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Orthopedics 20/63, Clinical Neurology 100/191 |
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Reviewers of the Year
Steven R. Garfin, MD is Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His training included: medical school at the University of Minnesota, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at UCSD, and a spine surgery fellowship at Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia. He has received numerous research awards, including: Volvo award from ISSLS (x2), North American Spine Society (x2), Cervical Spine Research Society (x2) and the Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Recognition Award. He has also been given the Wiltse Award for Leadership from NASS and the Selby Award for Contributions to NASS.
Dr. Garfin is a member of: the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon, American Orthopaedic Association, Cervical Spine Research Society (past President), International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, North American Spine Society (past President), the Orthopaedic Research Society, Lumbar Spine Research Society, and the current President of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. For several of these he has been a board member, President and/or Program Chair.
He has edited 20 books, and authored over 130 book chapters and 280 peer review articles. He is Deputy Editor of Spine and reviewer for a number of orthopaedic and spine peer review journals.
 Dr. Frank Shen is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon in both adult and pediatric spinal deformity. His clinical interests include adult deformity, as well as minimally invasive surgery. He has particular clinical interest in the management of spinal tumors and complex reconstructions. He has a basic science lab that is involved in the use of tissue engineering for disc degeneration and spinal fusions. He remains active as a member on multiple committees of multiple national and international spine societies, as well as sits as an Editorial Board member for several journals. He is currently the Division Head of Spine at the University of Virginia, the Director of the Spine Fellowship and Co-Director of the Spine Center.
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Kepler, Christopher K.; Markova, Dessislava Z.; Dibra, Florian; Yadla, Sanjay; Vaccaro, Alexander R.; Risbud, Makarand V.; Albert, Todd J.; Anderson, David Greg
Spine. 38(11):873-880, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318285ae08
Analysis of tissue from patients with painless or painful intervertebral discs was performed to evaluate expression levels of chemokine RANTES, and cytokines IL-1β, IL-8, and IL-6. RANTES and IL-1β expression was upregulated in painful discs. RANTES was upregulated in vitro by IL-1β and TNF-α.
Druschel, Claudia; Schaser, Klaus-Dieter; Schwab, Jan M.
Spine. 38(11):E669-E677, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828e4dce
Critical analysis of the National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Studies challenged the use of high-dose methylprednisolone as a controversial standard of care after acute spinal cord injury due to a lack of unequivocally proven efficacy contrasted by a higher incidence of complications and higher mortality. This study assessed the current practice of methylprednisolone treatment in Germany.
Brenke, Christopher; Kindling, Stephanie; Scharf, Johann; Schmieder, Kirsten; Barth, Martin
Spine. 38(11):E635-E640, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828d65bb
Composite absorbable cages show favorable radiological and clinical results. Patients with degenerative cervical mono- or bi-level pathology were prospectively treated using such a new cage with investigation of clinical results, segmental height, and of cage characteristics. As cage dislocations occurred in 12.1%, the study was premature and discontinued. Therefore, the use of the present composite cage as a stand-alone device cannot be recommended.
Hoff, Eike; Strube, Patrick; Gross, Christian; Putzier, Michael
Spine. 38(11):887-895, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828150a6
Additional dynamic stabilization does not lead to a clinical benefit in patients with symptomatic disc herniation and initial segment degeneration compared with sequestrectomy alone after a long-term follow-up. Because of this and a high rate of necessary reoperations, we do not recommend this surgical strategy for this indication.
Koh, Jae Chul; Lee, Jong Seok; Han, Dong Woo; Choi, Satbyul; Chang, Chul Ho
Spine. 38(11):E678-E682, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828cb3e5
During lumbar spine surgery, intraoperative blood loss increased in association with increases in peak and plateau airway pressure change as a result of shifting the patient from a supine to a prone position. If peak and plateau airway pressures increase as a result of shifting into a prone position, it is predicted that there will be an increase in intraoperative blood loss.
Kim, Han Jo; Bridwell, Keith H.; Lenke, Lawrence G.; Park, Moon Soo; Ahmad, Azeem; Song, Kwang-Sup; Piyaskulkaew, Chaiwat; Hershman, Stuart; Fogelson, Jeremy; Mesfin, Addisu
Spine. 38(11):896-901, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182815b42
Our data suggest that proximal junctional kyphosis results in worse clinical outcomes measured by the Scoliosis Research Society Pain subscore. In addition, our regression model suggests that pain in the upper thoracic spine has a strong predictive value for proximal junctional kyphosis.
