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Preoperative Zung Depression Scale predicts outcome after revision lumbar surgery for adjacent segment disease, recurrent stenosis, and pseudarthrosis
22 September 2011
Abstract: Background context: Persistent back pain and leg pain after index surgery is distressing to patients and spinal surgeons. Revision surgical treatment is technically challenging and has been ...
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Owoicho Adogwa,
Scott L. Parker,
David N. Shau,
Stephen K. Mendenhall,
Oran S. Aaronson,
Joseph S. Cheng,
Clinton J. Devin,
Matthew J. McGirt
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Commentary: Revision lumbar surgery and revisiting the role of preoperative depression screening
COMMENTARY ON: Adogwa O, Parker SL, Shau DN, et al. Preoperative Zung Depression Scale predicts outcome after revision lumbar surgery for adjacent segment disease, recurrent stenosis, and pseudarthros...
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Eugene J. Carragee,
Connor J. Telles
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Health-related quality of life and comorbidities associated with lumbar spinal stenosis
23 December 2011
Abstract: Background context: Spinal stenosis is one of the most commonly diagnosed pathologies of the lumbar spine and the leading indication for spine surgery in adults aged 65 years and older. Yet,...
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Michele C. Battié,
C. Allyson Jones,
Donald P. Schopflocher,
Richard W. Hu
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189-195
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Commentary: Lessons and limitations of population-based research
COMMENTARY ON: Battié MC, Jones CA, Schopflocher DP, Hu RW. Health-related quality of life and comorbidities associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine J 2012;12:189–95 (in this issue).
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David A. Wong
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Risk factors for medical complication after spine surgery: a multivariate analysis of 1,591 patients
16 January 2012
Abstract: Background context: Several studies have examined the occurrence of medical complication after spine surgery. However, many of these studies have been done using large national databases. Al...
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Michael J. Lee,
Mark A. Konodi,
Amy M. Cizik,
Richard J. Bransford,
Carlo Bellabarba,
Jens R. Chapman
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Commentary: Complications in spine surgery: “the devil is in the details”
COMMENTARY ON: Lee MJ, Konodi MA, Cizik AM, et al. Risk factors for medical complication after spine surgery: a multivariate analysis of 1,591 patients. Spine J 2012;12:197–206 (in this issue).
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Y. Raja Rampersaud
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Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar diseases
02 March 2012
Abstract: Background context: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has become a well-established technique that is traditionally performed with bilateral pedicle screw (PS) fixation. There ar...
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Huaming Xue,
Yihui Tu,
Minwei Cai
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Commentary: Is bilateral pedicle screw fixation necessary when performing a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion? An analysis of clinical outcomes, radiographic outcomes, and cost
COMMENTARY ON: Xue H, Tu Y, Cai M. Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar diseases. Spine J 2012;12:209–15 (in this issue)...
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Jeffrey A. Rihn
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Postoperative Infection Treatment Score for the Spine (PITSS): construction and validation of a predictive model to define need for single versus multiple irrigation and debridement for spinal surgical site infection
05 March 2012
Abstract: Background context: There is very little evidence to guide treatment of patients with spinal surgical site infection (SSI) who require irrigation and debridement (I&D) in deciding need f...
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Christian P. DiPaola,
Davor D. Saravanja,
Luca Boriani,
Hongbin Zhang,
Michael C. Boyd,
Brian K. Kwon,
Scott J. Paquette,
Marcel F.S. Dvorak,
Charles G. Fisher,
John T. Street
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218-230
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Accuracy and complications associated with posterior C1 screw fixation techniques: a radiographic and clinical assessment
05 March 2012
Abstract: Background context: The variable C1 anatomy can make instrumentation challenging and prone to potentially severe complications. New techniques have expanded available options. Purpose: The a...
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Richard J. Bransford,
Mark A. Freeborn,
Anthony J. Russo,
Quynh T. Nguyen,
Michael J. Lee,
Jens R. Chapman,
Carlo Bellabarba
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Comparative study of fusion rate induced by different dosages of Escherichia coli–derived recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 using hydroxyapatite carrier
17 February 2012
Abstract: Background context: Hydroxyapatite (HA) is considered to be useful because of its high affinity for recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP), mechanical resistance to compressive...
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Jae Hyup Lee,
Chang Hun Yu,
Jae Jun Yang,
Hae-Ri Baek,
Kyung-Mee Lee,
Tae-Young Koo,
Bong-Soon Chang,
Choon-Ki Lee
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Influences of disc degeneration and bone mineral density on the structural properties of lumbar end plates
27 February 2012
Abstract: Background context: Implants subsidence is a frequent complication of interbody fusion, which can result in pain, deformity, nerve damage, and even failure of surgery. The end plates as the ...
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Yang Hou,
Wen Yuan
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Effect of short-term unloading on T2 relaxation time in the lumbar intervertebral disc—in vivo magnetic resonance imaging study at 3.0 tesla
Abstract: Background context: Diurnal changes in T2 values, indicative for changes in water content, have been reported in the lumbar intervertebral discs. However, data concerning short-term T2 chang...
