DOI: 10.1055/s-00000165

Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal

Issue 03 · Volume 2 · August 2011 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-22452

Message from the Editor

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Medical informatics: the future of organized healthcare or Orwellian medicine?

Science in spine

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Norvell, Daniel C.: Analyzing the analysis

Original research

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Arnold, Paul M.; Rice, Lisa R.; Anderson, Karen K.; McMahon, Joan K.; Connelly, Lynne M.; Norvell, Daniel C: Factors affecting hospital length of stay following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
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Gruenberg, Marcelo F.; Petracchi, Matías; Valacco, Marcelo; Solá, Carlos: Use of CT-guided periradicular injection for the treatment of foraminal and extraforaminal disc herniations
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Fokter, Samo K.; Strahovnik, Andrej: Dynamic versus rigid stabilization for the treatment of disc degeneration in the lumbar spine

Systematic review

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Chou, Dean; Lau, Darryl; Skelly, Andrea; Ecker, Erika: Dynamic stabilization versus fusion for treatment of degenerative spine conditions
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Schroeder, Josh E; Dettori, Joseph R; Ecker, Erika; Kaplan, Leon: Does pregnancy increase curve progression in women with scoliosis treated without surgery?

Selected Abstracts Delivered at the 9th Annual AOSpine North America Fellows Forum

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Awwad, Waleed; Steffen, Thomas; Roughley, Peter; Haglund, Lisbet; Ouellet, Jean: Maintenance of cell viability in axially loaded intervertebral disc organ culture
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Ellwitz, Joshua; Roberto, Rolando; Gupta, Munish; Mohan, Vivek; Klineberg, Eric: Patient and surgeon factors associated with postoperative kyphosis after laminoplasty
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Molinari, William; Khera, Oner; Gruhn, William; Molinari, Robert W: Functional outcomes, morbidity, mortality and fracture healing rates in 58 consecutive geriatric odontoid fracture patients treated with cervical collar or posterior fusion
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Warren, Daniel; Hoelscher, Christian; Ricart-Hoffiz, Pedro; Bendo, John; Goldstein, Jeffrey: Cost-utility analysis of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus cervical disc arthroplasty