1. High achievers

   • R. Gunzburg
   • B. Rydevik

   Editorial 21 March 2017 Pages: 1361 - 1361

2. ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2017: Intervertebral disc/bone marrow cross-talk with Modic changes

   • Stefan Dudli
   • David C. Sing
   • Jeffrey C. Lotz

   Original Article 31 January 2017 Pages: 1362 - 1373

   

3. ISSLS PRIZE IN BIOENGINEERING SCIENCE 2017: Automation of reading of radiological features from magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of the lumbar spine without human intervention is comparable with an expert radiologist

   • Amir Jamaludin
   • Meelis Lootus
   • The Genodisc Consortium

   Original Article Open access 06 February 2017 Pages: 1374 - 1383

   

4. ISSLS PRIZE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE 2017: Is infection the possible initiator of disc disease? An insight from proteomic analysis

   • S. Rajasekaran
   • Chitraa Tangavel
   • K. Dharmalingam

   Original Article 06 February 2017 Pages: 1384 - 1400

   

5. EUROSPINE 2016 FULL PAPER AWARD: Wire cerclage can restore the stability of the thoracic spine after median sternotomy: an in vitro study with entire rib cage specimens

   • Christian Liebsch
   • Nicolas Graf
   • Hans-Joachim Wilke

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 September 2016 Pages: 1401 - 1407

   

6. GEORG-SCHMORL-PRIZE OF THE GERMAN SPINE SOCIETY (DWG) 2016: Comparison of in vitro osteogenic potential of iliac crest and degenerative facet joint bone autografts for intervertebral fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis

   • Jeroen Geurts
   • Daniela Ramp
   • Cordula Netzer

   Original Article 21 March 2017 Pages: 1408 - 1415

   

7. Changes in perfusion and diffusion in the endplate regions of degenerating intervertebral discs: a DCE-MRI study

   • Volkan Emre Arpinar
   • Scott D. Rand
   • L. Tugan Muftuler

   Original Article 19 April 2017 Pages: 1416 - 1416

8. Maverick total disc replacement in a real-world patient population: a prospective, multicentre, observational study

   • Richard Assaker
   • Karsten Ritter-Lang
   • Jean-Charles Le Huec

   Original Article 19 April 2017 Pages: 1417 - 1417

9. Percutaneous versus traditional and paraspinal posterior open approaches for treatment of thoracolumbar fractures without neurologic deficit: a meta-analysis

   • Xiang-Yao Sun
   • Xi-Nuo Zhang
   • Yong Hai

   Review Article 18 October 2016 Pages: 1418 - 1431

   

10. Acute complete paraplegia of 8-year-old girl caused by spinal cord infarction following minor trauma complicated with longitudinal signal change of spinal cord

    • Kosei Nagata
    • Yuji Tanaka
    • Yasushi Oshima

    Grand Rounds 09 March 2017 Pages: 1432 - 1435

    

11. Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Acute complete paraplegia of a 8-year-old girl caused by spinal cord infarction following minor trauma complicated with longitudinal signal change of spinal cord” by K. Nagata et al. (Eur Spine J, 2017: doi:10.1007/s00586-017-4995-9)

    • Andreas Grillhoesl

    Grand Rounds 13 April 2017 Pages: 1436 - 1437

12. Health-care costs of conservative management of spine fractures in trauma patients

    • Efe Levent Aras
    • Cody Bunger
    • Rikke Søgaard

    Original Article 21 October 2016 Pages: 1438 - 1446

13. Another diagnostic tool in thoracolumbar posterior ligament complex injury: interspinous distance ratio

    • Ki Youn Kwon
    • Heui-Jeon Park
    • Jun Pyo Lee

    Original Article 23 June 2016 Pages: 1447 - 1453

    

14. The radiologic assessment of posterior ligamentous complex injury in patients with thoracolumbar fracture

    • Jiao-Xiang Chen
    • Amit Goswami
    • Xiang-Yang Wang

    Original Article 08 July 2016 Pages: 1454 - 1462

    

15. The value of CT and MRI in the classification and surgical decision-making among spine surgeons in thoracolumbar spinal injuries

    • Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
    • Alexander R. Vaccaro
    • Frank Kandziora

