. Budin, Olivia C. Lee, William F. Sherman

Published online: 18 November 2024

Case Series

A case series in vertebral body tethering results in improvement in coronal Cobb angle but deterioration in axial rotation: a 3-dimensional analysis

Teenie Kwan Tung Wong, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung

Published online: 13 November 2024

Original Article

Lumbar total disk replacement versus microsurgical lumbar discectomy in treatment of radicular and back pain in railway workers: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Vadim A. Byvaltsev, Andrei A. Kalinin, Yurii Ya. Pestryakov, Ravshan M. Yuldashev, Marat A. Aliyev

Published online: 13 November 2024

Original Article

Osseointegration and fixation opportunities of sacroiliac instrumentation: a preclinical evaluation in a large animal model

David W. Polly Jr, Michael J. Gardner, Dan Wills, James Crowley, Matthew Pelletier, Tian Wang, Ian Bailey, Scott Yerby, William R. Walsh

Published online: 11 November 2024

Original Article

Association between final local kyphosis angle and residual back pain in traumatic vertebral fractures at the thoracolumbar junction with posterior stabilization using percutaneous pedicle screws

Takeshi Sasagawa

Published online: 08 November 2024

Case Report

Electromagnetic navigation guided tailored lamino-pedicular intralesional marginal resection of recurrent sacral osteoblastoma: a case report

Armand Dominik Škapin, Peter Brumat, Miha Vodičar

Published online: 05 November 2024

Case Report

Kyphoplasty in the setting of corynebacterium striatum septicemia with postoperative osteomyelitis requiring salvage vertebrectomy: a case report

Zachary M. Stauber, Quinn T. Ehlen, Nicholas A. Mirsky, Marshall E. Stauber

Published online: 05 November 2024

Case Report

The insane path of two cervical intervertebral implants: late migration, esophageal ingrowth, and rectal excretion: an exceptional case report

Philipp R. Sager, Martin A. Seule, Fabrice A. Külling

Published online: 21 October 2024

Case Report

Role of endoscopic sequestrectomy in the treatment of therapy-resistant radiculopathy in patients with extreme obesity: technical note and case report

Daniel Staribacher, Guenther C. Feigl, Dzmitry Kuzmin

Published online: 12 October 2024

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The Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is an open access, international, peer-reviewed publication indexed in PubMed, dedicated to the field of spine surgery, science and clinical outcomes.