1. OOT: The Open Operating Theatre

   • M. Aebi
   • R. Gunzburg

   Editorial 04 May 2011 Pages: 825 - 825

2. Physical activity and low back pain: a systematic review of recent literature

   • Hans Heneweer
   • Filip Staes
   • Luc Vanhees

   Review Article 09 January 2011 Pages: 826 - 845

   

3. Pedicle screw insertion accuracy with different assisted methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

   • Nai-Feng Tian
   • Qi-Shan Huang
   • Hua-Zi Xu

   Review Article 23 September 2010 Pages: 846 - 859

   

4. Perioperative course and accuracy of screw positioning in conventional, open robotic-guided and percutaneous robotic-guided, pedicle screw placement

   • Sven Rainer Kantelhardt
   • Ramon Martinez
   • Veit Rohde

   Original Article Open access 08 March 2011 Pages: 860 - 868

   

5. Triggered electromyography for placement of thoracic pedicle screws: is it reliable?

   • Amer F. Samdani
   • Mark Tantorski
   • Jahangir Asghar

   Original Article 18 December 2010 Pages: 869 - 874

   

6. Computer tomography assessment of pedicle screw placement in lumbar and sacral spine: comparison between free-hand and O-arm based navigation techniques

   • J. Silbermann
   • F. Riese
   • M. Gutberlet

   Original Article 21 January 2011 Pages: 875 - 881

   

7. Sensitivity to change of the Neck Pain and Disability Scale

   • Eva Blozik
   • Wolfgang Himmel
   • Martin Scherer

   Original Article Open access 08 August 2010 Pages: 882 - 889

   

8. A late neurological complication following posterior correction surgery of severe cervical kyphosis

   • Yoshihiro Hojo
   • Manabu Ito
   • Akio Minami

   Original Article 09 October 2010 Pages: 890 - 898

   

9. Full-endoscopic technique for anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion: 5-year follow-up results of 67 cases

   • Nuzhao Yao
   • Cheng Wang
   • Lushan Wang

   Original Article 11 December 2010 Pages: 899 - 904

   

10. Optimal entry points and trajectories for cervical pedicle screw placement into subaxial cervical vertebrae

    • Dong-Ho Lee
    • Sung-Woo Lee
    • K. Daniel Riew

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 905 - 911

    

11. Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain who are likely to benefit from home-based mechanical cervical traction

    • Congcong Cai
    • Guan Ming
    • Lih Yen Ng

    Original Article 15 January 2011 Pages: 912 - 922

    

12. Quantification of the Trömner signs: a sensitive marker for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

    • Chein-Wei Chang
    • Kai-Yin Chang
    • Swei-Ming Lin

    Original Article 09 January 2011 Pages: 923 - 927

    

13. Medium-term outcomes of C3–6 laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy: a prospective study with a minimum 5-year follow-up

    • Hironobu Sakaura
    • Noboru Hosono
    • Hideki Yoshikawa

    Original Article 25 January 2011 Pages: 928 - 933

    

14. Assessment of adjacent-segment mobility after cervical disc replacement versus fusion: RCT with 1 year’s results

    • A. Nabhan
    • B. Ishak
    • O. Steimer

    Original Article 08 January 2011 Pages: 934 - 941

    

15. Proinflammatory cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with lumbar radiculopathy

    • Seiji Ohtori
    • Munetaka Suzuki
    • Kazuhisa Takahashi

    Original Article 17 October 2010 Pages: 942 - 946

    

16. Clinical outcomes of microscopic decompression for degenerative lumbar foraminal stenosis: a comparison between patients with and without degenerative lumbar scoliosis

    • Kentaro Yamada
    • Hideki Matsuda
    • Hiroaki Nakamura

    Original Article 15 October 2010 Pages: 947 - 953

    

17. Back muscle strength and spinal mobility are predictors of quality of life in middle-aged and elderly males

    • Shiro Imagama
    • Yukihiro Matsuyama
    • Nobuyuki Hamajima

    Original Article 31 October 2010 Pages: 954 - 961

    

18. Differential response of human bone marrow stromal cells to either TGF-β₁ or rhGDF-5

    • Benjamin Gantenbein-Ritter
    • Lorin M. Benneker
    • Sibylle Grad

    Original Article 18 November 2010 Pages: 962 - 971

    

19. Freehand determination of the trajectory angle for cervical lateral mass screws: how accurate is it?

    • Debasish Pal
    • Edward Bayley
    • Bronek M. Boszczyk

    Ideas and Technical Innovations Initial 29 January 2011 Pages: 972 - 976

    

20. Percutaneous instrumentation of the cervical and cervico-thoracic spine using pedicle screws: preliminary clinical results and analysis of accuracy

    • Christian Schaefer
    • Phillip Begemann
    • Nils Hansen-Algenstaedt

    Ideas and Technical Innovations 05 April 2011 Pages: 977 - 985

    

21. Mayfield head clamp and intracranial epidural hematoma

    • Miguel Gelabert-González
    • Ramón Serramito-García

    Letter to the Editor 12 January 2011 Pages: 986 - 986

22. Letter to the editor concerning “Transforaminal endoscopic surgery for lumbar stenosis: a systematic review” (Nellensteijn et al.)

    • Carl Hans Fürstenberg
    • Ralf Wagner
    • Alastair Gibson

    Letter to the Editor 26 November 2010 Pages: 987 - 988

23. Answer to the letter to the editor of Carl Hans Fürstenberg et al. (2010) concerning manuscript “transforaminal endoscopic surgery for lumbar stenosis: a systematic review” by Jorm Nellensteijn, Raymond Ostelo, Ronald Bartels, Wilco Peul, Barend Van Royen, Maurits Van Tulder. Eur Spine J 19:879–886

    • Raymond Ostelo

    Letter to the Editor Open access 27 November 2010 Pages: 989 - 990

24. Anterior lumbar discectomy and disc replacement

    • Dick Zeilstra
    • Wolter Oosterhuis

    Open Operating Theatre (OOT) 04 May 2011 Pages: 991 - 992

25. Transpedicular hemivertebra resection and instrumented fusion for congenital scoliosis

    • Henry Halm

    Open Operating Theatre (OOT) 04 May 2011 Pages: 993 - 994

26. Pedicle subtraction osteotomy for correction of congenital scoliokyphosis

    • Henry Halm

    Open Operating Theatre (OOT) 04 May 2011 Pages: 995 - 996

27. Announcements for 20-6-2011

    Announcements 04 May 2011 Pages: 997 - 997