    Original Article 01 June 2016 Pages: 1463 - 1469

    

16. Reliability assessment of AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) for thoracolumbar spine injuries: results of a multicentre study

    • Rahul Kaul
    • Harvinder Singh Chhabra
    • Nishit Patel

    Original Article 22 June 2016 Pages: 1470 - 1476

17. Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons

    • Jie Cheng
    • Peng Liu
    • Jingpei Liu

    Original Article 02 November 2016 Pages: 1477 - 1482

18. Measurement of kyphosis and vertebral body height loss in traumatic spine fractures: an international study

    • Said Sadiqi
    • Jorrit-Jan Verlaan
    • F. Cumhur Oner

    Original Article Open access 06 August 2016 Pages: 1483 - 1491

    

19. Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation plus kyphoplasty for thoracolumbar fractures A2, A3 and B2

    • Panagiotis Korovessis
    • Eva Mpountogianni
    • Vasilleios Syrimpeis

    Original Article 23 August 2016 Pages: 1492 - 1498

    

20. Modified one-stage posterior/anterior combined surgery with posterior pedicle instrumentation and anterior monosegmental reconstruction for unstable Denis type B thoracolumbar burst fracture

    • Oujie Lai
    • Yong Hu
    • Binke Zhu

    Original Article 02 November 2016 Pages: 1499 - 1505

    

21. Comparison of pedicle fixation by the Wiltse approach and the conventional posterior open approach for thoracolumbar fractures, using MRI, histological and electrophysiological analyses of the multifidus muscle

    • Liu Junhui
    • Pang Zhengbao
    • Zhao Fengdong

    Original Article 28 February 2017 Pages: 1506 - 1514

    

22. How safe is minimally invasive pedicle screw placement for treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures?

    • Timo Michael Heintel
    • Stefan Dannigkeit
    • Rainer Meffert

    Original Article 08 December 2016 Pages: 1515 - 1524

    

23. Posterior implant removal in patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures: long-term results

    • A. J. Smits
    • L. den Ouden
    • F. W. Bloemers

    Original Article Open access 18 November 2016 Pages: 1525 - 1534

    

24. Analysis of complications and perioperative data after open or percutaneous dorsal instrumentation following traumatic spinal fracture of the thoracic and lumbar spine: a retrospective cohort study including 491 patients

    • Michael Kreinest
    • Jan Rillig
    • Stefan Matschke

    Original Article 15 December 2016 Pages: 1535 - 1540

    

25. Universal disease-specific outcome instruments for spine trauma: a global perspective on relevant parameters to evaluate clinical and functional outcomes of thoracic and lumbar spine trauma patients

    • Said Sadiqi
    • Jorrit-Jan Verlaan
    • F. Cumhur Oner

    Original Article Open access 02 July 2016 Pages: 1541 - 1549

26. Development of the AOSpine Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma (AOSpine PROST): a universal disease-specific outcome instrument for individuals with traumatic spinal column injury

    • Said Sadiqi
    • A. Mechteld Lehr
    • F. Cumhur Oner

    Original Article Open access 17 March 2017 Pages: 1550 - 1557

    

27. Reviewer’s comment concerning “Development of the AOSpine patient reported outcome spine trauma (AOSpine PROST): a universal disease-specific outcome instrument for individuals with traumatic spinal column injury” (by S. Sadiqi, et al. (2017) Eur Spine J;)

    • Jean-Paul Steib

    Reviewer's Comment 21 March 2017 Pages: 1558 - 1558

28. Letter to the Editor concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by HL. Ren et al. (Eur Spine J; 2015;24(4):750–758)

    • Zhihui Dai
    • Ding-Jun Hao
    • Ming Yang

    Letter to the Editor 06 March 2017 Pages: 1559 - 1560

29. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Ming Yang et al. concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by Ren HL et al. (2015) Eur Spine J;24(4):750–758

    • Hai-long Ren

    Author's Reply 07 March 2017 Pages: 1561 - 1563

30. Erratum to: Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis

    • Amir Ghasemi
    • Timo Stubig
    • Hossein Mehdian

    Erratum 13 February 2017 Pages: 1564 - 1564

31. Announcements for issue 5, 2017

    Announcements 20 April 2017 Pages: 1565 - 1565