Spine April 2009 Volume 34 Issue 7

Randomized Trial
641-646
Implant Complications, Fusion, Loss of Lordosis, and Outcome After Anterior Cervical Plating With Dynamic or Rigid Plates: Two-Year Results of a Multi-Centric, Randomized, Controlled Study
Tobias R. Pitzen, MD, PhD; Jiri Chrobok, MD, PhD; Jan Štulik, MD, PhD; Sabine Ruffing et al
647
Point of View
R Todd Allen, MD, PhD; Steven R. Garfin, MD

Basic Science
648-654
Gait Abnormalities and Inflammatory Cytokines in an Autologous Nucleus Pulposus Model of Radiculopathy
Mohammed F. Shamji, MD, PhD; Kyle D. Allen, PhD; Stephen So, BS; Liufang Jing et al

655-662
Ultrastructural Analysis on Lumbar Disc Herniation Using Surgical Specimens: Role of Neovascularization and Macrophages in Hernias
Shigeru Kobayashi, MD, PhD; Adam Meir, FRCS; Yasuo Kokubo, MD, PhD; Kenzo Uchida

663-669
Mechanical Stimulation Alters Pleiotrophin and Aggrecan Expression by Human Intervertebral Disc Cells and Influences Their Capacity to Stimulate Endothelial Migration
Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke, PhD; Astrid Liedert, PhD; Karin Wuertz, PhD; Zorica Buser et al

Biomechanics
670-679
In Vivo Analysis of Atlantoaxial Motion in Individuals Immobilized With the Halo Thoracic Vest or Philadelphia Collar
Heiko Koller, MD; Juliane Zenner, MD; Wolfgang Hitzl, PhD, MHC; Luis Ferraris et al

Cervical Spine
680-686
Correlation of Radiostereometric Measured Cervical Range of Motion With Clinical Radiographic Findings After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Soo-An Park, MD, PhD; Amir H. Fayyazi, MD; Nathaniel R. Ordway, MS; Mike H. Sun et al

687-691
Comparison of the Flat Torso Versus the Elevated Torso Shoulder Pad Removal Techniques in a Cadaveric Cervical Spine Instability Model
MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD; Christian P. DiPaola, MD; Matthew J. DiPaola et al
692-696
Two-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy Versus One-Level Corpectomy in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Min Chul Oh, MD; Ho Yeol Zhang, MD; Jeong Yoon Park, MD; Keun Su Kim, MD

Deformity
697-700
Curve Progression in Idiopathic Scoliosis: Follow-up Study to Skeletal Maturity
Ken-Jin Tan, MBBS, MMed, MRCS; Maung Maung Moe, MBBS; Rose Vaithinathan et al
Diagnostics
701-705
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Interpretation in Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Spine Disc Herniations: Comparison of Clinician and Radiologist Readings
Jon D. Lurie, MD, MS; David M. Doman, MD; Kevin F. Spratt, PhD; Anna N. A. Tosteson et al

706-712
Aging of the Cervical Spine in Healthy Volunteers: A 10-Year Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Eijiro Okada, MD; Morio Matsumoto, MD; Daisuke Ichihara, MD; Kazuhiro Chiba et al

713-717
Spinal Tuberculosis: The Association Between Pedicle Involvement and Anterior Column Damage and Kyphotic Deformity
Mohammad Imran Yusof, MMed; Eskandar Hassan, MMed; Nasazli Rahmat, MMed; Rohaizan Yunus

Health Services Research
718-724
A Long Way to Go: Practice Patterns and Evidence in Chronic Low Back Pain Care
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH; Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD; George M. Holmes et al

725-730
Are Preoperative Health-Related Quality of Life Scores Predictive of Clinical Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion?
Leah Y. Carreon, MD, MSc; Steven D. Glassman, MD; Mladen Djurasovic, MD; John R. Dimar et al
Literature Review
731-739
Complications of Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
Gautam Malhotra, MD; Arjang Abbasi, DO; Michael Rhee, MD

