Vol 4, No 2 (June 30, 2018): Journal of Spine Surgery

Original Study

Minimally invasive stabilization of the fractured ankylosed spine: a comparative case series study
Francis Brooks, Matthew Rackham, Ben Williams, Deb Roy, Yu Chao Lee, Michael Selby
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:168-172
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The combined administration of vancomycin IV, standard prophylactic antibiotics, and vancomycin powder in spinal instrumentation surgery: does the routine use affect infection rates and bacterial resistance?
Howard Young Park, William Sheppard, Ryan Smith, Jiayang Xiao, Jonathan Gatto, Richard Bowen, Anthony Scaduto, Langston Holly, Daniel Lu, Duncan McBride, Arya Nick Shamie, Don Young Park
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:173-179
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Biomechanical evaluation of interbody fixation with secondary augmentation: lateral lumbar interbody fusion versus posterior lumbar interbody fusion
Jakub Godzik, Samuel Kalb, Marco T. Reis, Phillip M. Reyes, Vaneet Singh, Anna G. U. S. Newcomb, Steve W. Chang, Brian P. Kelly, Neil R. Crawford
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:180-186
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Accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: is triggered electromyographic pedicle screw stimulation necessary?
K. Aaron Shaw, Joshua S. Murphy, Dennis P. Devito
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:187-194
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A psoas splitting approach developed for outpatient lateral interbody fusion versus a standard transpsoas approach
Kingsley R. Chin, Fabio J. R. Pencle, Morgan D. Brown, Jason A. Seale
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:195-202
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Differences in primary and revision deformity surgeries: following 1,063 primary thoracolumbar adult spinal deformity fusions over time
Gregory W. Poorman, Peter L. Zhou, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, Samantha Horn, Cole Bortz, Frank Segreto, Joshua Auerbach, John Y. Moon, Jared C. Tishelman, Michael C. Gerling, Bassel G. Diebo, Rafael De La Garza-Ramos, Justin C. Paul, Peter G. Passias
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:203-210
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Utilization of intraoperative neuromonitoring throughout the United States over a recent decade: an analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample
Joseph L. Laratta, Jamal N. Shillingford, Alex Ha, Joseph M. Lombardi, Hemant P. Reddy, Comron Saifi, Steven C. Ludwig, Ronald A. Lehman, Lawrence G. Lenke
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:211-219
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Post-operative drain use in patients undergoing decompression and fusion: incidence of complications and symptomatic hematoma
Owoicho Adogwa, Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Ronnie L. Shammas, Sohrab Vatsia, Victoria D. Vuong, Syed Khalid, Joseph Cheng, Carlos A. Bagley, Isaac O. Karikari
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:220-226
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The use of subfascial drains after multi-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: does the data support its use?
Owoicho Adogwa, Syed I. Khalid, Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Victoria D. Voung, Daniel T. Lilly, Shyam A. Desai, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Joseph Cheng, Isaac O. Karikari
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:227-232
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Incidence and risk factors of wound complications in long segment instrumented thoracolumbar spinal fusions: a retrospective study
Cindy R. Nahhas, Kimberly Hu, Ankit I. Mehta
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:233-240
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Non-neurological outcomes of anterior and posterolateral approaches in the surgical treatment of thoracic disc disease: a retrospective study
Cindy R. Nahhas, Justin K. Scheer, Syed I. Khalid, Owoicho Adogwa, Gregory D. Arnone, Abhiraj D. Bhimani, Pouyan Kheirkhah, Ankit I. Mehta
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:241-246
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Neurologic adverse event avoidance in lateral lumbar interbody fusion: technical considerations using muscle relaxants
Guy R. Fogel, Laurence Rosen, Jayme Carolynn Burket Koltsov, Ivan Cheng
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:247-253
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Limited post-operative dexamethasone use does not affect lumbar fusion: a single institutional experience
Owoicho Adogwa, Victoria D. Vuong, Daniel T. Lilly, Shyam A. Desai, Ryan Khanna, Shahjehan Ahmad, Josha Woodward, Syed Khalid, Joseph Cheng
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:254-259
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The impact of insurance coverage on access to orthopedic spine care
Dale N. Segal, Zachary J. Grabel, Weilong J. Shi, Michael B. Gottschalk, Scott D. Boden
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:260-263
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Discharge to skilled-care or rehabilitation following elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion increases the risk of 30-day re-admissions and post-discharge complications
Azeem Tariq Malik, Nikhil Jain, Elizabeth Yu, Jeffery Kim, Safdar N. Khan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:264-273
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Hypothyroidism increases 90-day postoperative complications in patients undergoing primary single level anterior cervical disectomy and fusion: a matched control analysis
Rushabh M. Vakharia, Ajit M. Vakharia, Bijan Ameri, Timothy Niedzielak, Chester J. Donnally III, John P. Malloy IV
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:274-280
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Length of stay associated with posterior cervical fusion with intervertebral cages: experience from a device registry
Kris Siemionow, William Smith, Mark Gillespy, Bruce M. McCormack, Mukund I. Gundanna, Jon E. Block
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:281-286
