50 Landmark Papers Every Spine Surgeon Should Know

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Table of Contents......Page 6
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
1: DIRECT DECOMPRESSIVE SURGICAL RESECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION CAUSED BY METASTATIC CANCER: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL......Page 24
2: A NOVEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SPINAL INSTABILITY IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH AND EXPERT CONSENSUS FROM THE SPINE ONCOLOGY STUDY GROUP......Page 28
3: SPINAL METASTASES: INDICATIONS FOR AND RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF ACRYLIC SURGICAL CEMENT......Page 34
4: SPINE UPDATE. PRIMARY BONE TUMORS OF THE SPINE: TERMINOLOGY AND SURGICAL STAGING......Page 38
5: A REVISED SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF METASTATIC SPINE TUMOR PROGNOSIS......Page 44
6: SURGICAL STRATEGY FOR SPINAL METASTASES......Page 50
7: RADIOTHERAPY AND RADIOSURGERY FOR METASTATIC SPINE DISEASE: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS, INDICATIONS, AND OUTCOMES?......Page 56
8: FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF EN BLOC RESECTION FOR PRIMARY SPINE TUMORS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW BY THE SPINE ONCOLOGY STUDY GROUP......Page 62
9: THE THREE-COLUMN SPINE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF ACUTE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE INJURIES......Page 66
10: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF METHYLPREDNISOLONE OR NALOXONE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE SPINAL-CORD INJURY......Page 70
11: METHYLPREDNISOLONE FOR ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY: AN INAPPROPRIATE STANDARD OF CARE......Page 76
12: FRACTURES OF THE ODONTOID PROCESS OF THE AXIS......Page 82
13: FRACTURES OF THE RING OF THE AXIS: A CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF 131 CASES......Page 88
14: A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THORACOLUMBAR INJURIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY MORPHOLOGY, THE INTEGRITY OF THE POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX, AND NEUROLOGICAL STATUS......Page 94
15: A COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR INJURIES......Page 100
16: INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY (ISNCSCI)......Page 106
17: NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN SPINE: KYPHOPLASTY AND VERTEBROPLASTY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAINFUL OSTEOPOROTIC COMPRESSION FRACTURES......Page 110
18: THE SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE INJURY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: A NOVEL APPROACH TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MORPHOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, AND INTEGRITY OF THE DISCO-LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX......Page 114
19: EARLY VERSUS DELAYED DECOMPRESSION FOR TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY: RESULTS OF THE SURGICAL TIMING IN ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY STUDY (STASCIS)......Page 120
20: THE CANADIAN C-SPINE RULE VERSUS THE NEXUS LOW-RISK CRITERIA IN PATIENTS WITH TRAUMA......Page 126
21: LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION: A CONTROLLED, PROSPECTIVE STUDY WITH 10 YEARS OF OBSERVATION......Page 132
22: RADICULOPATHY AND MYELOPATHY AT SEGMENTS ADJACENT TO THE SITE OF A PREVIOUS ANTERIOR CERVICAL ARTHRODESIS......Page 136
23: SURGICAL VERSUS NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS......Page 140
24: SURGICAL VERSUS NONSURGICAL THERAPY FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS......Page 146
25: SURGICAL VERSUS NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT FOR LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION: THE SPINE PATIENT OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRIAL (SPORT): A RANDOMIZED TRIAL......Page 150
26: 2001 VOLVO AWARD WINNER IN CLINICAL STUDIES: LUMBAR FUSION VERSUS NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL FROM THE SWEDISH LUMBAR SPINE STUDY GROUP......Page 156
27: CERVICAL SPINE FUSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS......Page 162
28: EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY: RESULTS OF THE ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FÜR OSTEOSYNTHESEFRAGEN SPINE NORTH AMERICA PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY......Page 168
29: RADIOGRAPHIC AND PATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF SPINAL INVOLVEMENT IN DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS......Page 172
30: DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS WITH SPINAL STENOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED STUDY COMPARING DECOMPRESSIVE LAMINECTOMY AND ARTHRODESIS WITH AND WITHOUT SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION......Page 178
31: LAMINECTOMY PLUS FUSION VERSUS LAMINECTOMY ALONE FOR LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS......Page 184
32: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF FUSION SURGERY FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS......Page 188
33: ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: A NEW CLASSIFICATION TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF SPINAL ARTHRODESIS......Page 196
34: RADIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SAGITTAL PLANE ALIGNMENT AND BALANCE IN STANDING VOLUNTEERS AND PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN MATCHED FOR AGE, SEX, AND SIZE: A PROSPECTIVE CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY......Page 200
35: CLASSIFICATION OF SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS......Page 204
36: SCOLIOSIS RESEARCH SOCIETY–SCHWAB ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY CLASSIFICATION: A VALIDATION STUDY......Page 208
37: THE IMPACT OF POSITIVE SAGITTAL BALANCE IN ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY......Page 214
38: THE COMPREHENSIVE ANATOMICAL SPINAL OSTEOTOMY CLASSIFICATION......Page 220
39: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS......Page 224
40: EFFECTS OF BRACING IN ADOLESCENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS......Page 228
41: OUTCOMES OF OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT FOR ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER, PROPENSITY-MATCHED COHORT ASSESSMENT WITH MINIMUM 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP......Page 234
42: SPINO-PELVIC SAGITTAL BALANCE OF SPONDYLOLISTHESIS: A REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION......Page 240
43: THE PARASPINAL SACROSPINALIS-SPLITTING APPROACH TO THE LUMBAR SPINE......Page 244
44: THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CERVICAL-SPINE DISORDERS BY ANTERIOR REMOVAL OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC AND INTERBODY FUSION......Page 248
45: POSTERIOR C1-C2 FUSION WITH POLYAXIAL SCREW AND ROD FIXATION......Page 252
46: PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIXED SAGITTAL IMBALANCE......Page 256
47: TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION: TECHNIQUE, COMPLICATIONS, AND EARLY RESULTS......Page 260
48: SPINAL CORD INJURY WITHOUT RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITY IN CHILDREN—THE SCIWORA SYNDROME......Page 264
49: PEDIATRIC SPINAL TRAUMA: REVIEW OF 122 CASES OF SPINAL CORD AND VERTEBRAL COLUMN INJURIES......Page 268
50: THE TETHERED SPINAL CORD: ITS PROTEAN MANIFESTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, AND SURGICAL CORRECTION......Page 272
INDEX......Page 276