Basic Science

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Klhl14 Antisense RNA is a Target of Key Skeletogenic Transcription Factors in the Developing Intervertebral Disc (ONLINE ONLY)

Thomas Lufkin

Cervical Spine

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Cervical Alignment of Anterior Cervical Hyperostosis Causing Dysphagia (ONLINE ONLY)

Hiroyuki Tominaga

Clinical Case Series

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The Duration of Symptoms Does Not Impact Clinical Outcomes Following Lumbar Decompression Surgery

Philip Louie

Can Elective Spine Surgery be Performed Safely Among Nonagenarians? Analysis of a National Inpatient Database in Japan (ONLINE ONLY)

Yasushi Oshima

Health Services Research

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Cost-Utility Analysis of Operative vs. Nonoperative Treatment of Thoracic AIS

Paul Sponseller

Sources of Patients' Expectations of Lumbar Surgery

Carol Mancuso

Preoperative PROMIS Scores Assist in Predicting Early Postoperative Success in Lumbar Discectomy

Paul Rubery

Preparing for Bundled Payments in Cervical Spine Surgery: Do We Understand the Influence of Patient, Hospital, and Procedural Factors on the Cost and Length of Stay?

Andrew Pugely

Increased Proportion of Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis and Changes in Reoperation Rate: A Nationwide Cohort Study with a Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up

Chun Kee Chung

Determinants and Variations of Hospital Costs in Patients with Lumbar Radiculopathy Hospitalized for Spinal Surgery

Eva Huysmans

The Impact of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) on 30-Day Outcomes Following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusions (ACDF) (ONLINE ONLY)

Safdar Khan

Surgery

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The Impact of Comorbidity Burden on Complications, Length of Stay, and Direct Hospital Costs after Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Kern Singh

Trends in Lumbar Fusion Procedure Rates and Associated Hospital Costs for Degenerative Spinal Diseases in the United States, 2004-2015

Brook Martin

Weekly Teriparatide Administration and Preoperative Anterior Slippage of the Cranial Vertebra Next to Fusion Segment < 2mm Promote Osseous Union after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ONLINE ONLY)

Hiroki Ushirozako

Cost-Effectiveness of Balloon Kyphoplasty for Patients with Acute/ Subacute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in the Super-Aging Japanese Society (ONLINE ONLY)

Shinji Takahashi

Outcomes

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"Rule of Spence" and Dickman's Classification of Transverse Atlantal Ligament Injury Revisited: Discrepancy of Prediction on Atlantoaxial Stability Based on Clinical Outcome of Non-Operative Treatment for Atlas Fractures (ONLINE ONLY)

Jianhua Zhao

Historical Perspectives

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Wilhelm Schulthess, Pioneer in the Treatment of Spinal Deformities: The Testimony of the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (ONLINE ONLY)

Fabrizio Perna