Spine August 2009 Vol 34 Iss 17

Introduction
1743-1744
Introduction to the Congenital Spine Deformity Focus Issue
Paul D. Sponseller, MD

Deformity
1745-1750
Congenital Scoliosis: Etiology and Associations
Robert N. Hensinger, MD

1751-1755
The Natural History of Congenital Scoliosis and Kyphosis
David S. Marks, FRCS, FRCS (Orth); Saeed A. Qaimkhani, FRCS (Orth)

1756-1765
Classification of Congenital Scoliosis and Kyphosis: A New Approach to the Three-Dimensional Classification for Progressive Vertebral Anomalies Requiring Operative Treatment
Spinal Deformity Study Group

1766-1774
Update on Congenital Spinal Deformities: Preoperative Evaluation
Gilbert Chan, MD; John P. Dormans, MD

Surgery
1775-1782
Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism and Neurogenic Scoliosis
Mario Cardoso, MD; Robert F. Keating, MD

1783-1790
Instrumentation and Fusion for Congenital Spine Deformities
Daniel J. Hedequist, MD

1791-1799
Hemivertebra Resection and Osteotomies in Congenital Spine Deformity
Michael Ruf, MD; Rubens Jensen, MD; Lynn Letko, MD; Jürgen Harms, MD

1800-1807
Fusionless Instrumentation Systems for Congenital Scoliosis: Expandable Spinal Rods and Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib in the Management of Congenital Spine Deformities in the Growing Child
Muharrem Yazici, MD; John Emans, MD

Treatment
1808-1814
The Surgical Treatment of Congenital Kyphosis
M H. H. Noordeen, MA, FRCS; Enrique Garrido, EBOT, MRCS; Stewart K. Tucker, FRCS (Orth); Hazem Bayoumi Elsebaie, FRCS

1815-1827
Spine Deformities in Rare Congenital Syndromes: Clinical Issues
Robert M. Campbell, Jr, MD

1828-1833
Sagittal Plane Considerations and the Pelvis in the Adult Patient
Frank Schwab, MD; Virginie Lafage, PhD; Ashish Patel, MD; Jean-Pierre Farcy, MD

Basic Science
1834-1838
Zonal Responsiveness of the Human Intervertebral Disc to Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
Hyang Kim, BSc; Jeong-Uk Lee, MA; Seong-Hwan Moon, MD; Hyung-Chan Kim, MD et al

Cochrane Collaboration
1839-1848
Rehabilitation After Lumbar Disc Surgery: An Update Cochrane Review
Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, PhD; Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa, PhD et al

Deformity
1849-1854
Correlation of Risser Sign, Radiographs of Hand and Wrist With the Histological Grade of Iliac Crest Apophysis in Girls With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
William Wei Jun Wang, MPhil; Cai Wei Xia, MPhil; Feng Zhu, MD; Ze Zhang Zhu, et al

Diagnostics
1855-1862
Grading Apical Vertebral Rotation Without a Computed Tomography Scan: A Clinically Relevant System Based on the Radiographic Appearance of Bilateral Pedicle Screws
Vidyadhar V. Upasani, MD; Reid C. Chambers, BA; Ali H. Dalal, BS; Suken A. Shah, MD; Ronald A. Lehman, Jr, MD; Peter O. Newton, MD

Health Services Research
1863-1868
Prevalence of Self-Reported Neck-Shoulder-Arm Pain and Concurrent Low Back Pain or Psychological Distress: Time-Trends in a General Population, 1990–2006
Ola Leijon, PhD; Jens Wahlström, PhD; Marie Mulder, MSc

1869-1872
Risk Factors for Postoperative Spinal Wound Infections After Spinal Decompression and Fusion Surgeries
Anand Veeravagu, MD; Chirag G. Patil, MD; Shivanand P. Lad, MD, PhD; Maxwell Boakye, MD

Occupational Health
1873-1878
Creep and Fatigue Development in the Low Back in Static Flexion
Gwanseob Shin, PhD; Clive D’Souza, MS; Yu-Hsun Liu, MS

Technical Note
1879-1883
Anterior Approach to Disc Herniation With Modified Anterior Microforaminotomy at C7–T2: Technical Note
Ali Fahir Ozer, MD; Tuncay Kaner, MD; Mehdi Sasani, MD; Tunc Oktenoglu, MD; Murat Cosar, MD

Letter to the Editor: Letters
1884
Letters
Mohammad R. Rasouli, MD; Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD

1884-1885
Letters
Cornelia Putz, MD; Carl Hans Fürstenberg, MD; Hans Jürgen Gerner, MD, PhD; Bernd Wiedenhöfer, MD

1885-1886
Letters
James G. Griffin, PT, ATC; Somayaji Ramamurthy, MD

1886
Letters
Morio Matsumoto, MD

Cervical Spine
E591-E595
The Efficacy of the Synthetic Interbody Cage and Grafton for Anterior Cervical Fusion
Hyun-Woong Park, MD; Jung-Kil Lee, MD; Sung-Jun Moon, MD; Seung-Kweon Seo, MD; Jae-Hyun Lee, MD; Soo-Han Kim, MD

Clinical Case Series
E596-E598
Age-Related Changes in the Orientation of Lumbar Facet Joints
Jixing Wang, PhD, MD; Xianyu Yang, MD

Deformity
E599-E606
Pelvic Tilt and Truncal Inclination: Two Key Radiographic Parameters in the Setting of Adults With Spinal Deformity
Virginie Lafage, PhD; Frank Schwab, MD; Ashish Patel, MD; Nicola Hawkinson, NP; Jean-Pierre Farcy, MD

E607-E617
Guidelines for Management of Scoliosis in Rett Syndrome Patients Based on Expert Consensus and Clinical Evidence
Jenny Downs, PhD; Anke Bergman, MPH; Philippa Carter, MBBS; Alison Anderson, et al

Surgery
E618-E625
A Meta-Analysis of Circumferential Fusion Versus Instrumented Posterolateral Fusion in the Lumbar Spine
Han Xiuxin, MD; Zhu Yue, MD; Cui Cui, MS; Wu Yajun, MS

Case Report
E626-E628
Multimodal Therapy for Vertebral Involvement of Systemic Mastocytosis
Antonio Krüger, MD; Christine Hamann, MD; Cornelia Brendel, MD; Annette Ramaswamy, MD; Michael Schnabel, MD; Andreas Neubauer, MD; Lorenz C. Hofbauer, MD

E629-E634
Traumatic Posterior Lumbosacral Spondyloptosis in a Six-Year-Old: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Luk Verhelst, MD; Pieter Ackerman, MD; Jan Van Meirhaeghe, MD

Online Article Abstracts
A11-A13
Online Article Abstracts