Demura, Satoru; Yaszay, Burt; Bastrom, Tracey P.; Carreau, Joseph; Newton, Peter O.; Harms Study Group
Spine. 38(11):E649-E655, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828cb2a3
In this series of Lenke 1C curves, 40% were decompensated to the left 2 cm or more, preoperatively. When selective thoracic fusion was performed in these patients 57% remained decompensated at 2 years. Although not a contraindication, surgeons should prepare for modest postoperative coronal decompensation when only the thoracic curve is fused.
Deyo, Richard A.; Smith, David H. M.; Johnson, Eric S.; Tillotson, Carrie J.; Donovan, Marilee; Yang, Xiuhai; Petrik, Amanda; Morasco, Benjamin J.; Dobscha, Steven K.
Spine. 38(11):909-915, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182830482
We reviewed medical and pharmacy records for 11,327 males with low back pain. Use of medications for erectile dysfunction or testosterone replacement was independently associated with age, comorbidity, depression, use of sedative-hypnotics, and use of opioid analgesics (both dose and duration).
Lad, Shivanand P.; Bagley, Jacob H.; Kenney, Krista T.; Ugiliweneza, Beatrice; Kong, Maiying; Bagley, Carlos A.; Gottfried, Oren N.; Isaacs, Robert E.; Patil, Chirag G.; Boakye, Maxwell
Spine. 38(11):927-935, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828165f9
We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional review of Medicaid data to investigate whether there were racial inequalities in the outcomes of surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. We found there were several disparities including length of hospital stay, number of medication prescriptions, cost, and overall complication rate.
Wang, Qi; Xiang, Liangbi; Liu, Jun
Spine. 38(11):967, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828fc937
Melloh, Markus; Lord, Sarah J.; Staub, Lukas P.; Merk, Harry R.; Barz, Thomas
Spine. 38(11):968, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828fca2c
Liu, Yong; Liu, Zhen; Zhu, Feng; Qian, Bang-ping; Zhu, Zezhang; Xu, Leilei; Ding, Yitao; Qiu, Yong
Spine. 38(11):902-908, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318280c478
With the 102 nonpremarked cases, the new SRS-Schwab system for patients with adult spinal deformity achieved excellent intraobserver reliability and good interobserver reliability, but its definition of thoracic and lumbar curves seem to need improvement. The SRS-Schwab system is a simple and clear classifi cation system with integrated spinopelvic parameters.
Fehlings, Michael G.; Arun, Ranganathan; Vaccaro, Alexander R.; Arnold, Paul M.; Chapman, Jens R.; Kopjar, Branko
Spine. 38(11):881-886, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828314ee
Both surgical and non-surgical treatments of geriatric Type II odontoid fractures carry a high risk of treatment failure. Surgical management of these patients is complicated by medical comorbidities, poor bone quality, and impaired physiologic reserves. Our results s uggest treatment failure in this population is associated with initial non-surgical treatment, older age, and male gender and neurologic impairment.
Bae, Hyun W.; Rajaee, Sean S.; Kanim, Linda E.
Spine. 38(11):916-926, May 15, 2013.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182833e7c
This study presents US nationwide trends in the surgical management of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. From 2004 to 2009, the rate of decompressions decreased, whereas simple fusions increased and complex fusions did not change. Additionally, the use of bone morphogenetic protein and interbody devices increased significantly.
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Upcoming Articles
May 20, 2013
A Randomized Trial of Balloon Kyphoplasty and Non-Surgical Management for Treating Acute Vertebral Compression Fractures: Vertebral Body Kyphosis Correction and Surgical Parameters (Presented at the 2012 International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine annual meeting)
Jan Karel Van Meirhaeghe
Decreased Risk of Wound Infection After Posterior Cervical Fusion With Routine Local Application of Vancomycin Powder
Russell Glenn Strom
Association Between Beliefs and Care-Seeking Behavior for Low Back Pain (Presented at the 2012 International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine annual meeting)
Anne F. Mannion
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