Spine November 2008, Volume 33, Issue 24

Randomized Trial
2577-2580
Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Large Dose of Tranexamic Acid in Spine Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Sherif Elwatidy, FRCS(SN), MD; Zain Jamjoom, MD; Essam Elgamal, FRCS(SN); Amro Zakaria, MRCS; Ahmed Turkistani, MD; Abdelazeem El-Dawlatly, MD
Anatomy
2581-2585
Relationship Between Screw Trajectory of C1 Lateral Mass Screw and Internal Carotid Artery
Satona Murakami, MD; Jun Mizutani, MD, PhD; Muneyoshi Fukuoka, MD, PhD; Kenji Kato, MD; Isato Sekiya, MD, PhD; Hideki Okamoto, MD, PhD; Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD, PhD; Takanobu Otsuka, MD, PhD
Basic Science
2586-2595
The Action of Resveratrol, a Phytoestrogen Found in Grapes, on the Intervertebral Disc
Xin Li, MD, PhD; Frank M. Phillips, MD; Howard S. An, MD; Michael Ellman, MD; Eugene J. Thonar, PhD; William Wu, PhD; Daniel Park, MD; Hee-Jeong Im, PhD
2596-2604
Gene Expression Profiles of Neurotrophic Factors in Rat Cultured Spinal Cord Cells Under Cyclic Tensile Stress
Kenzo Uchida, MD, DMSc; Hideaki Nakajima, MD, DMSc; Takaharu Takamura, MD; Shoei Furukawa, PhD; Shigeru Kobayashi, MD, DMSc; Takafumi Yayama, MD, DMSc; Hisatoshi Baba, MD, DMSc
2605-2611
The Effects of Cilostazol on Nerve Conduction Velocity and Blood Flow: Acute and Chronic Cauda Equina Compression in a Canine Model
Miho Sekiguchi, MD, PhD; Yoshihito Aoki, MD, PhD; Shin-ichi Konno, MD, PhD; Shin-ichi Kikuchi, MD, PhD
Biomechanics
2612-2617
Computed Tomography and Biomechanical Evaluation of Screw Fixation Options at the Cervicothoracic Junction: Intralamina Versus Intrapedicular Techniques
Mario J. Cardoso, MD, DC; Anton E. Dmitriev, MSc; Ronald A. Lehman, MD; Melvin Helgeson, MD; Patrick Cooper, MD; Michael K. Rosner, MD
2618-2622
Biomechanical Analysis of Different Techniques in Revision Spinal Instrumentation: Larger Diameter Screws Versus Cement Augmentation
Dirk W. Kiner, MD; Christopher D. Wybo, MS; William Sterba, MD; Yener N. Yeni, PhD; Stephen W. Bartol, MD; Rahul Vaidya, MD
Deformity
2623-2629
Role of Amicar in Surgery for Neuromuscular Scoliosis
George H. Thompson, MD; Ivan Florentino-Pineda, MD; Connie Poe-Kochert, RN, CNP; Douglas G. Armstrong, MD, FRCSC; Jochen Son-Hing, MD, FRCSC
2630-2636
Restoration of Thoracic Kyphosis After Operative Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Multicenter Comparison of Three Surgical Approaches
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS; Sundeep Agrawal, BA; Michael F. O’Brien, MD; Thomas G. Lowe, MD; Stephens B. Richards, MD; Lawrence Lenke, MD
2637-2642
Accuracy of Thoracic Vertebral Screw Insertion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparison Between Thoracoscopic and Mini-Open Thoracotomy Approaches
Yong Qiu, MD; Wei-jun Wang, MPhil; Bin Wang, MD; Feng Zhu, MD; Ze-zhang Zhu, MD; Bobby Kin Wah Ng, FRCSEd; Jack Chun Yiu Cheng, FRCSEd
2643-2647
Comparison of Compensatory Curve Spontaneous Derotation After Selective Thoracic or Lumbar Fusions in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Todd F. Ritzman, MD; Vidyadhar V. Upasani, MD; Tracey P. Bastrom, MA; Randal R. Betz, MD; Baron S. Lonner, MD; Peter O. Newton, MD