Surgery
740-747
Mortality After Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Sham Maghout Juratli, MD, MPH; Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH; Deborah Fulton-Kehoe, PhD, MPH; Thomas M. Wickizer, PhD; Gary M. Franklin, MD, MPH

Imaging Corner
748
Unknown Case: Part 1
Alagappan Periakaruppan, MD; Bejoy Thomas, MD, DNB

Letters to the Editor
749
Letters
Rob D. Dickerman, DO, PhD; Ashley S. Reynolds, RN, BSN; Matthew Bennett, MD
749
Letters
Richard S. Brower, MD; Nancy M. Vickroy, MPAS, PA-C
750
Letters
Dimitrios Karagiorgiadis, MD; George A. Alexiou, MD; Spyridon Voulgaris, MD, PhD
750
Letters
Angel M. Hidalgo-Ovejero, MD; Iñaki Otermin-Maya, PhD; Serafin Garcia-Mata, MD; Luis M. Barberena-Ayensa, MD
751
Letters
Ming-Chau Chang, MD
751-752
Letters
Joseph S. Butler, MRCSI; Brian M. Devitt, MD, MRCSI; Ashley R. Poynton, MD, FRCSI
752
Letters
Neil E. O’Connell, MSc; Benedict M. Wand, PhD; R B. Bausell, PhD
752-753
Letters
Francisco M. Kovacs, MD, PhD; Gustavo Zanoli, MD, PhD
753
Letters
Suzanne McDonough, PhD; Jongbae Park, KMD, PhD; Jing Yuan, PhD; Purepong Nithima, PhD; Daniel P. Kerr, PhD
754
Letters
Su-Xi Gu, MD; Xiao-Dong Zhu, MD; Chuan-Feng Wang, MD; Da-Jiang Wu, MD; Ying-Chuan Zhao, MD; Ming Li, MD
754-755
Letters
Peter O. Newton, MD

Clinical Case Series
E240-E244
Chronic Liver Failure and Concomitant Distant Infections Are Associated With High Rates of Neurological Involvement in Pyogenic Spinal Infections
Julio Urrutia, MD; Christopher M. Bono, MD; Pablo Mery, MD; Claudio Rojas, MD; Natalia Gana, ; Mauricio Campos,

Diagnostics
E245-E250
Morphological Analysis in Patients With Sciatica: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study Using Three-Dimensional High-Resolution Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Neurography Techniques
Zhongwei Zhang, MD; Laijing Song, PhD; Quanfei Meng, MD; Ziping Li et al

Technique
E251-E254
Intralaminar Screw Insertion of Thoracic Spine in Children With Severe Spinal Deformities: Two Case Reports
Stephen J. Lewis, MD; Federico Canavese, MD; Shayne Keetbaas, MD

E255-E257
Single Anterior Procedure for Stabilization of a Three-Part Fracture of the Axis (Odontoid Dens and Hangman Fracture): Case Report
Benjamin Blondel, MD; Philippe Metellus, MD; Stephane Fuentes, MD; Guillaume Dutertre, MD; Henry Dufour, MD

Case Report
E258-E261
Surgical Management in Spinal Sarcoidosis: Case Report
Carlo Brembilla, MD; Antonio Signorelli, MD; Claudio Lamartina, PhD; Francesco Biroli, PhD

E262-E265
Delayed Hyper-Reactivity to Metal Ions After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Literature Review
David A. Cavanaugh, MD; Pierce D. Nunley, MD; Eubulus J. Kerr, III, MD; David J. Werner et al

E266-E268
Metastatic Carcinoma Related Long Segment Thoracic Spinal Epidural Hematoma: A Case Report
Hung-Shih Lin, MD; Shiu-Jau Chen, MD

E269-E271
Spontaneous Drainage of an Asymptomatic Recurrent Hydatid Cyst of the Sacrum
Mehdi Sasani, MD; Ali Fahir Ozer, MD

Online Article Abstracts
A15-A17
Online Article Abstracts