1. Editorial

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

   Pages: 1 - 1

2. The immediate effect of a Boston brace on lung volumes and pulmonary compliance in mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

   • G. Katsaris
   • A. Loukos
   • P. K. Behrakis

   Original article Pages: 2 - 7

3. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation for the treatment of severe scoliosis

   • G. De Giorgi
   • G. Stella
   • D. Miscioscia

   Original article Pages: 8 - 15

4. Long-term three-dimensional changes of the spine after posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

   • P. Papin
   • H. Labelle
   • J. Dansereau

   Original article Pages: 16 - 21

5. Complications of scoliosis surgery in children with myelomeningocele

   • F. Geiger
   • D. Parsch
   • C. Carstens

   Original article Pages: 22 - 26

6. In vivo and in vitro CT analysis of the occiput

   • G. Hertel
   • H. Hirschfelder

   Original article Pages: 27 - 33

7. Extradural inflammation associated with annular tears: demonstration with gadolinium-enhanced lumbar spine MRI

   • A. Saifuddin
   • R. Mitchell
   • B. A. Taylor

   Original article Pages: 34 - 39

8. Acute systematic and variable postural adaptations induced by an orthopaedic shoe lift in control subjects

   • L. Beaudoin
   • K. F. Zabjek
   • C. H. Rivard

   Original article Pages: 40 - 45

9. A clinico-pathological study of cervical myelopathy in rheumatoid arthritis: post-mortem analysis of two cases

   • K. Fujiwara
   • M. Fujimoto
   • T. Ochi

   Original article Pages: 46 - 53

10. Can autologous bone culture predict spinal fusion capacity?

    • F. B. Christensen
    • M. Lind
    • C. E. Bünger

    Original article Pages: 54 - 60

11. Characteristics of an extended internal fixation system for polysegmental transpedicular reduction and stabilization of the thoracic, lumbar, and lumbosacral spine

    • W. Eger
    • P. Kluger
    • H.-J. Wilke

    Original article Pages: 61 - 69

12. Ten- to 15-year outcome of surgery for lumbar disc herniation: radiographic instability and clinical findings

    • R. Padua
    • S. Padua
    • E. De Santis

    Original article Pages: 70 - 74

13. Spondyloptosis and multiple-level spondylolysis

    • M. W. Al-Sebai
    • H. Al-Khawashki

    Case report Pages: 75 - 77

14. Hypoglossal nerve injury as a complication of anterior surgery to the upper cervical spine

    • D. K. Sengupta
    • M. P. Grevitt
    • S. M. H. Mehdian

    Case report Pages: 78 - 80

15. Epidural/perineural injection

    • C. N. Aprill

    Letter to the editor Pages: 81 - 81

16. Reply

    • J. Krämer

    Author’s reply Pages: 82 - 82