Spine March 2009 Vol 34 Iss 6

Basic Science
533-538
The Effect of Calmodulin Antagonists on Experimental Scoliosis: A Pinealectomized Chicken Model
Ibrahim Akel, MD; Ozgur Kocak, MD; Gokhan Bozkurt, MD; Ahmet Alanay, MD; Ralph Marcucio, PhD; Emre Acaroglu, MD

539-550
Short-term Osteoclastic Activity Induced by Locally High Concentrations of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein–2 in a Cancellous Bone Environment
Jeffrey M. Toth, PhD; Scott D. Boden, MD; J Kenneth Burkus, MD; Jeffrey M. Badura, MS; Steven M. Peckham, PhD; William F. McKay, ME

Cervical Spine
551-555
Limaprost Alfadex Improves Myelopathy Symptoms in Patients With Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis
Taku Sugawara, MD, PhD; Yoshitaka Hirano, MD; Naoki Higashiyama, MD; Kazuo Mizoi, MD

556-565
Cervical Disc Replacement in Patients With and Without Previous Adjacent Level Fusion Surgery: A Prospective Study
Frank M. Phillips, MD; Todd R. Allen, MD, PhD; John J. Regan, MD; Todd J. Albert, MD; Andrew Cappuccino, MD; John G. Devine, MD; Jeanette E. Ahrens, PhD; John A. Hipp, PhD; Paul C. McAfee, MD

Clinical Case Series
566-571
Dynamics of Neurological Deficit After Surgical Decompression of Symptomatic Vertebral Metastases
Christian Hessler, MD; Till Burkhardt, MD; Frank Raimund, MD; Jan Regelsberger, MD; Eik Vettorazzi; Juergen Madert, MD; Christoph Eggers, MD

572-577
Significantly Improved Outcomes With a Less Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Incorporating Total Facetectomy
Ata G. Kasis, MRCS; Laurence A. G. Marshman, MD, FRCSN; Manoj Krishna, FRCS, MCh (Orth); Chandra K. Bhatia, MOrth, FRCS

578-583
Clinical Outcome of Deep Wound Infection After Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Matched Cohort Analysis
James M. Mok, MD; Tenner J. Guillaume, MD; Ufuk Talu, MD; Sigurd H. Berven, MD; Vedat Deviren, MD; Markus Kroeber, MD; David S. Bradford, MD; Serena S. Hu, MD

Deformity
584-590
Classification of Scoliosis Deformity Three-Dimensional Spinal Shape by Cluster Analysis
Ian A. F. Stokes, PhD; Archana P. Sangole, PhD; Carl-Eric Aubin, PhD

591-597
Assessment of Spinal Flexibility in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Suspension Versus Side-Bending Radiography
Marie-Eve Lamarre, BEng; Stefan Parent, MD, PhD; Hubert Labelle, MD; Carl-Eric Aubin, PhD; Julie Joncas, RN; Anne Cabral, BEng; Yvan Petit, PhD

598-602
How Do Scoliotic Women Shrink Throughout Life?
Vincent Gremeaux, MD; Jean-Marie Casillas, MD; Isabelle Benatru, MD; Christian Herisson, MD; Dominic Perennou, PhD

603-608
Reliability Analysis for Manual Radiographic Measures of Rotatory Subluxation or Lateral Listhesis in Adult Scoliosis
Brett A. Freedman, MD; William C. Horton, MD; John M. Rhee, MD; Charles C. Edwards, II, MD; Timothy R. Kuklo, MD, JD

Diagnostics
609-612
Value of Immediate Preprocedure Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Scheduled to Undergo Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty
Becky K. Benz, MD; John M. Gemery, MD; John J. McIntyre, MD; Clifford J. Eskey, MD, PhD

613-614
Point of View
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH; David F. Kallmes, MD

Health Services Research
615-622
Spine and Pain Clinics Serving North Carolina Patients With Back and Neck Pain: What Do They Do, and Are They Multidisciplinary?
Liana D. Castel, PhD, MSPH; Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD; George M. Holmes, PhD; Rachael P. Scheinman, BA; Anne M. Jackman, MSW; Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH

623-628
Reliability and Validity of Adapted French Canadian Version of Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Questionnaire (SRS-22) in Quebec
Marie Beauséjour, MASc; Julie Joncas, RN; Lise Goulet, MD, PhD; Marjolaine Roy-Beaudry, MSc; Stefan Parent, MD, PhD; Guy Grimard, MD; Martin Forcier, MSc; Sophie Lauriault; Hubert Labelle, MD

Surgery
629-634
Percutaneous Aspiration of Spinal Terminal Ventricle Cysts Using Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Navigation
Shinobu Takahashi, MD, PhD; Yasuo Saruhashi, MD, PhD; Seiichi Odate, MD; Yoshitaka Matsusue, MD, PhD; Shigehiro Morikawa, MD, PhD

635-639
Surgical Site Infection in Spinal Metastasis: Risk Factors and Countermeasures
Satoru Demura, MD; Norio Kawahara, MD; Hideki Murakami, MD; Koshi Nambu, MD; Satoshi Kato, MD; Katsuhito Yoshioka, MD; Tadaki Okayama, MD; Katsuro Tomita, MD

Erratum
640
Erratum
Cervical Spine
E202-E207
Task-Specific Frequencies of Neck Motion Measured in Healthy Young Adults Over a Five-Day Period
Daniel G. Cobian, BS; Andrew C. Sterling, MS; Paul A. Anderson, MD; Bryan C. Heiderscheit, PT, PhD

Diagnostics
E208-E214
Different Ways to Balance the Spine: Subtle Changes in Sagittal Spinal Curves Affect Regional Muscle Activity
Andrew P. Claus, MPhty; Julie A. Hides, PhD; G Lorimer Moseley, PhD; Paul W. Hodges, PhD

E215-E218
Accuracy of Dynamic Computed Tomography to Calculate Rotation Occurring at Lumbar Spinal Motion Segments
Todd Zuhlke, MD; Jason Fine, PhD; Victor M. Haughton, MD; Paul A. Anderson, MD

Health Services Research
E219-E224
Validation of the Turkish Version of the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale for Patients With Low Back Pain
Meltem Alkan Melikoglu, MD; Hilal Kocabas, MD; Ilhan Sezer, MD; Meral Bilgilisoy, MD; Tiraje Tuncer, MD

Technique
E225-E229
Three Rod Technique Facilitates Hemivertebra Wedge Excision in Young Children Through a Posterior Only Approach
Daniel Hedequist, MD; John Emans, MD; Mark Proctor, MD

Case Reports
E230-E234
Selective Arterial Embolization With n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate in the Treatment of Aneursymal Bone Cyst of the Thoracic Vertebra: A Case Report
Aiki Marushima, MD; Yuji Matsumaru, MD, PhD; Kensuke Suzuki, MD, PhD; Tomoji Takigawa, MD; Yuji Kujiraoka, MD; Izumi Anno, MD, PhD; Akira Matsumura, MD, PhD

E235-E239
The Vanishment of an Intramedullary High-Signal Intensity Lesion at the Craniocervical Junction After Surgical Treatment: A Case Report of the Presyrinx State
Takashi Yurube, MD; Masatoshi Sumi, MD; Takako Kanatani, MD; Aritetsu Kanemura, MD; Minoru Doita, MD

Online Article Abstracts
A13-A15
Online Article Abstracts