Asian Spine Journal

Clinical Studies

Objective Monitoring of Brace Wearing Time in Adolescents with Scheuermann’s Kyphosis: Pouya Sharifi, Mojtaba Kamyab, Taher Babaee, Mohammad Saleh Ganjavian; Received January 12, 2019 Accepted April 9, 2019 Published online August 23, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

The Effect of Bracing on Spinopelvic Rotation and Psychosocial Parameters in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis: Yalda Khoshhal, Maryam Jalali, Taher Babaee, Hassan Ghandhari, Jeffrey L. Gum; Received December 1, 2018 Accepted March 19, 2019 Published online August 23, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Periapical Wires Result in Less Curve Correction Than Pedicle Screw Constructs in Idiopathic Scoliosis: Valentine R. Esposito, Brian L. Dial, Robert D. Fitch, Robert K. Lark; Received January 2, 2019 Accepted March 19, 2019 Published online August 20, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

A Retrospective Review of Radiographic and Clinical Findings from the M6 Cervical Prosthesis: İsmail Oltulu, Özgür Korkmaz, Ender Sarıoğlu, Mehmet Aydoğan; Received December 31, 2018 Accepted March 26, 2019 Published online August 20, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Review Article

Antidepressants in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review to Determine Benefits and Risks: Ahmed B. Bayoumi, Oyku Ikizgul, Ceren Nur Karaali, Selma Bozkurt, Deniz Konya, Zafer Orkun Toktas; Received September 15, 2018 Accepted March 14, 2019 Published online August 20, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Clinical Study

Insertion Angle of Pedicle Screws in the Subaxial Cervical Spine: The Analysis of Computed Tomography-Navigated Insertion of Pedicle Screws: Stavros Oikonomidis, Frank Beyer, Carolin Meyer, Christoph Tobias Baltin, Peer Eysel, Jan Bredow; Received February 17, 2019 Accepted April 24, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Review Article

Patient Satisfaction in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature: Joshua York Menendez, Nidal Bassam Omar, Gustavo Chagoya, Borna Ethan Tabibian, Galal Ashraf Elsayed, Beverly Claire Walters, Barton Lucius Guthrie, Mark Norman Hadley; Received January 27, 2019 Accepted February 25, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Clinical Studies

Comparative Evaluation of Pregabalin and Clonidine as Preemptive Analgesics for the Attenuation of Postoperative Pain Following Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery: Renu Bala, Jasbir Kaur, Jyoti Sharma, Roop Singh, Raj Singh; Received January 27, 2019 Accepted March 21, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Analysis of the Functional and Radiological Outcomes of Lumbar Decompression without Fusion in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis: Akshay Dharamchand Gadiya, Mandar Deepak Borde, Nishant Kumar, Priyank Mangaldas Patel, Premik Bhupendra Nagad, Shekhar Yeshwant Bhojraj; Received January 20, 2019 Accepted March 28, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Role of Additional Coronal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Decompression and Reconstruction with or without Segment Salvage in Thoracic Spine Tuberculosis: Sudhir Srivastava, Nandan Marathe, Sunil Bhosale, Prajakta Bhide, Shaligram Purohit, Chetan Shende, Balgovind Raja; Received January 13, 2019 Accepted March 18, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Esophageal Perforation after Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Sang-Bong Ko, Jong-Beom Park, Kyung-Jin Song, Dong-Ho Lee, Seong-Wan Kim, Young-Yul Kim, Taek-Soo Jeon, Yoon Joo Cho; Received December 25, 2018 Accepted January 21, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity with Sagittal Imbalance Using Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Can We Predict How Much Lordosis Correction Is Possible?: Whoan Jeang Kim, Jae Won Lee, Kun Young Park, Shann Haw Chang, Dae Geon Song, Won Sik Choy; Received November 29, 2018 Accepted March 7, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Comparison of Segmental Mobility in Lumbar Extension Radiographs between a New Technique (“Fulcrum Bending Position”) and Conventional Standing Position in Spondylolisthesis Patients: Pritsanai Pruttikul, Thodsaporn Maneesrisajja, Para Urusopon, Tinnakorn Pluemvitayaporn, Chaiwat Piyaskulkaew, Sombat Kunakornsawat, Piyabuth Kittithamvongs; Received November 26, 2018 Accepted April 13, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

