1. Editorial

   • R. Gunzburg

   Editorial 04 March 2020 Pages: 651 - 651

   

2. Morphological characteristics of the kangaroo lumbar intervertebral discs and comparison with other animal models used in spine research

   • Uphar Chamoli
   • Jose Umali
   • Ashish D. Diwan

   Original Article 25 June 2019 Pages: 652 - 662

   

3. ISSLS prize in clinical science 2020: the reliability and interpretability of score change in lumbar spine research

   • C. Parai
   • O. Hägg
   • H. Brisby

   ISSLS Prize Open access 23 November 2019 Pages: 663 - 669

   

4. ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2020: Beyond microstructure—circumferential specialization within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus extends to collagen nanostructure, with counterintuitive relationships to macroscale material properties

   • Tyler W. Herod
   • Samuel P. Veres

   Original Article 25 November 2019 Pages: 670 - 685

   

5. ISSLS Prize in Clinical Science 2020. Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study

   • Elizaveta E. Elgaeva
   • Yakov Tsepilov
   • Pradeep Suri

   Original Article 03 December 2019 Pages: 686 - 691

   

6. GRAMMER EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL AWARD FOR BASIC SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH 2018/2019

   News 25 February 2020 Pages: 692 - 692

7. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL MAX AEBI AWARD FOR CLINICAL SCIENCES 2018/2019

   News 25 February 2020 Pages: 693 - 693

8. Does image guidance decrease pedicle screw-related complications in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review update and meta-analysis

   • Andrew Chan
   • Eric Parent
   • Edmond Lou

   Review Article 28 November 2019 Pages: 694 - 716

   

9. Reliability and validity of lateral curvature assessments using clinical ultrasound for the patients with scoliosis: a systematic review

   • Hui-Dong Wu
   • Wei Liu
   • Man-Sang Wong

   Review Article 10 January 2020 Pages: 717 - 725

   

10. Spine slenderness and wedging in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and in asymptomatic population: an observational retrospective study

    • Claudio Vergari
    • Mohammad Karam
    • Ayman Assi

    Original Article 18 February 2020 Pages: 726 - 736

    

11. Abnormal paravertebral muscles development is associated with abnormal expression of PAX3 in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    • Xiaodong Qin
    • Zhong He
    • Zezhang Zhu

    Original Article 12 December 2019 Pages: 737 - 743

    

12. Evaluation of a new sagittal classification system in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    • Sidsel Fruergaard
    • Mohit J. Jain
    • Texas Children’s Hospital Spine Study Group

    Original Article 04 December 2019 Pages: 744 - 753

    

13. Preoperative SRS pain score is the primary predictor of postoperative pain after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an observational retrospective study of pain outcomes from a registry of 1744 patients with a mean follow-up of 3.4 years

    • Steven W. Hwang
    • Courtney Pendleton
    • Joshua M. Pahys

    Original Article 28 January 2020 Pages: 754 - 760

    

14. Safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive scoliosis surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective case series of 84 patients

    • Jae Hyuk Yang
    • Dong-Gune Chang
    • Frederick Mun

    Original Article 21 October 2019 Pages: 761 - 769

    

15. Utilization of distal radius and ulna classification scheme in predicting growth peak and curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis girls undergoing bracing treatment

    • Yang Li
    • Saihu Mao
    • Zezhang Zhu

    Review Article 16 January 2020 Pages: 770 - 778

    

16. Does the external remote controller’s reading correspond to the actual lengthening in magnetic-controlled growing rods?

    • Kar Hao Teoh
    • Abdul Nazeer Moideen
    • Sashin Ahuja

    Original Article Open access 25 February 2020 Pages: 779 - 785

    

17. Prevalence of the thoracic scoliosis in children and adolescents candidates for strabismus surgery: results from a 1935-patient cross-sectional study in China

    • Xiang-Xiang Pan
    • Chong-An Huang
    • Xiang-Yang Wang

    Original Article 28 February 2020 Pages: 786 - 793

    

18. Systemic changes associated with quality of life after surgical treatment of kyphotic deformity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review

    • Jingwei Liu
    • Nan Kang
    • Yong Hai

    Review Article 04 February 2020 Pages: 794 - 802

    

19. Navigated percutaneous versus open pedicle screw implantation using intraoperative CT and robotic cone-beam CT imaging

