European Spine Journal

The relevance of the Hippocratic Oath to the ethical and moral values of contemporary medicine. Part I: The Hippocratic Oath from antiquity to modern times

Helen Askitopoulou, Antoniοs N. Vgontzas

The relevance of the Hippocratic Oath to the ethical and moral values of contemporary medicine. Part II: interpretation of the Hippocratic Oath—today’s perspective

Helen Askitopoulou, Antonis N. Vgontzas

Risk factors for sciatica leading to hospitalization

Ulla Euro, P. Knekt, H. Rissanen, A. Aromaa, J. Karppinen, M. Heliövaara

Great trochanter bursitis vs sciatica, a diagnostic–anatomic trap: differential diagnosis and brief review of the literature

Aristeidis H. Zibis, Vasileios D. Mitrousias, Michail E. Klontzas, Theofilos Karachalios, Sokratis E. Varitimidis, Apostolos H. Karantanas, Dimitrios L. Arvanitis

Chiropractic spinal manipulation and the risk for acute lumbar disc herniation: a belief elicitation study

Cesar A. Hincapié, J. David Cassidy, Pierre Côté, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Alejandro R. Jadad, George A. Tomlinson

Chiropractic care and risk for acute lumbar disc herniation: a population-based self-controlled case series study

Cesar A. Hincapié, George A. Tomlinson, Pierre Côté, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Alejandro R. Jadad, J. David Cassidy

Response rate does not affect patient-reported outcome after lumbar discectomy

P. Elkan, T. Lagerbäck, H. Möller, Paul Gerdhem

Management of a high thoracic chance fracture

Anouar Bourghli, Ibrahim Obeid, Louis Boissiere, Jean-Marc Vital, Zafer Tabboush, Mohammed Al Sarawan

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Management of a high thoracic Chance Fracture” by A. Bourghli et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017. doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5247-8)

Christoph Ulrich

Giant thoracic discs: treatment, outcome, and follow-up of 33 patients in a single centre

Saurabh Kapoor, Meriem Amarouche, Farah Al-obeidi, Jean Marie U-King-im, Nick Thomas, David Bell

A novel muscle-sparing high thoracotomy for upper thoracic spine resection and reconstruction

Derek T. Bernstein, Wu Zhuge, Shanda H. Blackmon, Rex A. W. Marco

Minimally invasive transpedicular approach for the treatment of central calcified thoracic disc disease: a technical note

Jonathan Nakhla, Niketh Bhashyam, Rafael De la Garza Ramos, Rani Nasser, Merritt D. Kinon, Reza Yassari

Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing cervico-thoracic osteotomies for fixed cervico-thoracic kyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Silviu Sabou, Hossein Mehdian, Dritan Pasku, Luca Boriani, Nasir A. Quraishi

Thoracoscopic anterior stabilization for thoracolumbar fractures in patients without spinal cord injury: quality of life and long-term results

Arjen J. Smits, Arwin Noor, Fred C. Bakker, Jaap Deunk, Frank W. Bloemers

Correlation between the Oswestry Disability Index and objective measurements of walking capacity and performance in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic literature review

Annette Bennedsgaard Jespersen, Malin Eleonora av Kák Gustafsson

Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased elastin fiber loss in ligamentum flavum of patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis: results of a pilot histological study

Shai Shemesh, Eliezer Sidon, Efrat Kaisler, Dimitry Sheinis, Steven Velkes, Nissim Ohana, Dafna Benayahu

Correlations between sedimentation sign, dural sac cross-sectional area, and clinical symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Sangbong Ko

Decompression with or without concomitant fusion in lumbar stenosis due to degenerative spondylolisthesis: a systematic review

M. L. Dijkerman, G. M. Overdevest, W. A. Moojen, C. L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp

Comparative study of two spinous process (SP) osteotomy techniques for posterior decompression surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis: SP base versus splitting osteotomy

Gun Woo Lee, Myun-Whan Ahn

Lumbar epidural lipomatosis is associated with visceral fat and metabolic disorders

Shingo Morishita, Yoshiyasu Arai, Toshitaka Yoshii, Kenichiro Sakai, Takashi Hirai, Atsushi Okawa

Letter to the Editor concerning “Osteoporotic thoracolumbar compression fractures: long-term retrospective comparison between vertebroplasty and conservative treatment” by K. Martikos et al. [Eur Spine J (2018) doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5605-1]

Mario Ganau, So Kato, Yasushi Oshima

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of M. Ganau et al. concerning “Osteoporotic thoracolumbar compression fractures: long-term retrospective comparison between vertebroplasty and conservative treatment” by K. Martikos et al. [Eur Spine J (2018) doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5605-1]

Konstantinos Martikos

Letter to the Editor concerning “Percutaneous cement discoplasty for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients” by Sola C, Camino Willhuber G, Kido G et al. Eur Spine J (2018): Doi 10.1007/s00586-018-5547-7

Biao Wang, Lequn Shan, Dingjun Hao

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Biao Wang et al. concerning “Percutaneous cement discoplasty for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients” by Sola C, Camino Willhuber G, Kido G et al. Eur Spine J (2018): doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5547-7

Gaston Camino Willhuber, Carlos Sola

Correction to: Cervical pedicle screw instrumentation is more reliable with O-arm-based 3D navigation: analysis of cervical pedicle screw placement accuracy with O-arm-based 3D navigation

Sourabh Chachan, Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, Wee Lim Loo, John Carson Allen, Dinesh Shree Kumar

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