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Complications associated with intrathecal morphine in spine surgery: a retrospective study
Arif Pendi, Yu-Po Lee, Saif Al-Deen B. Farhan, Frank L. Acosta, S. Samuel Bederman, Ronald Sahyouni, Elias R. Gerrick, Nitin N. Bhatia
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:287-294
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Evaluating cervical deformity corrective surgery outcomes at 1-year using current patient-derived and functional measures: are they adequate?
Peter G. Passias, Samantha R. Horn, Cheongeun Oh, Subaraman Ramchandran, Douglas C. Burton, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Gregory W. Poorman, Leah Steinmetz, Frank A. Segreto, Cole A. Bortz, Justin S. Smith, Christopher Ames, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Han Jo Kim, Alexandra Soroceanu, Eric O. Klineberg, International Spine Study Group (ISSG)
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:295-303
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Thirty-day complication and readmission rates associated with resection of metastatic spinal tumors: a single institutional experience
Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Owoicho Adogwa, David T. Lubkin, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Sohrab Vatsia, Eric W. Sankey, Joseph Cheng, Carlos A. Bagley, Isaac O. Karikari
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:304-310
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View of U.S. spine surgeons regarding cost reduction measures
Arif Pendi, Saif Al-Deen B. Farhan, Darren Raphael, Joseph B. Rinehart, Zeev N. Kain, S. Samuel Bederman
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:311-318
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Utilization of the 3D-printed spine model for freehand pedicle screw placement in complex spinal deformity correction
Lee A. Tan, Ketan Yerneni, Alexander Tuchman, Xudong J. Li, Meghan Cerpa, Ronald A. Lehman Jr, Lawrence G. Lenke
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:319-327
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Kyphoplasty patient-centered outcomes via questionnaire
Daniel Carr, Richard Cook, Doris Tong, Matthew Bahoura, Jennifer Kanack, Alicja Sobilo, Stephanie Falatko, Beverly C. Walters, Ryan Barrett
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:328-332
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Incidence and predictors of all-cause mortality within one year after adult spinal deformity surgery
Scott L. Zuckerman, Nikita Lakomkin, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Clinton J. Devin
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:333-341
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Cervical sagittal alignment and the impact of posterior spinal instrumented fusion in patients with Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Ryan J. Berger, Assem A. Sultan, Joseph E. Tanenbaum, William A. Cantrell, David P. Gurd, Thomas E. Kuivila, Thomas E. Mroz, Michael P. Steinmetz, Ryan C. Goodwin
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:342-348
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A single center retrospective clinical evaluation of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion comparing allograft spacers to silicon nitride cages
Micah W. Smith, Daniel R. Romano, Bryan J. McEntire, B. Sonny Bal
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:349-360
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Surgical management of U/H type sacral fractures: outcomes following iliosacral and lumbopelvic fixation
Meghan Kelly, Jun Zhang, Catherine A. Humphrey, John T. Gorczyca, Addisu Mesfin
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:361-367
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Timing of surgery and radiotherapy in the management of metastatic spine disease: expert opinion
Robert S. Lee, Juliet Batke, Lorna Weir, Nicolas Dea, Charles G. Fisher
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:368-373
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Case series of posterior instrumentation for repair of burst lumbar vertebral body fractures with entrapped neural elements
Haider Kareem, Muhammad Hasan Raza, Vassilios Kontojannis, Amr Nimer, Kevin Tsang
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:374-382
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A review of 571 radiographs on Tuffier’s inter-cristal line and its’ application in lumbar spinal surgery
Ahmed Chowdhury, Himanshu Sharma
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:383-387
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The impact of urgent intervention on the neurologic recovery in patients with thoracolumbar fractures
José Ramírez-Villaescusa, Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo, David Ruiz-Picazo, Antonio Martin-Benlloch, Pedro Torres-Lozano, Eloy Portero-Martinez
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:388-396
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Delayed surgery in neurologically intact patients affected by thoraco-lumbar junction burst fractures: to reduce pain and improve quality of life
Lorenzo Nigro, Roberto Tarantino, Pasquale Donnarumma, Marika Rullo, Antonio Santoro, Roberto Delfini
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:397-402
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The K-line in the cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament is different on plain radiographs and CT images
Yasushi Ijima, Takeo Furuya, Mitsutoshi Ota, Satoshi Maki, Junya Saito, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Takuya Miyamoto, Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Takane Suzuki, Masashi Yamazaki, Masao Koda
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:403-407
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Microendoscope-assisted posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a technical note
Hirohiko Inanami, Fumiko Saiki, Yasushi Oshima
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:408-413
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The effectiveness of non-surgical treatments, re-discectomy and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in postdiscectomy pain syndrome
Mehmet Nuri Erdem, Halil Yener Erken, Mehmet Aydogan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:414-422
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Review Article

