ISSLS PRIZE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE 2021: What are the risk factors for low back pain flares and does this depend on how flare is defined? Nathalia CostaEsther SmitsPaul W. Hodges Original Article 03 February 2021 Pages: 1089 - 1097
ISSLS prize in basic science 2021: a novel inducible system to regulate transgene expression of TIMP1 Yingchao HanZhihua OuyangNam N. Vo Original Article Open access 01 February 2021 Pages: 1098 - 1107
ISSLS Prize in Bioengineering Science 2021: in vivo sagittal motion of the lumbar spine in low back pain patients—a radiological big data study Fabio GalbuseraFrank NiemeyerHans-Joachim Wilke Original Article 21 January 2021 Pages: 1108 - 1116
Georg Schmorl Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2020: new biomechanical in vitro test method to determine subsidence risk of vertebral body replacements Laura ZengerleChristoph FleegeHans-Joachim Wilke Original Article Open access 17 March 2021 Pages: 1117 - 1124
Patient outcomes in idiopathic scoliosis are associated with biological endophenotypes: 2020 SOSORT award winner Marie BeauséjourFrançois VaillancourtAlain Moreau Original Article Open access 29 August 2020 Pages: 1125 - 1131
European Spine Journal MAX AEBI AWARD FOR CLINICAL SCIENCES 2019/2020 News 29 April 2021 Pages: 1132 - 1132
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients with proximal junctional kyphosis have lower muscularity, fatty degeneration at the lumbar area Lei YuanYan ZengShuo Mai Original Article 19 November 2020 Pages: 1133 - 1143
Three-dimensional ultrashort echo time (3D UTE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the normal and degenerative disco-vertebral complex at 4.7 T: a feasibility study with longitudinal evaluation Benjamin DallaudièreEmeline J. RibotOlivier Hauger Original Article 20 February 2021 Pages: 1144 - 1154
Static and dynamic sagittal lumbar apex: a new concept for the assessment of lumbar lordosis distribution in spinal deformity Chizuo IwaiJavier PizonesIbrahim Obeid Original Article 19 February 2021 Pages: 1155 - 1163
Prospective investigation of Oswestry Disability Index and short form 36 subscale scores related to sagittal and coronal parameters in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis Chang-Hoon JeonNam-Su ChungHan-Dong Lee Original Article 14 March 2021 Pages: 1164 - 1172
3D-printed drill guide template, a promising tool to improve pedicle screw placement accuracy in spinal deformity surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis Weishi LiangBo HanPeng Yin Review Article 08 February 2021 Pages: 1173 - 1183
Revisiting thoracic kyphosis: a normative description of the thoracic sagittal curve in an asymptomatic population Amer SebaalyClément SilvestrePierre Roussouly Original Article 22 November 2020 Pages: 1184 - 1189
Validity of the global alignment proportion (GAP) score in predicting mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity surgery in elderly patients Dae-Woong HamHo-Joong KimJin S. Yeom Original Article 02 February 2021 Pages: 1190 - 1198
Recurrence of proximal junctional kyphosis after revision surgery for symptomatic proximal junctional kyphosis in patients with adult spinal deformity: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes Haruki FunaoFloreana N. KebaishKhaled M. Kebaish Original Article 15 January 2021 Pages: 1199 - 1207
Rod contour and overcorrection are risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis after adult spinal deformity correction surgery Masayuki IshiharaShinichirou TaniguchiYoichi Tani Original Article 01 March 2021 Pages: 1208 - 1214
Risk factors for acute proximal junctional kyphosis after adult spinal deformity surgery in preoperative motion analysis Dae-Woong HamHeesoo HanJin S. Yeom Original Article 02 April 2021 Pages: 1215 - 1225
Minimum clinically important change for outcome scores among patients aged 75 or over undergoing lumbar spine surgery Kosei NagataHideki NakamotoYasushi Oshima Original Article 20 March 2021 Pages: 1226 - 1234
The dynamics of satisfaction in surgical and non-surgical adult spinal deformity patients Susana Núñez-PereiraMiquel Serra-BurrielEuropean Spine Study Group Original Article 22 March 2021 Pages: 1235 - 1246
A novel hospital capacity versus clinical justification triage score (CCTS) for prioritization of spinal surgeries in the “new normal state" of the COVID-19 pandemic Gabriel LiuJun-Hao TanHee-Kit Wong Original Article 02 January 2021 Pages: 1247 - 1260
