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Five-year trends in spine care: the impact of health care reform
03 January 2012
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Gregory J. Przybylski
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| 2011 Outstanding Paper: Basic Science |
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Injection of AAV2-BMP2 and AAV2-TIMP1 into the nucleus pulposus slows the course of intervertebral disc degeneration in an in vivo rabbit model
24 October 2011
Abstract: Background context: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a common cause of back pain. Patients who fail conservative management may face the morbidity of surgery. Alternative treatment ...
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Steven K. Leckie,
Bernard P. Bechara,
Robert A. Hartman,
Gwendolyn A. Sowa,
Barrett I. Woods,
Joao P. Coelho,
William T. Witt,
Qing D. Dong,
Brent W. Bowman,
Kevin M. Bell,
Nam V. Vo,
Bing Wang,
James D. Kang
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Commentary: A promising gene therapy approach to treat disc degeneration
COMMENTARY ON: Leckie SK, Bechara BP, Hartman RA, et al. Injection of AAV2-BMP-2 and AAV2-TIMP-1 into the nucleus pulposus slows the course of intervertebral disc degeneration in an in vivo rabbit mod...
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S. Timothy Yoon
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| 2011 Outstanding Paper: Surgical Science |
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Morbidity and mortality of major adult spinal surgery. A prospective cohort analysis of 942 consecutive patients
03 January 2012
Abstract: Background context: To date, most reports on the incidence of adverse events (AEs) in spine surgery have been retrospective and dependent on data abstraction from hospital-based administrati...
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John T. Street,
Brian J. Lenehan,
Christian P. DiPaola,
Michael D. Boyd,
Brian K. Kwon,
Scott J. Paquette,
Marcel F.S. Dvorak,
Y. Raja Rampersaud,
Charles G. Fisher
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| 2011 Outstanding Paper: Medical & Interventional Science |
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Utilization characteristics of spinal interventions
05 December 2011
Abstract: Background context: Several investigators have identified an explosive increase in spinal injection rates in the Veterans Administration and Medicare populations. Furthermore, utilization of...
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Zach I. Abbott,
Kavita V. Nair,
Richard R. Allen,
Venu R. Akuthota
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| 2011 Outstanding Paper: Value |
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Cost-utility of lumbar decompression with or without fusion for patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis
12 December 2011
Abstract: Background context: The most common surgical treatment of symptomatic degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) is decompression and instrumented fusion. However, contemporary, midline-spa...
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Salin Kim,
Soroush Mortaz Hedjri,
Peter C. Coyte,
Y. Raja Rampersaud
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| 2011 Outstanding Paper: Runner-up |
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The development of a model for translation of the Neck Disability Index to utility scores for cost-utility analysis in cervical disorders
03 January 2012
Abstract: Background context: The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is a commonly used disease-specific instrument for cervical spine disorders with good responsiveness and psychometric properties compared ...
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Shawn S. Richardson,
Sigurd Berven
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Low back pain in the United States: incidence and risk factors for presentation in the emergency setting
07 October 2011
Abstract: Background context: Low back pain is prevalent in the United States. At the present time, no large longitudinal study is available characterizing the incidence of this condition in the US po...
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Brian R. Waterman,
Philip J. Belmont,
Andrew J. Schoenfeld
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Commentary: Back pain epidemiology—the challenge of case definition and developing new ideas
COMMENTARY ON: Waterman BR, Belmont PJ Jr, Schoenfeld AJ. Lower back pain in the United States: incidence and risk factors for presentation in the emergency setting. Spine J 2012;12:63–70 (in this iss...
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Tapio Videman,
Michele C. Battié
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Postoperative spinal alignment remodeling in Lenke 1C scoliosis treated with selective thoracic fusion
05 December 2011
Abstract: Background context: Selective thoracic fusion may cause spinal imbalance in certain patients; how the spinal alignment changes over time after surgery is highly correlated with the final spi...
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Yu Wang,
Cody E. Bünger,
Yanqun Zhang,
Chunsen Wu,
Ebbe S. Hansen
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Commentary: Postoperative spinal alignment remodeling in Lenke 1C scoliosis treated with selective thoracic fusion
COMMENTARY ON: Wang Y, Bünger CE, Zhang Y, et al. Postoperative spinal alignment remodeling in Lenke 1C scoliosis treated with selective thoracic fusion. Spine J 2012;12:73–80 (in this issue).
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Lawrence G. Lenke
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| Images of Spine Care |
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A rare case of life-threatening giant plexiform schwannoma
03 January 2012
A 28-year-old woman with idiopathic scoliosis presented with a cervical mass and progressive gait disturbance over the course of 2 years. Examination demonstrated mild spastic paraplegia, hypoesthesia...
