Vol 2, No 1 (March 01, 2016): Journal of Spine Surgery

Preface

From small seeds grow big trees
Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:1
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Review Article

Comparison of ALIF vs. XLIF for L4/5 interbody fusion: pros, cons, and literature review
Mark J. Winder, Shanu Gambhir
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
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:2-8
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Bone morphogenetic protein in pediatric spine fusion surgery
Robert W. Molinari, Christine Kerr, Danielle Kerr
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
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:9-12
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Third-generation percutaneous vertebral augmentation systems
Daniele Vanni, Renato Galzio, Anna Kazakova, Andrea Pantalone, Giovanni Grillea, Marcello Bartolo, Vincenzo Salini, Vincenzo Magliani
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
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:13-20
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Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation: a safe and simple approach
Darweesh O. Al-Khawaja, Tamadur Mahasneh, Jonathan C. Li
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:21-24
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Original Study

Comparison of surgical outcomes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: does the intra-operative use of a microscope improve surgical outcomes
Owoicho Adogwa, Aladine Elsamadicy, Elizabeth Reiser, Cole Ziegler, Kyle Freischlag, Joseph Cheng, Carlos A. Bagley
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:25-30
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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
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:31-40
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Cervical spine immobilisation in the elderly population
Prashanth J. Rao, Kevin Phan, Ralph J. Mobbs, David Wilson, Jonathon Ball
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:41-46
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Independent predictors of reliability between full time employee-dependent acquisition of functional outcomes compared to non-full time employee-dependent methodologies: a prospective single institutional study
Owoicho Adogwa, Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Joseph Cheng, Carlos Bagley
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:47-51
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Decompression versus decompression and fusion for degenerative lumbar stenosis: analysis of the factors influencing the outcome of back pain and disability
Pasquale Donnarumma, Roberto Tarantino, Lorenzo Nigro, Marika Rullo, Domenico Messina, Daniele Diacinti, Roberto Delfini
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:52-58
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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
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:59-63
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Kyphotic deformity after laminectomy surgery for a gunshot wound to the spine: a case report
Ali Babashahi, Morteza Taheri
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:64-68
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Acute hemorrhagic paraplegia in a thoracic spinal hemangioblastoma after free diving
Prashanth J. Rao, Kevin Phan, Jonathon Ball
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
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:69-71
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Scoliosis associated with idiopathic lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis
Seong Rok Han
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
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:72-75
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Neurotropic cutaneous malignant melanoma with contiguous spread to spinal cord, an extremely rare presentation
Sheikh Asad, Idrees Sher, Jens Peters-Willke, Peter Jessup
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:76-81
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Article Commentary

Adjacent segment degeneration and disease following cervical arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Daniel Brian Scherman, Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:82-84
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Percutaneous resolution of lumbar facet joint cysts as an alternative treatment to surgery: a meta-analysis
Ryan J. Campbell, Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2016;
2
(1)
:85-86
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