Vol 11, No 2 (June 27, 2025): Journal of Spine Surgery

Original Article

Traumatic spinal cord injury in the elderly: predictors for mortality and functional outcomes
Calvin Wing Hang Chin, Barry Ting Sheen Kweh, Idrees Sher, Andrew Nunn, Boyuan Khoo, Mina Asaid, Augusto Gonzalvo
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:216-226
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Prevalence of occult spina bifida in isthmic versus degenerative spondylolisthesis: retrospective radiographic review of consecutive surgical patients
Anmar Al-Witri, Yingda Li
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:227-233
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Comparison of endoscopic and non-endoscopic lumbar decompression outcomes using ACS-NSQIP database 2017–2022
Adam J. Ward, Samuel Ezeonu, Tina Raman, Charla Fischer, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Yong H. Kim
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:234-241
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Venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis is not supported following elective spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Aditya Muralidharan, Davin C. Gong, Anthony N. Baumann, Joshua D. Piche, Kempland C. Walley, Osama N. Kashlan, Rakesh D. Patel, Ilyas S. Aleem
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:242-255
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Fusion outcomes of structural bone allograft in cervical and lumbar spine surgery: analysis of 147 patients over a decade of follow-up
Feifei Wu, Viola Bartoletti, Diletta Trojan, Giulia Montagner, Jacopo Del Verme, Roberto Zanata, Giuseppe Canova, Enrico Giordan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:256-268
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Educational value of a high-definition three-dimensional extracorporeal telescope (exoscope) in lateral access spine surgery
Yong Yao Tan, Siu Kei David Mak, Ree Yi Koh, Terry Hong Lee Teo
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:269-276
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Underestimation of postoperative ileus as a benign complication in spine surgery: a case-control study in a major spine surgery centre in Saudi Arabia
Suhail Saad AlAssiri, Majed S. Abaalkhail, Mohamed Saad Asiri, Fahad H. Al Helal, Faisal M. Konbaz, Amer Riyadh Aljaian, Rayan Waleed Almasari, Firas M. Alsebayel, Sami I. Al Eissa
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:277-285
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Clinical and radiologic outcomes and complications of unilateral S2AI screw fixation in adult spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Koopong Siribumrungwong, Jackapol Kamolpak, Sansern Satthanan, Bunyaporn Wuttiworawanit, Punnawit Pinitchanon, Thongchai Suntharapa
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:286-295
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Comparative effectiveness of transforaminal epidural steroid injection: subpedicular versus Kambin’s triangle technique: a single-centre experience
Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Sung Tan Cho, Jaruphitchaya Homlakhorn, Peem Sarasombath
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:296-306
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Surgical Technique

Surgical treatment of unstable spondylodiscitis with posterior instrumentation and bioactive glass (BAG-S53P4): surgical technique and results at medium-term follow-up
Paolo Arrigoni, Ilaria Morelli, Stefano Puricelli, Francesca Manfroni, Domenico Prestamburgo
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:307-320
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Restoring segmental lumbar lordosis after failed previous fusion at the same level
Evgenii S. Baykov, Dmitriy M. Kozlov, Olga N. Leonova, Aleksandr V. Krutko
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:321-327
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Review Article

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion implants: a narrative review of current trends and future directions
Alfred-John Bayaton, Michael R. McDermott, Hannah J. Grimmett, Mihir Chadra, Ashish Patel
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:328-338
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Preoperative optimization of obese spine patients with GLP-1 receptor agonists: enhancing surgery and improving outcomes
David Barkyoumb, Fauziyya Muhammad, Zachary A. Smith, Hakeem J. Shakir
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:339-346
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Case Report

Intramedullary epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour arising from sporadic schwannoma in the thoracic spine: first case report and review of the literature
Shams Albrefkany, Kantha Siddhanth Gujjari, Tarundeep Dhaliwal, Bi Yi Chen, Adrian Praeger, Amitha Thomas, Beena Kumar, Craig Timms
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:347-353
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The importance of stabilisation in enabling bone fusion demonstrated by successful revision of failed occipitocervical fusion using patient-specific atlantoaxial joint spacers: a case report
Alper Yataganbaba, William C. H. Parr, Jackson C. Hill, Kevin A. Seex
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:354-362
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Combined anterior and posterior instrumented fusion for correction of severe cervical kyphotic and coronal deformity in vertebral osteomyelitis: a case report with literature review
Amanda Bingaman, Rohan V. Gupta, Srinivasa P. Kanuparthi, Bong-Soo Kim
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:363-370
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Microsurgical resection of an intramedullary metastasis of rare histopathology—a case report and comprehensive literature review
Felix C. Stengel, Stephan Heisinger, Natalia Vélez Char, Anand Veeravagu, Martin N. Stienen
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:371-377
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Contemporaneously diagnosed lumbosacral spinal subdural hematoma and cranial subdural hematoma with cerebral contusions following isolated head trauma: a case report and review of the literature
Ibrahim Nabhan, Nova Kristine de los Reyes-Nabhan, Farschad Tabesch, Andrei Slavici, Michael Rauschmann
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:378-386
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Endoscopic spinal surgery in adjacent segment disease—a viable alternative to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a case report
Hoi Pong Nicholas Wong, Dinesh Naidu, Soon Yaw Walter Wong, Pang Hung Wu, Yilun Huang
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:387-395
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Editorial

The evolving role of lateral lumbar interbody fusion in lumbar fusion: challenging the dominance of transforaminal interbody fusion
Gregory M. Malham, Yi-Yuen Wang, Ralph J. Mobbs
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2025;
11
(2)
:396-399
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