Category Archives: Spine

Section Editor: Nancy Epstein, MD

Psoriasis vulgaris of the skin caused a L3-L4 lumbar epidural spinal abscess
  •  Natsuki Nakamura, Koshi Ninomiya, Masahiro Ishihara, Akihiro Yamamoto, Manabu Sasaki, Haruhiko Kishima 

April 12, 2024, 10:23

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma metastasis to the cervical spine: A case report and a brief review
  •  Nenad Koruga, Alen Rončević, Anamarija Soldo Koruga, Jasmina Rajc, Josipa Flam, Tatjana Rotim, Tajana Turk, Sonja Škiljić, Marijan Cesarik, Tomislav Paun 

April 12, 2024, 10:09

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Investigation of long lateral mass screw insertion torque
  •  Seiya Watanabe, Kazuo Nakanishi, Yoshihisa Sugimoto, Kazuya Uchino, Hideaki Iba 

March 29, 2024, 9:59

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Perspective: How can risks to patients be limited during spine surgeons’ learning curves?
  •  Nancy E. Epstein 

March 22, 2024, 10:32

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Surgical management of intramedullary cervical spinal sarcoidosis complicated by transient unilateral weakness: A case report
  •  Aziz Saade, Hayley M. Denwood, Tony Tannoury, Chadi Tannoury 

March 8, 2024, 14:08

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Perspective: Operate on lumbar synovial cysts and avoid ineffective percutaneous techniques
  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

March 1, 2024, 10:36

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Delayed postoperative erosion of hypopharynx after anterior hardware extrusion: A case report
  •  Dimitrios Papadakos, Dionysia Fermeli, Panagiotis Tsipouriaris, Theofanis Vrettos, Nikolaos Mastronikolis, Constantine Constantoyannis 

February 16, 2024, 10:20

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Perspective: Cervical laminoforaminotomy (CLF) is safer than anterior cervical diskectomy/fusion (ACDF) for lateral cervical disease
  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

February 16, 2024, 9:58

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Surgical technique: Posterior retropleural thoracotomy for resection of a T10 dumbbell schwannoma
  •  Disep I. Ojukwu, Brandon M. Wilkinson, Timothy Dawson, Michael A. Galgano 

January 19, 2024, 11:11

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Video Abstract

Perspective: Efficacy and outcomes for different lumbar interspinous devices (ISD) vs. open surgery to treat lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)
  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

January 19, 2024, 10:47

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article