C-reactive protein in spinal surgery: more predictive than prehistoric S. HoellerP. J. RochD. Saul Original Article Open access 07 March 2021 Pages: 1261 - 1269
Real-time ultrasound-computed tomography image fusion for transforaminal lumbar approach: a lumbosacral spine phantoms study Guntz EmmanuelPourveur ArnaudVannieuwenhove Olivier Original Article 13 March 2021 Pages: 1270 - 1276
Preoperative lordosis in L4/5 predicts segmental lordosis correction achievable by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion Clara BerlinFerdinand ZangMarkus Quante Original Article 06 January 2021 Pages: 1277 - 1284
Titanium (Ti) cages may be superior to polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages in lumbar interbody fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and radiological outcomes of spinal interbody fusions using Ti versus PEEK cages Jun-Hao TanChin Kai CheongHwee Weng Dennis Hey Review Article 08 February 2021 Pages: 1285 - 1295
Novel bone grafting technique in stand-alone ALIF procedure combining allograft and autograft (‘Northumbria Technique’)—Fusion rate and functional outcomes in 100 consecutive patients Ata George KasisCyrus JensenMatthew Mawdsley Original Article Open access 15 February 2021 Pages: 1296 - 1302
Impact of mechanical stability on the progress of bone ongrowth on the frame surfaces of a titanium-coated PEEK cage and a 3D porous titanium alloy cage: in vivo analysis using CT color mapping Takahiro MakinoShota TakanekaTakashi Kaito Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 1303 - 1313
Adjacent segment disease on hip joint as a complication of spinal fusion surgery including sacroiliac joint fixation Takuhei KozakiHiroshi HashizumeHiroshi Yamada Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 1314 - 1319
Complications in TLIF spondylodesis–do they influence the outcome for patients? A prospective two-center study Philipp PoppenborgUlf LiljenqvistTobias Lange Original Article Open access 22 December 2020 Pages: 1320 - 1328
The impact of bisphosphonates on postoperative complication rates in osteoporotic patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion Sidney RobertsBlake FormanekJeffrey C. Wang Original Article 04 January 2021 Pages: 1329 - 1336
Development of a model to predict the probability of incurring a complication during spine surgery Pascal ZehnderUlrike HeldAnne F. Mannion Original Article Open access 09 March 2021 Pages: 1337 - 1354
Three-dimensional computed tomographic evaluation of lateral lumbar interbody fusion: morphometric change of intervertebral structure Koji AkedaKevin ChengAkihiro Sudo Original Article 02 March 2021 Pages: 1355 - 1364
The influence of cognitive behavioral therapy on lumbar spine surgery outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis James M. ParrishNathaniel W. JenkinsKern Singh Review Article 10 February 2021 Pages: 1365 - 1379
Long-term (> 10 years) clinical outcomes of instrumented posterolateral fusion for spondylolisthesis A. M. LehrD. DelawiM. C. Kruyt Original Article Open access 03 December 2020 Pages: 1380 - 1386
Letter to the Editor concerning "Rotational vertebral artery occlusion ('bow hunter syndrome')" by Schulz R, Donoso R, Weissman K (Eur Spine J. 2021 Jan 2. doi:10.1007/s00586-020–06, 680-5) Paolo MissoriAntonio CurràSergio Paolini Letter to the Editor 04 March 2021 Pages: 1387 - 1388
Answer to the Letter to the Editor of P. Missori et al. concerning “Rotational vertebral artery occlusion ('bow hunter syndrome')” by Schulz R, Donoso R, Weissman K (Eur Spine J; 2021 Jan 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-020-06680-5) Ronald Schulz Author's reply 12 March 2021 Pages: 1389 - 1390
Letter to the editor: Progressive neurology in a young woman with a known Currarino’s triad D. HoefnagelJ. K. H. SpoorT. H. R. de Jong Letter to the Editor 10 August 2016 Pages: 1391 - 1392
Letter to the Editor concerning “Anterior corpectomy versus posterior laminoplasty for multilevel cervical myelopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis” (by X. Liu et al. (2014) Eur Spine J 23(2):362–72) Guoping LiaoXing FengJingming Lin Letter to the Editor 18 October 2016 Pages: 1393 - 1394
Correction to: ISSLS prize in basic science 2021: a novel inducible system to regulate transgene expression of TIMP1 Yingchao HanZhihua OuyangNam N. Vo Correction 07 March 2021 Pages: 1395 - 1395