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David Stelzeneder,
Balázs K. Kovács,
Sabine Goed,
Goetz H. Welsch,
Clemens Hirschfeld,
Tatjana Paternostro-Sluga,
Klaus M. Friedrich,
Tallal C. Mamisch,
Siegfried Trattnig
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Osteoblasts exhibit a more differentiated phenotype and increased bone morphogenetic protein production on titanium alloy substrates than on poly-ether-ether-ketone
19 March 2012
Abstract: Background context: Multiple biomaterials are clinically available to spine surgeons for performing interbody fusion. Poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) is used frequently for lumbar spine inter...
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Rene Olivares-Navarrete,
Rolando A. Gittens,
Jennifer M. Schneider,
Sharon L. Hyzy,
David A. Haithcock,
Peter F. Ullrich,
Zvi Schwartz,
Barbara D. Boyan
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Nerve root herniation into a calcified pseudomeningocele after lumbar laminectomy
27 February 2012
A 63-year old man with a prior history of an L4–L5 laminectomy 5 years back presented with weakness of the right foot, sensory loss in the S1 dermatome, and sciatica. Magnetic resonance imaging reveal...
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Ali Akhaddar,
Omar Boulahroud,
Mohamed Boucetta
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Subconjunctival hemorrhage as a complication of intraoperative positioning for lumbar spinal surgery
27 February 2012
A 42-year-old man underwent surgery for a recurrent disc herniation at L4–L5. He was positioned prone for 2 hours of surgery. In the immediate postoperative period, the patient developed a painless su...
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Ali Akhaddar,
Mohamed Boucetta
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Cervical pseudarthrosis and lumbar fusion mass
27 February 2012
At his request, a 59-year-old man’s body was donated to a local medical school after he died of suspected myocardial infarction. On evaluation in a medical student human anatomy suite, an incompletely...
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Geoffrey E. Stoker
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275
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Modic type I change may predict rapid progressive, deforming disc degeneration: a prospective 1-year follow-up study. Kerttula L, Luoma K, Vehmas T, Grönblad M, Kääpä E. Eur Spine J 2012 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print]
This prospective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study in chronic low-back pain (CLBP) patients evaluated the natural course of degenerative lumbar spine changes in relation to Modic 1 type changes (...
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Clinical decision making in spinal fusion for chronic low back pain. Results of a nationwide survey among spine surgeons. Willems P, de Bie R, Oner C, Castelein R, de Kleuver M. BMJ Open 2011 Dec 21;1(2):e000391. Print 2011
To assess the use of prognostic patient factors and predictive tests in clinical decision making for spinal fusion in patients with chronic low back pain.
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Minimum clinically important difference in pain, disability, and quality of life after neural decompression and fusion for same-level recurrent lumbar stenosis: understanding clinical versus statistical significance. Parker SL, Mendenhall SK, Shau DN, et al. J Neurosurg Spine 2012 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Spine surgery outcome studies rely on patient-reported outcome (PRO) measurements to assess treatment effect, but the extent of improvement in the numerical scores of these questionnaires lacks a dire...
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MRI findings are more common in selected patients with acute low back pain than controls? Hancock M, Maher C, Macaskill P, Latimer J, Kos W, Pik J. Eur Spine J 2012 Feb;21(2):240–6. Epub 2011 Aug 6
The purpose of this study is to investigate if lumbar disc pathology identified on MRI scans is more common in patients with acute, likely discogenic, low back pain than matched controls.
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The effectiveness of two active interventions compared to self-care advice in employees with non-acute low back symptoms: a randomised, controlled trial with a 4-year follow-up in the occupational health setting. Rantonen J, Luoto S, Vehtari A, et al. Occup Environ Med 2012 Jan;69(1):12–20. Epub 2011 May 20
Evaluate the effectiveness of two active interventions, aimed at secondary prevention of low back pain (LBP), in occupational health.
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Cost-effectiveness of a classification-based system for sub-acute and chronic low back pain. Apeldoorn AT, Bosmans JE, Ostelo RW, de Vet HC, van Tulder MW. Eur Spine J 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Identifying relevant subgroups in patients with low back pain (LBP) is considered important to guide physical therapy practice and to improve outcomes. The aim of the present study was to assess the c...
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The prevalence of defensive orthopaedic imaging: a prospective practice audit in Pennsylvania. Miller RA, Sampson NR, Flynn JM. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2012 Feb 1;94(3):e18 1–6
Defensive medicine has been identified as an area of wasteful health-care spending. Estimates of its prevalence and its contribution to the cost of defensive practices have varied widely. To date, the...
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Does fear of movement mediate the relationship between pain intensity and disability in patients following whiplash injury? A prospective longitudinal study. Kamper SJ, Maher CG, Menezes Costa Lda C, McAuley JH, Hush JM, Sterling M. Pain 2012;153(1):113–9. Epub 2011 Nov 3
The aim of this study was to test the capacity of the Fear Avoidance Model to explain the relationship between pain and disability in patients with whiplash-associated disorders. Using the method of B...
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Dural repairs with spinal sealants
Dr Epstein and Dr Miscusi have discussed the use of sealants to augment dural closure. The US Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the safety and effectiveness of Evicel, Tisseel, or BioGl...
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Epstein responds
Incidental durotomies are reported as occurring in 3.1% of cervical and spinal operations in one series and up to 12.5% for cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament . The deliberat...
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Miscusi responds
I thank the author for continuing the discussion regarding the use of dural sealants in spine surgery in The Spine Journal.
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