Ultrasound diagnosis and therapeutic intervention in the spine
Adil S. Ahmed, Raahul Ramakrishnan, Vignesh Ramachandran, Shyam S. Ramachandran, Kevin Phan, Erik L. Antonsen
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:423-432
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Effects of spaceflight on cartilage: implications on spinal physiology
Vignesh Ramachandran, Ruifei Wang, Shyam S. Ramachandran, Adil S. Ahmed, Kevin Phan, Erik L. Antonsen
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:433-445
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Spinal arachnoid web—a review article
Haitham Ben Ali, Preci Hamilton, Stefan Zygmunt, Kamal Makram Yakoub
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:446-450
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The evolution of partial undercutting facetectomy in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
Derek T. Cawley, Ravi Shenoy, Adam Benton, Senthil Muthian, Susanne Selvadurai, John R. Johnson, Sean Molloy
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:451-455
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Spine surgery registries: hope for evidence-based spinal care?
Maryem Ismael, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Federico Cabitza, Giuseppe Banfi, Pedro Berjano
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:456-458
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Editorial

The transperitoneal approach for anterior lumbar interbody fusion at L5−S1: a technical note
Joseph L. Laratta, Eric G. Davis, Steven D. Glassman, John R. Dimar
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
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:459-460
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Anti-directional cervical intervertebral motion: could it have gone any other way?
Alan Breen
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:461-464
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Will a low-dose biplanar radiograph become “gold standard” for three-dimensional assessment of spinal deformity in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
Yu Yamato, Yukihiro Matsuyama
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:465-466
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Editorial on “Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using polyetheretherketone oblique cages with and without a titanium coating: a randomised clinical pilot study”
Kristian Høy, Haisheng Li
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:467-470
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Case Report

Permanent implantation of antibiotic cement over exposed instrumentation eradicates deep spinal infection
Joseph L. Laratta, Joseph M. Lombardi, Jamal N. Shillingford, Hemant P. Reddy, Borys V. Gvozdyev, Yong J. Kim
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:471-477
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Disc herniation caused by a viscoelastic nucleus after total lumbar disc replacement—a case report
Lukas Grassner, Andreas Grillhösl, Michael Bierschneider, Martin Strowitzki
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:478-482
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Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy via adjacent interlaminar space for highly down-migrated lumbar disc herniation: a technical report
Yasushi Inomata, Yasushi Oshima, Hirokazu Inoue, Yuichi Takano, Hirohiko Inanami, Hisashi Koga
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:483-489
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Spinal extradural angiolipoma: a report of two cases and review of literature
Xiang Yang, Seidu A. Richard, Chuanfen Lei, Jiagang Liu, Siqing Huang
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2018;
4
(2)
:490-495
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