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Interviews with Editorial Board Members

JSS features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

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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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

PDF Pages: 616-626 Full Text (199) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 627-634 Full Text (226) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 635-641 Full Text (165) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 642-652 Full Text (124) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Robot-assisted minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion: a complete workflow pilot feasibility study

Joseph Jon Yin Wan, Yong Yao Tan, Justin Rui Xin Ker, Shree Kumar Dinesh

PDF Pages: 653-662 Full Text (173) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Minimally invasive prone lateral retropleural or retroperitoneal antepsoas approach spinal surgery using the rotatable radiolucent Jackson table

Yu-Cheng Yeh, Yung-Hsueh Hu, Ping-Yeh Chiu, Fu-Cheng Kao, Ming-Kai Hsieh, Chia-Wei Yu, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Po-Liang Lai, Tsai-Sheng Fu, Chi-Chien Niu, Lih-Huei Chen, Wen-Jer Chen

PDF Pages: 663-679 Full Text (127) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

‘The Stegosaurus Appearance’ on ultrasound to assist in identifying the correct spinal level for primary lumbar spinal surgery

Ronak Ved, Isobel Hatrick, Kate Gregory, Sanjeevan Yoganathan, Ravindra Nannapaneni

PDF Pages: 680-686 Full Text (72) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 687-696 Full Text (87) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Non-instrumented management of traumatic atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation: surgical technique

Oluwaseun Omoba, Ryan Farrell, William Chase Johnson, Samon Tavakoli, David Wallace, Viktor Bartanusz, Cristian Gragnaniello, Fassil B. Mesfin, Michael McGinity

PDF Pages: 697-705 Full Text (157) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion: patient selection and workup

Sean M. Barber, Suraj Sulhan, Lindsey Schwartz, Sanjay Konakondla

PDF Pages: 706-714 Full Text (124) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Use of ceramic synthetic allografts in spine surgery: a narrative review with early basic science and clinic data of novel nanosynthetic bone graft

Christopher L. Antonacci, Annabelle P. Davey, Cameron Kia, Hanbing Zhou

PDF Pages: 715-723 Full Text (150) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 724-732 Full Text (158) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 733-737 Full Text (Video) (126) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 738-744 Full Text (205) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Successful treatment of a C2 aneurysmal bone cyst with hydroxyapatite and calcium sulfate synthetic bone void filler injection: a case report

Marco Battistelli, Alessandro Rapisarda, Nicola Montano, Alessandro Pedicelli, Iacopo Valente, Alessandro Olivi, Filippo Maria Polli

PDF Pages: 745-757 Full Text (106) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical management of dysphagia due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: the role of barium swallow fluoroscopy—a case report

Anouar Bourghli, Yaser Almonla, Louis Boissiere, Faisal Konbaz, Khaled Almusrea, Ibrahim Obeid

PDF Pages: 758-763 Full Text (106) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

Armand Dominik Škapin, Peter Brumat, Miha Vodičar

PDF Pages: 764-771 Full Text (144) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial

The evolution and promise of endoscopic spine surgery

Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 772-774 Full Text (109) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Artificial intelligence in spine care: a paradigm shift in diagnosis, surgery, and rehabilitation

Ralph J. Mobbs

PDF Pages: 775-778 Full Text (119) 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 (131350) 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 (42286) 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 (40811) 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 (36326) 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 (33206) 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 (26094) 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) (24949) 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 (24050) 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 (22489) 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 (22136) 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 (20886) 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 (20882) 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 (20094) 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 (17110) 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 (16775) 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 (16355) 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 (15765) 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 (14448) 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 (14356) 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 (13836) Open Access

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

Original Article

A Canadian national survey of the medical management of acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Mohamed Alhantoobi, Nadeen AlKhoori, Amanda Martyniuk, Markian Pahuta, Desmond Kwok, Sunjay Sharma, Daipayan Guha

Published online: 15 January 2025

Review Article

The legal and socioeconomic considerations of spine telemedicine in Canada

Youngkyung Jung, Shawn Baldeo, Markian Pahuta, Sunjay Sharma, Daipayan Guha

Published online: 09 January 2025

Letter to the Editor

Short-term clinical and radiographic results of expandable cages that expand both height and lordosis for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF)

Khanathip Jitpakdee, Fabian Sommer, Edna Gouveia, Catherine Mykolajtchuk, Blake Boadi, Jessica Berger, Ibrahim Hussain, Roger Härtl

Published online: 07 January 2025

Original Article

A new minimally invasive cervical pedicle screw (CPS) fixation system using intra-operative computed tomography-guided navigation

Christian Blume, Tobias Philip Schmidt, Christian-Andreas Mueller, Alexander Romagna, Miguel Pishnamaz, Hans Clusmann, Ulf Bertram

Published online: 16 December 2024

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