    • Dimitri Tkatschenko
    • Paul Kendlbacher
    • Nils Hecht

    Original Article 09 December 2019 Pages: 803 - 812

    

20. Flexibility of thoracic kyphosis affects postoperative sagittal alignment in adult patients with spinal deformity

    • Sebastian Decker
    • Michael Mayer
    • Heiko Koller

    Original Article 03 December 2019 Pages: 813 - 820

    

21. Clinical results and functional outcomes after three-column osteotomy at L5 or the sacrum in adult spinal deformity

    • Haruki Funao
    • Floreana N. Kebaish
    • Khaled M. Kebaish

    Original Article 28 January 2020 Pages: 821 - 830

    

22. The influence of spinopelvic morphologies on sagittal spinal alignment: an analysis of incidence angle of inflection points

    • Sung Hoon Choi
    • Chang Ju Hwang
    • Dong-Ho Lee

    Original Article 13 March 2020 Pages: 831 - 839

    

23. Thoracic kyphosis and pelvic anteversion in patients with adult spinal deformity increase while walking: analyses of dynamic alignment change using a three-dimensional gait motion analysis system

    • Kousei Miura
    • Hideki Kadone
    • Masashi Yamazaki

    Original Article 31 January 2020 Pages: 840 - 848

    

24. Useful and innovative methods for the treatment of postoperative coronal malalignment in adult scoliosis: the “kickstand rod” and “tie rod” procedures

    • Andrea Redaelli
    • Francesco Langella
    • Claudio Lamartina

    Original Article 06 January 2020 Pages: 849 - 859

    

25. Impact of adult spinal deformity corrective surgery in patients with the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease: a 5-year follow-up report

    • Tomohiko Hasegawa
    • Hiroki Ushirozako
    • Yukihiro Matsuyama

    Original Article 25 January 2020 Pages: 860 - 869

    

26. Magnetic resonance tomography for the early detection of occult fractures of the spinal column in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    • Nicolas H. von der Höh
    • Jeanette Henkelmann
    • Christoph-Eckhard Heyde

    Original Article Open access 29 January 2020 Pages: 870 - 878

    

27. Segmental coupling effects during correction of three-dimensional lumbar deformity using lateral lumbar interbody fusion

    • Hiroto Yamaguchi
    • Hidetoshi Nojiri
    • Kazuo Kaneko

    Original Article Open access 29 January 2020 Pages: 879 - 885

    

28. Multiple-rod constructs in adult spinal deformity surgery for pelvic-fixated long instrumentations: an integral matched cohort analysis

    • Fernando Guevara-Villazón
    • Louis Boissiere
    • Anouar Bourghli

    Original Article 28 January 2020 Pages: 886 - 895

    

29. Slip progression in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis following minimally invasive decompression surgery is not associated with increased functional disability

    • Robert A. Ravinsky
    • Eric J. Crawford
    • Y. Raja Rampersaud

    Original Article 24 February 2020 Pages: 896 - 903

    

30. Mechanical complications in adult spinal deformity and the effect of restoring the spinal shapes according to the Roussouly classification: a multicentric study

    • Amer Sebaaly
    • Martin Gehrchen
    • Pierre Roussouly

    Original Article Open access 26 December 2019 Pages: 904 - 913

    

31. Clinical, radiological, and patient-reported outcomes 13 years after pedicle screw fixation with balloon-assisted endplate reduction and cement injection

    • Erin E. A. De Gendt
    • Jonneke S. Kuperus
    • Jorrit-Jan Verlaan

    Original Article Open access 08 February 2020 Pages: 914 - 921

    

32. Correction to: Evaluation of a new sagittal classification system in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    • Sidsel Fruergaard
    • Mohit J. Jain
    • Texas Children’s Hospital Spine Study Group

    Correction 28 January 2020 Pages: 922 - 922

33. Correction to: Staged surgery for tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis: Which should be treated first?

    • Chi-An Luo
    • Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal
    • Chi-Chien Niu

    Correction 03 February 2020 Pages: 923 - 923

34. Correction to: Interplay between low plasma RANKL and VDR-FokI polymorphism in lumbar disc herniation independently from age, body mass, and environmental factors: a case–control study in the Italian population

    • Veronica Sansoni
    • Silvia Perego
    • Giovanni Lombardi

    Correction 07 February 2020 Pages: 924 - 924

35. Announcements

    Announcements 18 March 2020 Pages: 925 - 925