Diagnostics
2648-2650
Radiographic Predictors for the Development of Myelopathy in Patients With Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Shunji Matsunaga, MD, PhD; Kozo Nakamura, MD, PhD; Atsushi Seichi, MD, PhD; Toru Yokoyama, MD, PhD; Satoshi Toh, MD, PhD; Shoichi Ichimura, MD, PhD; Kazuhiko Satomi et al
Health Services Research
2651-2661
Development of an Index to Characterize the “Invasiveness” of Spine Surgery: Validation by Comparison to Blood Loss and Operative Time
Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH; Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH; Patrick J. Heagerty, PhD; Mark A. Konodi, MS; Lorri A. Lee, MD; Judith A. Turner, PhD; Robert Goodkin, MD
2662
Point of View
Norbert Boos, MD, MBA
2663-2668
Patient Preferences and Expectations for Care: Determinants in Patients With Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation
Jon D. Lurie, MD, MS; Sigurd H. Berven, MD; Jennifer Gibson-Chambers, MS; Tor Tosteson, ScD; Anna Tosteson, ScD; Serena S. Hu, MD; James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
2669-2674
Tokuhashi Prognosis Score: An Important Tool in Prediction of the Neurological Outcome in Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression?: A Retrospective Clinical Study
Cornelia Putz, MD; Bernd Wiedenhöfer, MD; Hans Jürgen Gerner, PhD; Carl Hans Fürstenberg, MD
Surgery
2675-2681
Thoracic Pedicle Screws: Comparison of Start Points and Trajectories
Aman Dhawan, MD; William R. Klemme, MD; David W. Polly, Jr, MD
Basic Science
E914-E919
Rigid Fixation of the Spinal Column Improves Scaffold Alignment and Prevents Scoliosis in the Transected Rat Spinal Cord
Gemma E. Rooney, PhD; Sandeep Vaishya, MD; Syed Ameenuddin, DVM, PhD; Bradford L. Currier, MD; Terry K. Schiefer, MD; Andrew Knight, PhD; Bingkun Chen, MD, PhD; Prasanna K. Mishra, PhD; Robert J. Spinner, MD; Slobodan I. Macura, PhD; Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, PhD; Anthony J. Windebank, MD
Biomechanics
E920-E925
Biomechanical Comparison of a Novel C1 Posterior Locking Plate With the Harms Technique in A C1–C2 Fixation Model
Brian P. Kelly, PhD; John A. Glaser, MD; Denis J. DiAngelo, PhD
Case Report
E926-E928
Butterfly Vertebra: An Uncommon Congenital Spinal Anomaly
Gopinathan Patinharayil, MD, DOrtho, MSOrtho, DNBOrtho, MNAMS; Chan W. Han, MD, PhD; Anwar Marthya, DOrtho, MSOrtho; Kumaran C. Meethall, DOrtho, MSOrtho; Sibin Surendran, DOrtho, MSOrtho, DNBOrtho; Girish H. Rudrappa, DOrtho, MSOrtho
E929-E932
Natural Killer/T-Cell Nasal-Type Lymphoma: Unusual Primary Spinal Tumor
Cheng Yang, MD; Junming Ma, MD; Xinghai Yang, MD; Lianshun Jia, MD; Huimin Liu, MD; Jianru Xiao, MD
E933-E935
Fibrous Dysplasia of the First Cervical Vertebra
Mavilde Arantes, MD; Artur Rocha Vaz, MD; Mrinalini Honavar, MD; Mário Resende, MD; Jorge Resende Pereira, MD
E936-E941
Eosinophilic Granuloma of the Pediatric Cervical Spine
Luca Denaro, MD, PhD; Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD; Rocco Papalia, MD; Alberto Di Martino, MD; Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS (Orth); Vincenzo Denaro, MD