Category Archives: Spine

Section Editor: Nancy Epstein, MD

Preventive effect of tamsulosin on postoperative urinary retention in neurosurgical patients

  •  Azam Basheer, Mohammed Alsaidi, Lonni Schultz, Mokbel Chedid, Muwaffak Abdulhak, Donald Seyfried 

May 24, 2017, 11:52

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Presurgical role of MRI tractography in a case of extensive cervicothoracic spinal ependymoma

  •  Francesca Granata, Sergio Racchiusa, Enricomaria Mormina, Valeria Barresi, Giada Garufi, Giovanni Grasso, Francesco Maria Salpietro, Marcello Longo, Concetta Alafaci 

May 11, 2017, 11:39

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Neurological complications of lumbar and cervical dural punctures with a focus on epidural injections

  •  Nancy E. Epstein 

May 11, 2017, 11:36

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Learning curves for minimally invasive spine surgeries: Are they worth it?

  •  Nancy E. Epstein 

May 11, 2017, 11:35

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Editorial

More risks and complications for elective spine surgery in morbidly obese patients

  •  Nancy E. Epstein 

May 11, 2017, 11:26

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Perioperative steroids for lumbar disc surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  •  Muhammad Waqas, Hussain Shallwani, Muhammad S. Shamim, Khabir Ahmad 

April 24, 2017, 20:19

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Conservative management of craniovertebral junction injuries: Still a good option

  •  Humam Tanki, Abrar A. Wani, Altaf U. Ramzan, Nayl K. Malik, Sarbjit S. Chhibber, Bashir A. Dar, Sajad Arif, Zulfiqar Ali, M. Masood Laherwal 

April 24, 2017, 20:16

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Primary atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in the adult spine

  •  Michael McGinity, Huma Siddiqui, Gulpreet Singh, Fermin Tio, Ahmed Shakir 

March 29, 2017, 13:18

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Comparison of intubation success and glottic visualization using King Vision and C-MAC videolaryngoscopes in patients with cervical spine injuries with cervical immobilization: A randomized clinical trial

  •  Dhanyasi Shravanalakshmi, Prasanna U. Bidkar, K. Narmadalakshmi, Suman Lata, Sandeep K. Mishra, S. Adinarayanan 

March 1, 2017, 18:11

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Decreasing hospital length of stay following lumbar fusion utilizing multidisciplinary committee meetings involving surgeons and other caretakers

  •  Lisa B. E. Shields, Lisa Clark, Steven D. Glassman, Christopher B. Shields 

February 8, 2017, 18:17

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article