The Role of Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition in the Postoperative Outcome of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients: Thanase Ariyawatkul, Witchate Pichaisak, Cholavech Chavasiri, Visit Vamvanij, Sirichai Wilartratsami, Panya Luksanapruksa; Received October 28, 2018 Accepted April 8, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Extended Posterior Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Spinal Tuberculosis: Sombat Kunakornsawat, Nattaphon Philawuth, Chaiwat Piyaskulkaew, Pritsanai Pruttikul, Tinnakorn Pluemvitayaporn, Piyabuth Kittithamvongs; Received August 5, 2018 Accepted February 25, 2019 Published online July 30, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Anatomic Considerations of Anterior Transarticular Screw Fixation for Atlantoaxial Instability: Sandeep Sonone, Aditya Anand Dahapute, Chaitanya Waghchoure, Nandan Marathe, Swapnil Anil Keny, Kritarth Singh, Rohan Gala; Received January 11, 2019 Accepted April 13, 2019 Published online July 17, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

The Optimal Screw Length of Lumbar Pedicle Screws during Minimally Invasive Surgery Fixation: A Computed Tomography-Guided Evaluation of 771 Screws: Min Jia Chua, Shiblee Siddiqui, Chun Sing Yu, Colum Patrick Nolan, Jacob Yoong-Leong Oh; Received October 23, 2018 Accepted March 1, 2019 Published online July 17, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement in Thoracolumbar Surgery: Jeremy K. T. Kam, Calvin Gan, Stefan Dimou, Mohammed Awad, Bhadu Kavar, Girish Nair, Andrew Morokoff; Received January 28, 2019 Accepted March 16, 2019 Published online July 9, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Changes in Sagittal Alignment Following Short-Level Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Comparison between Posterior and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusions: Hiroaki Nakashima, Tokumi Kanemura, Kotaro Satake, Yoshimoto Ishikawa, Jun Ouchida, Naoki Segi, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Shiro Imagama; Received January 15, 2019 Accepted March 6, 2019 Published online July 9, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Kyphosis Progression after Balloon Kyphoplasty Compared with Conservative Treatment: Keiichiro Iida, Katsumi Harimaya, Kiyoshi Tarukado, Osamu Tono, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Yasuharu Nakashima; Received December 13, 2018 Accepted February 23, 2019 Published online July 9, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Hypertension Is Related to Positive Global Sagittal Alignment: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study: Hideyuki Arima, Daisuke Togawa, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Yu Yamato, Go Yoshida, Sho Kobayashi, Tatsuya Yasuda, Tomohiro Banno, Shin Oe, Yuki Mihara, Hiroki Ushirozako, Hironobu Hoshino, Yukihiro Matsuyama; Received December 1, 2018 Accepted March 7, 2019 Published online July 9, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Precautions for Combined Anterior and Posterior Long-Level Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: Perioperative Surgical Complications Related to the Anterior Procedure (Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion): Whoan Jeang Kim, Jae Won Lee, Su Min Kim, Kun Young Park, Shann Haw Chang, Dae Geon Song, Won Sik Choy; Received November 28, 2018 Accepted February 1, 2019 Published online June 4, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Responsiveness of Commonly Used Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments in Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Karthik Vishwanathan, Ian Braithwaite; Received December 17, 2018 Accepted February 14, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Functional Outcome after Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy by Destandau’s Technique: A Prospective Study of 614 Patients: Paresh Chandra Dey, Saurav Narayan Nanda; Received December 7, 2018 Accepted February 20, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Review Article

Thoracic Posture and Mobility in Mechanical Neck Pain Population: A Review of the Literature: Shriya Joshi, Ganesh Balthillaya, Y. V. Raghava Neelapala; Received November 27, 2018 Accepted January 25, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Clinical Studies

Effect of Indirect Neural Decompression with Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Was Influenced by Preoperative Lumbar Lordosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Tan Boon Beng, Yoshihisa Kotani, Ung Sia, Ivan Gonchar; Received October 30, 2018 Accepted February 14, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Surgical Results of Patients with Myelopathy due to Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum with Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament or a Vertebral Fracture at the Same Level of the Thoracic Spine: A Retrospective Comparative Study: Yuji Kasukawa, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Michio Hongo, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Daisuke Kudo, Ryota Kimura, Yuichi Ono, Jumpei Iida, Chiaki Sato, Yoichi Shimada; Received October 27, 2018 Accepted January 10, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Factors Affecting Postoperative Sagittal Alignment after Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity: Posterior Osteotomy, Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Rupture, and Endplate Injury: Hiroaki Nakashima, Tokumi Kanemura, Kotaro Satake, Yoshimoto Ishikawa, Jun Ouchida, Naoki Segi, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Shiro Imagama; Received October 22, 2018 Accepted December 30, 2018 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Feasibility and Safety of Outpatient Lumbar Microscopic Discectomy in a Developing Country: Ashish Jaiswal, Satish Kumar, Siva Reddy, Parineeta Jaiswal; Received October 13, 2018 Accepted February 23, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Pullout Strength Predictor: A Machine Learning Approach: Ravi Khatri, Vicky Varghese, Sunil Sharma, Gurunathan Saravana Kumar, Harvinder Singh Chhabra; Received September 21, 2018 Accepted March 10, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Review Article

