50 studies every spine surgeon should know

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 Introduction
 Section One Tumors
 1 DIRECT DECOMPRESSIVE SURGICAL RESECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION CAUSED BY METASTATIC CANCER: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
 2 A NOVEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SPINAL INSTABILITY IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH AND EXPERT CONSENSUS FROM THE SPINE ONCOLOGY STUDY GROUP
 3 SPINAL METASTASES: INDICATIONS FOR AND RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF ACRYLIC SURGICAL CEMENT
 4 SPINE UPDATE. PRIMARY BONE TUMORS OF THE SPINE: TERMINOLOGY AND SURGICAL STAGING 5 A REVISED SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF METASTATIC SPINE TUMOR PROGNOSIS6 SURGICAL STRATEGY FOR SPINAL METASTASES
 7 RADIOTHERAPY AND RADIOSURGERY FOR METASTATIC SPINE DISEASE: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS, INDICATIONS, AND OUTCOMES?
 8 FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF EN BLOC RESECTION FOR PRIMARY SPINE TUMORS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW BY THE SPINE ONCOLOGY STUDY GROUP
 Section Two Trauma
 9 THE THREE-COLUMN SPINE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF ACUTE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE INJURIES 10 A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF METHYLPREDNISOLONE OR NALOXONE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE SPINAL-CORD INJURY11 METHYLPREDNISOLONE FOR ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY: AN INAPPROPRIATE STANDARD OF CARE
 12 FRACTURES OF THE ODONTOID PROCESS OF THE AXIS
 13 FRACTURES OF THE RING OF THE AXIS: A CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF 131 CASES
 14 A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THORACOLUMBAR INJURIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY MORPHOLOGY, THE INTEGRITY OF THE POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX, AND NEUROLOGICAL STATUS
 15 A COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR INJURIES 16 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY (ISNCSCI)17 NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN SPINE: KYPHOPLASTY AND VERTEBROPLASTY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAINFUL OSTEOPOROTIC COMPRESSION FRACTURES
 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
 19 EARLY VERSUS DELAYED DECOMPRESSION FOR TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY: RESULTS OF THE SURGICAL TIMING IN ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY STUDY (STASCIS) 20 THE CANADIAN C-SPINE RULE VERSUS THE NEXUS LOW-RISK CRITERIA IN PATIENTS WITH TRAUMASection Three Degenerative
 21 LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION: A CONTROLLED, PROSPECTIVE STUDY WITH 10 YEARS OF OBSERVATION
 22 RADICULOPATHY AND MYELOPATHY AT SEGMENTS ADJACENT TO THE SITE OF A PREVIOUS ANTERIOR CERVICAL ARTHRODESIS
 23 SURGICAL VERSUS NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
 24 SURGICAL VERSUS NONSURGICAL THERAPY FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS