Spine Nov 2009 Vol 34 Iss 24

Anatomy
2599-2604
In Vivo Three-Dimensional Morphometric Analysis of the Lumbar Pedicle Isthmus
Keizo Sugisaki, MD, PhD; Howard S. An, MD; Alejandro A. Espinoza Orías, PhD; Richard Rhim, MD; Gunnar B. J. Andersson, MD, PhD; Nozomu Inoue, MD, PhD

Basic Science
2605-2612
Transplantation of Human Marrow Stromal Cells and Mono-Nuclear Bone Marrow Cells Into the Injured Spinal Cord: A Comparative Study
Amer F. Samdani, MD; Courtney Paul, BS; Randal R. Betz, MD; Itzhak Fischer, PhD; Birgit Neuhuber, PhD

Biomechanics
2613-2618
Adjacent Vertebral Body Fracture Following Vertebroplasty With Polymethylmethacrylate or Calcium Phosphate Cement: Biomechanical Evaluation of the Cadaveric Spine
Shinya Nouda, MD; Seiji Tomita, MD; Akihiro Kin, MD; Kunihiko Kawahara, MD; Mitsuo Kinoshita, MD

2619-2625
Vertebroplasty With High-Viscosity Polymethylmethacrylate Cement Facilitates Vertebral Body Restoration In Vitro
Matthias Rüger, MD; Werner Schmoelz, PhD

2626-2633
Neck Muscle Load Distribution in Lateral, Frontal, and Rear-End Impacts: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis
Sofia Hedenstierna, PhD; Peter Halldin, PhD; Gunter P. Siegmund, PhD

Cervical Spine
2634-2641
Prediction of Clinical Results of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy Focusing on Spinal Cord Motion in Intraoperative Ultrasonography and Postoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Takahiro Naruse, MD; Makoto Yanase, MD; Hiroshi Takahashi; Yumiko Horie, MD; Masatsugu Ito; Tadashi Imaizumi; Kenji Oguri; Yukihiro Matsuyama, MD

2642-2645
The Kinematic Relationships of the Upper Cervical Spine
Yuichiro Morishita, MD, PhD; Jonathan Falakassa, BS; Masatoshi Naito, MD, PhD; Henry J. Hymanson, BS; Cyrus Taghavi, BS; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

2646-2653
Neurologic Sequelae of Penetrating Cervical Trauma
Wesley B. Vanderlan, MD; Beverly E. Tew, MD; Cara Y. Seguin, RN; Melanie M. Mata, RN; James J. Yang, PhD; H Mathilda Horst, MD; Farouck N. Obeid, MD; Norman E. McSwain, MD

Clinical Case Series
2654-2661
Dural Ossification in Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: A Preliminary Report
Natarajan Muthukumar, MCh

Diagnostics
2662-2668
Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Spinal Cord Monitoring in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
Alfredo T. Castellon, MD; Robert Meves, MD; Osmar Avanzi, MD

2669-2673
Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided L5 Nerve Root Block
Masaki Sato, MD; Sumito Simizu, MD; Ryo Kadota, MD; Hirosi Takahasi, MD

2674-2678
Disc Height and Segmental Motion as Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation
Kyoung-Tae Kim, MD; Seung-Won Park, MD, PhD; Young-Baeg Kim, MD, PhD

Deformity
2679-2685
Pressure Mapping as an Outcome Measure for Spinal Surgery in Patients With Myelomeningocele
Jean A. Ouellet, MD, FRCSC; Loren Geller, MD; Willem S. Strydom, MD, FCS (SA); Mary Rabzel, OT; Rudolf Reindl, MD, FRCSC; Peter Jarzem, MD, FRCSC; Vincent Arlet, MD, FRCSC

Literature Review
2686-2699
The Prognostic Value of Symptom Responses in the Conservative Management of Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review
Angeliki G. Chorti, MSc; Anastasios G. Chortis, MSc; Nikolaos Strimpakos, PhD; Christopher J. McCarthy, PhD; Sarah E. Lamb, DPhil

Surgery
2700-2704
The Surgical Management of Sacral Chordomas
Joseph H. Schwab, MD; John H. Healey, MD; Peter Rose, MD; Jorge Casas-Ganem, MD; Patrick J. Boland, MD

2705-2710
Surgical Treatment of One Hundred Seventy-Four Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Shuyuan Yang, MD; Xinyu Yang, MD, PhD; Guoliang Hong, MD

Imaging Corner
2711-2713
Cauda Equina Syndrome Caused by a Complete Traumatic Lumbar Disc Complex Extrusion Without Alterations of Facet Joints
Luis G. González-Bonet, MD; José V. Mollá-Torró, MD

Biomechanics
E866-E872
A Biomechanical Comparison of Different Types of Lumbopelvic Fixation
John E. Tis, MD; Melvin Helgeson, MD; Ronald A. Lehman, MD; Anton E. Dmitriev, MSc

Deformity
E873-E878
Long-Term Follow-up of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Who Had Harrington Instrumentation and Fusion to the Lower Lumbar Vertebrae: Is Low Back Pain a Problem?
Bruce J. Bartie, DO; John E. Lonstein, MD; Robert B. Winter, MD

Diagnostics
E879-E881
Evaluation of Occipitocervical Subluxation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Using Coronal-View Reconstructive Computed Tomography
Ryusaku Nagayoshi, MD; Kosei Ijiri, MD; Tsuyoshi Takenouchi, MD; Eiji Taketomi, MD; Harutoshi Sakakima, PT; Setsuro Komiya, MD

Case Report
E882-E885
Primary NK/T-Cell Lymphoma of the Cauda Equina: A Case Report and Literature Review
Masahiro Morita, MD; Masahiko Osawa, MD, PhD; Hirotsune Naruse, MD, PhD; Hiroaki Nakamura, MD, PhD

E886-E891
Cervical Myelopathy Associated With Congenital C2/3 Canal Stenosis and Deficiencies of the Posterior Arch of the Atlas and Laminae of the Axis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Anthony Minh Tien Chau; Johnny Ho-Yin Wong, BSc(Med), MBBS(Hons); Ralph Jasper Mobbs, MD, MS, FRACS

E892-E895
Intradural Spinal Metastasis to the Cauda Equina in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Dae-Yong Kim, MD; Jung-Kil Lee, MD; Sung-Jun Moon, MD; Seok-Cheol Kim, MD; Cheol-Su Kim, MD

E896-E900
False-Negative Transcranial Motor-Evoked Potentials During Scoliosis Surgery Causing Paralysis: A Case Report With Literature Review
Hitesh N. Modi, MS; Seung-Woo Suh, MD, PhD; Jae-Hyuk Yang, MD; Ji-Yeol Yoon, MD

E901-E905
Cervical Spine Osteolysis in a Case of Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy With Features Mimicking Neoplasm or Infection
Hany El Zahlawy, MD; Yasutsugu Yukawa, MD, PhD; Keigo Ito, MD, PhD; Hiroaki Nakashima, MD; Masaaki Machino, MD; Yumiko Horie, MD; Fumihiko Kato, MD, PhD