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Fioravante Capone,
Emanuele Pravatà,
Mariangela Novello,
Stefania Moncelsi,
Tommaso Pirronti,
Mario Meglio,
Serenella Servidei
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Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression: a 12-month longitudinal analysis in primary care. Kroenke K, Wu J, Bair MJ, Krebs EE, Damush TM, Tu W. Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression: a 12-month longitudinal analysis in primary care. J Pain 2011;12(9):964–73. Epub 2011 Jun 16
Pain and depression are the most prevalent physical and psychological symptom-based disorders, respectively, and co-occur 30 to 50% of the time. However, their reciprocal relationship and potentially ...
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Risk factors for immediate postoperative complications and mortality following spine surgery: a study of 3475 patients from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Schoenfeld AJ, Ochoa LM, Bader JO, Belmont PJ Jr. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93(17):1577–82
This investigation sought to identify risk factors for immediate postoperative morbidity and mortality among a large series of patients undergoing spine surgery who were prospectively entered into a n...
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The effect of lumbosacral manipulation on corticospinal and spinal reflex excitability on asymptomatic participants. Fryer G, Pearce AJ. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2011 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of a high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) manipulation to the lumbosacral joint on corticospinal excitability, as measured by motor evoked potentials (ME...
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Heritability of scoliosis. Grauers A, Rahman I, Gerdhem P. Eur Spine J 2011 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]
To estimate the heritability of scoliosis in the Swedish Twin Registry.
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Lumbar plexus anatomy within the psoas muscle: implications for the transpsoas lateral approach to the L4-L5 disc. Davis TT, Bae HW, Mok JM, Rasouli A, Delamarter RB. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93(16):1482-7.
The transpsoas lateral surgical approach has been advocated as an alternative to direct anterior approaches for less invasive or minimally invasive access to the spine. Postoperative thigh pain, pares...
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Executive function in chronic pain patients and healthy controls: different cortical activation during response inhibition in fibromyalgia. Glass JM, Williams DA, Fernandez-Sanchez ML, et al. J Pain 2011;12(12):1219–29. Epub 2011 Sep 25
The primary symptom of fibromyalgia (FM) is chronic, widespread pain; however, patients report additional symptoms including decreased concentration and memory. Performance-based deficits are seen mai...
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The maturation of grafted bone after posterior lumbar interbody fusion with an interbody carbon cage: a prospective five-year study. Kanemura T, Ishikawa Y, Mstsumoto A, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2011;93(12):1638–45.
We evaluated the maturation of grafted bone in cases of successful fusion after a one- or two-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) using interbody carbon cages. We carried out a five-year pr...
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Malpractice claims associated with medication management for chronic pain. Fitzgibbon DR, Rathmell JP, Michna E, Stephens LS, Posner KL, Domino KB. Anesthesiology 2010;112(4):948–56.
Medication management is an integral part of chronic pain management. Prompted by an increase in the role of medication management in anesthesia chronic pain liability, we investigated the characteris...
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Prevalence of heterotopic ossification after cervical total disc arthroplasty: a meta-analysis. Chen J, Wang X, Bai W, Shen X, Yuan W. Eur Spine J 2011 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print]
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a well-known complication after total hip and knee arthroplasty. But limited studies have focused on prevalence of HO following cervical total disc arthroplasty (CTDA)...
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Exploring the care experience of patients undergoing spinal surgery: a qualitative study. Davis RE, Vincent C, Henley A, McGregor A. J Eval Clin Pract 2011 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]
This exploratory study sought to explore the patient experience of the surgical journey from decision to operate, to hospitalization, discharge and subsequent recovery.
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Spinal glioblastoma multiforme of the conus medullaris with holocordal and intracranial spread in a child: a case report and review of the literature
26 December 2011
Abstract: Background context: Spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rare clinical entity. According to our review of the literature, only 15 cases of spinal GBM originating from the conus medullar...
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Kanji Mori,
Shinji Imai,
Junji Shimizu,
Takashi Taga,
Mitsuaki Ishida,
Yoshitaka Matsusue
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Metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor to the thoracic and lumbar spine: first reported case and surgical treatment
09 January 2012
Abstract: Background context: Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression from gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is a rarely reported phenomenon. Purpose: To describe the surgical management of ...
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Nicholas P. Slimack,
John C. Liu,
Tyler Koski,
Jamal McClendon,
Brian A. O’Shaughnessy
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