1. Editorial

   • M. Aebi
   • R. Gunzburg
   • K. Olmarker

   Pages: 251 - 251

2. A biomechanical analysis of the vertebral and rib deformities in structural scoliosis

   • D. J. Wever
   • A. G. Veldhuizen
   • J. R. v. Horn

   Original article Pages: 252 - 260

3. A new method to measure vertebral rotation from CT scans

   • Sedat Göçen
   • Hasan Havitçioğlu
   • Emin Alici

   Original article Pages: 261 - 265

4. Adolescent idiopathic thoracic scoliosis: apical correction with specialized pedicle hooks

   • Vincent Arlet
   • Patrice Papin
   • Max Aebi

   Original article Pages: 266 - 271

5. Determination of inter-spinous process distance in the lumbar spine

   • P. Neumann
   • Y. Wang
   • A. Nordwall

   Original article Pages: 272 - 278

6. Reviewer’s comment

   • L. Penning

   Pages: 278 - 278

7. Operative treatment of unstable injuries of the cervicothoracic junction

   • George Sapkas
   • Stamatios Papadakis
   • George Kontakis

   Original article Pages: 279 - 283

8. Treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic deficit by indirect reduction and posterior instrumentation: bisegmental stabilization with monosegmental fusion

   • U. Müller
   • Ulrich Berlemann
   • Othmar Schwarzenbach

   Original article Pages: 284 - 289

9. Traumatic L5-S1 spondylolisthesis: report of three cases and a review of the literature

   • D. Fabris
   • S. Costantini
   • V. Lo Scalzo

   Original article Pages: 290 - 295

10. Free vascularized bone graft in spinal surgery: indications and outcome in eight cases

    • P. I. J. M. Wuisman
    • T. U. Jiya
    • H. A. H. Winters

    Original article Pages: 296 - 303

11. The use of titanium surgical mesh-bone graft composite in the anterior thoracic or lumbar spine after complete or partial corpectomy

    • A. L. Bhat
    • G. L. Lowery
    • A. Sei

    Original article Pages: 304 - 309

12. Nutritional supply to the cauda equina in lumbar adhesive arachnoiditis in rats

    • K. Miaki
    • Hisao Matsui
    • Haruo Tsuji

    Original article Pages: 310 - 316

13. Predictors of outcome in cauda equina syndrome

    • J. G. Kennedy
    • K. E. Soffe
    • F. McManus

    Original article Pages: 317 - 322

14. Histology of the ligamentum flavum in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

    • P. K. Schräder
    • Dieter Grob
    • Jiri Dvorak

    Original article Pages: 323 - 328

15. Halo femoral traction and sliding rods in the treatment of a neurologically compromised congenital scoliosis: technique

    • Vincent Arlet
    • Patrice Papin
    • Dante Marchesi

    Ideas and technical innovations Pages: 329 - 331

16. Delayed focal neurological deficit secondary to a cervico-thoracic spinal cord epidural haematoma

    • M. L. Newey
    • C. M. J. Cain

    Case report Pages: 332 - 333