Frailty Syndrome and the Use of Frailty Indices as a Preoperative Risk Stratification Tool in Spine Surgery: A Review: Trevor Simcox, Derek Antoku, Nickul Jain, Frank Acosta, Raymond Hah; Received September 16, 2018 Accepted February 12, 2019 Published online June 3, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Clinical Studies

Ten-Year Results of Reconstruction for Rheumatoid Cervical Spine Lesions and Occurrence Factor of Subaxial Subluxation: Daisuke Kurogochi, Jun Takahashi, Masashi Uehara, Shota Ikegami, Shugo Kuraishi, Toshimasa Futatsugi, Hiroki Oba, Takashi Takizawa, Ryo Munakata, Terue Hatakenaka, Michihiko Koseki, Hiroyuki Kato; Received December 27, 2018 Accepted February 12, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Characteristics of Low Back Pain due to Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy: Koichi Miki, Kyongsong Kim, Toyohiko Isu, Juntaro Matsumoto, Rinko Kokubo, Masanori Isobe, Tooru Inoue; Received December 10, 2018 Accepted February 7, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Investigation of Comorbidity, Trauma History, and Osteoporotic Fractures in the Postmenopausal Population: A Nationwide, Observational, and Cross-Sectional Study of Korean Orthopedic Outpatient Clinics: Minjoon Cho, Seoung-Hwan Moon, Ji-Ho Lee, Jae Hyup Lee; Received December 8, 2018 Accepted January 1, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Autogenic Rib Graft for Atlantoaxial and Occipitocervical Fixation in Pediatric Patients: Akira Matsumura, Takashi Namikawa, Minori Kato, Yusuke Hori, Masayoshi Iwamae, Noriaki Hidaka, Sadahiko Konishi, Hiroaki Nakamura; Received December 4, 2018 Accepted January 24, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

C2 Fractures in the Elderly: Single-Center Evaluation of Risk Factors for Mortality: Hoi-Ying H. Chan, Frank A. Segreto, Samantha R. Horn, Cole Bortz, Godwin G. Choy, Peter G. Passias, Hamish H. Deverall, Joseph F. Baker; Received November 26, 2018 Accepted January 31, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Posterior Dural Shifts Following Spinous Process-Splitting Multi-Level Intervertebral Lumbar Laminectomies: Takashi Sono, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Yu Shimizu, Bungo Otsuki, Shimei Tanida, Shuichi Matsuda; Received October 9, 2018 Accepted February 12, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Basic Study

Comparison of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta1 and Lovastatin on Differentiating Mesenchymal Stem Cells toward Nucleus Pulposus-like Phenotype: An In Vitro Cell Culture Study: Shu-Hua Yang, Kai-Chiang Yang, Chih-Wei Chen, Ting-Chun Huang, Yuan-Hui Sun, Ming-Hsiao Hu; Received September 30, 2018 Accepted December 30, 2018 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Clinical Studies

Hooks at the Upper Instrumented Vertebra Can Adjust Postoperative Shoulder Balance in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: 5 Years or More of Follow-up: Shingo Kuroya, Tsutomu Akazawa, Toshiaki Kotani, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Shohei Minami, Yoshiaki Torii, Tasuku Umehara, Masahiro Iinuma, Kenichi Murakami, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Yawara Eguchi, Kazuki Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Shiga, Junichi Nakamura, Gen Inoue, Masayuki Miyagi, Wataru Saito, Seiji Ohtori, Hisateru Niki; Received August 10, 2018 Accepted January 10, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Mid-length Pedicle Screws in Posterior Instrumentation of Scoliosis: Tevfik Balikci, Görkem Kıyak, Ahmed Majid Heydar, Motasim Khalid Bawaneh, Murat Bezer; Received July 17, 2018 Accepted January 21, 2019 Published online May 14, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

Effects of Weekly Teriparatide Administration for Vertebral Stability and Bony Union in Patients with Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: Kazuma Kitaguchi, Masafumi Kashii, Kosuke Ebina, Satoru Sasaki, Yasunori Tsukamoto, Hideki Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Murase; Received December 3, 2018 Accepted February 7, 2019 Published online April 19, 2019; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub Crossref - TDM PDF

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