Category Archives: Spine

Section Editor: Nancy Epstein, MD

The AANS suspends Editor-in-Chief, Nancy Epstein, for telling the truth about spine surgery

  •  James I. Ausman 

July 19, 2019, 8:59

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Editorial

Surgical management of Bertolotti’s syndrome in two adolescents and literature review

  •  Christopher E. Louie, Jennifer Hong, David F. Bauer 

July 9, 2019, 11:35

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Surgical management of Bertolotti’s syndrome in two adolescents and literature review

  •  Christopher E. Louie, Jennifer Hong, David F. Bauer 

July 8, 2019, 16:34

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Unstable os odontoideum contributing to cervical myelopathy and obstructive sleep apnea

  •  Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Zahed Malekmohammadi, Mona Karimi, Ava Rahimizadeh, Naser Asgari 

June 28, 2019, 12:49

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Risk factors for postoperative spinal infection: A retrospective analysis of 5065 cases

  •  Matt El-Kadi, Erin Donovan, Laurel Kerr, Coby Cunningham, Victor Osio, Samah Abdallah, Joseph Kazan 

June 25, 2019, 11:43

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Is technology in spine surgery always a benefit when decompressive procedures alone prove equally effective and less burdensome?

  •  Mario Bianco 

June 25, 2019, 11:33

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Commentary

Why Would Two Patients with No Disease Be Offered Unnecessary Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusions (TLIF)?

  •  Nancy E. Epstein 

June 25, 2019, 10:46

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Editorial

Intradural spinal arachnoid cyst contributing to sudden paraparesis

  •  Akira Watanabe, Kinya Nakanishi, Kazuo Kataoka 

June 19, 2019, 15:19

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Bone cylinder plug and coil technique for accurate pedicle localization in thoracic spine surgery: A technical note

  •  Rodolfo Maduri, Daniele Starnoni, Juan Barges-Coll, Steven David Hajdu, John Michael Duff 

June 19, 2019, 14:50

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note