Spine April 2008, Volume 33 Issue 7

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Section: Randomized Trial
Pages: 703-708
Title: Better Backs by Better Beds?
Authors: Kim Bergholdt, DC; Rasmus N. Fabricius, DC; Tom Bendix, MD, DrMedSci

Section: Randomized Trial
Pages: 709-715
Title: Vardenafil Improves Ejaculation Success Rates and Self-confidence in
Men With Erectile Dysfunction due to Spinal Cord Injury
Authors: for the Vardenafil Study Group

Pages: 716-723
Title: Synapse Involvement of the Dorsal Horn in Experimental Lumbar Nerve
Root Compression: A Light and Electron Microscopic Study
Authors: Shigeru Kobayashi, MD, PhD; Kenzo Uchida, MD, PhD; Yasuo Kokubo et al

Pages: 724-733
Title: Spinal Growth Modulation With an Anterolateral Flexible Tether in an Immature Bovine Model: Disc Health and Motion Preservation
Authors: Peter O. Newton, MD; Christine L. Farnsworth et al

Pages: 734-742
Title: Bioresorbable Polylactide Interbody Implants in an Ovine Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Model: Three-Year Results
Authors: Kevin A. Thomas, PhD; Jeffrey M. Tothet al

Pages: 743-747
Title: Do Corticosteroids Produce Additional Benefit in Nerve Root Infiltration for Lumbar Disc Herniation?
Authors: Hisayoshi Tachihara, MD, PhD; Miho Sekiguchi et al

Pages: 748-754
Title: An Injectable and In Situ-Gelling Biopolymer for Sustained Drug Release Following Perineural Administration
Authors: Mohammed F. Shamji, MD, MSc; Lyman Whitlatch et al

Pages: 755-765
Title: 1,25(OH)2-Vitamin D3 Inhibits Proliferation and Decreases Production of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, Thrombopoietin, VEGF, and Angiogenin by Human Annulus Cells In Vitro
Authors: Helen E. Gruber, PhD; Gretchen Hoelscher, MS; Jane A. Ingram et al

Pages: 766-770
Title: Biomechanical Analysis of Atlas Fractures: A Study on 40 Human Atlas Specimens
Authors: Matthias Gebauer, MD; Nils Goetzen; Florian Barvencik, MD; Frank Timo
Beil et al

Pages: 771-778
Title: Surgical Treatment of Fixed Cervical Kyphosis With Myelopathy
Authors: Brian A. OShaughnessy, MD; John C. Liu, MD; Patrick C. Hsieh et al

Pages: 779-785
Title: Vertebral Artery Injury During Cervical Spine Surgery: A Survey of More than 5600 Operations
Authors: Masashi Neo, MD, PhD; Shunsuke Fujibayashi, MD, PhD; Masahiko Miyata,
MD; Mitsuru Takemoto, MD, PhD; Takashi Nakamura, MD, PhD

Pages: 786-791
Title: Follow-up of Patients With Delayed Union After Posterior Fusion With Pedicle Screw Fixation
Authors: Yasuaki Tokuhashi, MD; Yasumitsu Ajiro, MD; Natsuki Umezawa, MD

Pages: 792-796
Title: Serum Titanium Levels After Instrumented Spinal Arthrodesis
Authors: Travis D. Richardson, DO; Stephen J. Pineda et al

Pages: 797-801
Title: Forced Lordosis on the Thoracolumbar Junction Can Correct Coronal Plane Deformity in Adolescents With Double Major Curve Pattern Idiopathic Scoliosis
Authors: Piet J. M. van Loon, MD; Bob A. G. Kühbauch et al

Pages: 802-806
Title: Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis Are Not Osteoporotic
Authors: Elizabeth A. Szalay, MD; Patrick Bosch, MD; Richard M. Schwend, MD;
Brian Buggie, BS; Dan Tandberg, MD; Frederick Sherman, MD

Pages: 807-813
Title: Characterizing the Shape of the Lumbar Spine Using an Active Shape
Model: Reliability and Precision of the Method
Authors: Judith R. Meakin, PhD; Jennifer S. Gregory et al

Pages: 814-820
Title: The Correlation of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cervical Compression Myelopathy With Neurologic and Radiologic Severity
Authors: Yoichi Aota, MD; Tetsu Niwa, MD; Masaaki Uesugi et al

Pages: 821-826
Title: The Reliability of Nonorganic Sign-Testing and the Waddell Score in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Authors: Adri T. Apeldoorn, MSc; Henk Bosselaar, MSc; Tanja Blom-Luberti et al

Pages: E188-E193
Title: Variations in Surgical Treatment of Cervical Facet Dislocations
Authors: Ahmad Nassr, MD; Joon Y. Lee, MD; Marcel F. Dvorak et al

Pages: E194-E197
Title: Using Triggered Electromyographic Threshold in the Intercostal Muscles to Evaluate the Accuracy of Upper Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement (T3T6)
Authors: Juan C. Rodriguez-Olaverri, MD, PhD; Nicholas C. Zimick et al

Pages: E198-E204
Title: Scintigraphic Imaging of Vertebral Osteomyelitis With 111In-Biotin
Authors: Elena Lazzeri, MD; Paola Erba, MD; Marzio Perri, MD; Carlo Tascini et al

Pages: E205-E210
Title: Accuracy of Intermittent Fluoroscopy to Detect Intravascular Injection During Transforaminal Epidural Injections
Authors: Matthew Smuck, MD; Brian J. Fuller et al

Pages: E211-E215
Title: Lumbar Interspinous Bursitis (Baastrup Disease) in a Symptomatic Population: Prevalence on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Robbert Maes, MD; Willam B. Morrison, MD; Laurence Parker et al

Pages: E216-E220
Title: Controlled Segmental Balloon Kyphoplasy: A New Technique for Patients With Heterogeneous Vertebral Bone Density
Authors: Guillaume Saliou, MD; Pierre Lehmann, MD; Jean Noël Vallée, MD, PhD

Pages: E221-E224
Title: Two-Stage (Posterior and Anterior) Surgical Treatment of Spinal Osteomyelitis due to Atypical Mycobacteria and Associated Thoracolumbar Kyphoscoliosis in a Nonimmunocompromised Patient
Authors: Akihiro Hirakawa, MD; Kei Miyamoto, MD, PhD; Yoshiyuki Ohno et al