1. Societal impact and economic value of spine surgery in Brazil

   • Emiliano Vialle

   Editorial 08 May 2015 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Second opinion in spine surgery: a Brazilian perspective

   • Emiliano Vialle

   Original Article 07 May 2015 Pages: 3 - 6

   

3. Management of severe and rigid idiopathic scoliosis

   • Luis Eduardo Carelli Teixeira da Silva
   • Alderico Girão Campos de Barros
   • Gustavo Borges Laurindo de Azevedo

   Expert's Opinion Open access 02 June 2015 Pages: 7 - 12

   

4. Strategy to increase research in Latin America: project on education in research by AOSpine Latin America

   • Asdrubal Falavigna
   • Délio Eulálio Martins Filho
   • Daniel K. Riew

   Original Article 23 May 2015 Pages: 13 - 20

   

5. Spinopelvic parameters evaluation in a Brazilian population sample

   • C. J. Jacob
   • I. M. Cardoso
   • B. Roncaglio

   General Review 29 May 2015 Pages: 21 - 24

   

6. Evaluation of psychosomatic distress and its influence in the outcomes of lumbar fusion procedures for degenerative disorders of the spine

   • Emiliano Vialle
   • Barbara Miroski de Oliveira Pinto
   • Juan David Castro Gomez

   Original Article 07 May 2015 Pages: 25 - 28

7. Anterior column realignment following lateral interbody fusion for sagittal deformity correction

   • Luiz Pimenta
   • Fernanda Fortti
   • Rodrigo Amaral

   Original Article 14 May 2015 Pages: 29 - 33

   

8. Responsiveness of depression and its influence on surgical outcomes of lumbar degenerative diseases

   • Asdrubal Falavigna
   • Orlando Righesso
   • Joseph S. Cheng

   Original Article 22 May 2015 Pages: 35 - 41

   

9. Steroid treatment can inhibit nuclear localization of members of the NF-κB pathway in human disc cells stimulated with TNF-α

   • Meiling Quan
   • Sang-Eun Park
   • Young-Yul Kim

   Original Article 19 July 2014 Pages: 43 - 51

   

10. An experimental novel study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment on reduction of epidural fibrosis via down-regulation of collagen deposition, IL-6, and TGF-β1

    • Peizhen Lv
    • Jinmin Zhao
    • Kun Zhang

    Original Article 17 July 2014 Pages: 53 - 58

    

11. Comparison of the ablation ability of nucleus pulposus after 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser and 980 nm diode laser radiation

    • Jian Yin
    • Zhengfeng Han
    • Longxi Ren

    Original Article 23 July 2014 Pages: 59 - 62

    

12. Immunomodulatory effectiveness of licofelone in preventing epidural fibrosis in post-laminectomy rat

    • Kun Zhang
    • Jinmin Zhao
    • Peizhen Lv

    Original Article 09 September 2014 Pages: 63 - 68

    

13. Study on anterior and posterior approaches for spinal tuberculosis: a meta-analysis

    • Aikeremujiang Muheremu
    • Xiaohui Niu
    • Wei Tian

    Original Article 22 July 2014 Pages: 69 - 76

    

14. Comparing complications of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of the randomized and non-randomized controlled studies

    • Haixiang Xiao
    • Jiandong Yang
    • Hongzhou Chen

    Original Article 03 July 2014 Pages: 77 - 85

    

15. Comparison of the short- and long-term treatment effect of cervical disk replacement and anterior cervical disk fusion: a meta-analysis

    • Aikeremujiang Muheremu
    • Xiaohui Niu
    • Wei Tian

    Original Article 05 May 2014 Pages: 87 - 100

    

16. Prognostic factors in distractive extension injuries of the subaxial cervical spine

    • Kyung-Jin Song
    • Byung-Wan Choi
    • Kwang-Bok Lee

    Original Article 22 May 2014 Pages: 101 - 106

    

17. Appropriate timing of surgical intervention for the proximal type of cervical spondylotic amyotrophy

    • Ryoji Tauchi
    • Shiro Imagama
    • Naoki Ishiguro

    Original Article 05 July 2014 Pages: 107 - 113

    

18. Comparison of artificial cervical arthroplasty versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for one-level cervical degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    • Jiaquan Luo
    • Sheng Huang
    • Xuenong Zou

    Original Article 18 July 2014 Pages: 115 - 125

    

19. Stand-alone anchored cage versus cage with plating for single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a prospective, randomized, controlled study with a 2-year follow-up

    • Osamu Nemoto
    • Akira Kitada
    • Akira Fujikawa

    Original Article 05 October 2014 Pages: 127 - 134

    

20. Is it possible to eliminate the plate-related problems and still achieve satisfactory outcome after multilevel anterior cervical discectomy?

    • Ahmad El-Tantawy

    Original Article 24 February 2015 Pages: 135 - 145

    

21. Two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using self-locking stand-alone polyetheretherketone cages with two anchoring clips placed in the upper and lower vertebrae, respectively

    • Jiaquan Luo
    • Sheng Huang
    • Xuenong Zou

    Original Article 04 March 2015 Pages: 147 - 153

    

22. Relevance of using a compressive preload in the cervical spine: an experimental and numerical simulating investigation

    • Cédric Barrey
    • Marc-antoine Rousseau
    • Wafa Skalli

    Original Article 07 April 2015 Pages: 155 - 165

    

23. Management of spondylolysis and low-grade spondylolisthesis in fine athletes. A comprehensive review

    • Theodoros Bouras
    • Panagiotis Korovessis

    General Review 14 November 2014 Pages: 167 - 175

    

24. CT-guided infiltration saves surgical intervention and fastens return to work compared to anatomical landmark-guided infiltration in patients with lumbosciatica

    • Moritz C. Deml
    • Michael Buhr
    • Koroush Kabir

    Original Article 24 February 2015 Pages: 177 - 182

25. Fusion rate according to mixture ratio and volumes of bone graft in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: minimum 2-year follow-up

    • Jae-Sung Yoo
    • Sang-Hyuk Min
    • Sung-Hyun Yoon

    Original Article 13 September 2014 Pages: 183 - 189

    

26. Clinical results of microsurgical bilateral decompression via unilateral approach for lumbar canal stenosis with multiple-level involvement

    • Nobuhiro Tanaka
    • Kazuyoshi Nakanishi
    • Mitsuo Ochi

    Original Article 06 September 2014 Pages: 191 - 198

    

27. The origin variability of the iliolumbar artery and iatrogenic sciatica

    • Waseem Al Talalwah
    • Shorok Ali Al Dorazi
    • Roger Soames

    Original Article 01 October 2014 Pages: 199 - 204

    

28. Lumbar spine surgery in patients 80 years of age or older: morbidity and mortality

    • L. Balabaud
    • S. Pitel
    • C. Mazel

    Original Article 30 October 2014 Pages: 205 - 212

    

29. Numerical analysis of multi-level versus short instrumentation for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures

    • André Rafael Hübner
    • Daniel Gasparin
    • Leandro de Freitas Spinelli

    Original Article 03 March 2015 Pages: 213 - 217

    

30. Eliminating the use of allogeneic blood products in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery

    • Mark J. Berney
    • Peter H. Dawson
    • Paul Connolly

    Original Article 27 March 2015 Pages: 219 - 223

31. Prevalence of neuropathic pain after radical sacral chordoma resection: an observational cohort study with 10-year follow-up

    • Rapin Phimolsarnti
    • Saranatra Waikakul

    Original Article 09 September 2014 Pages: 225 - 231

32. Correction of severe pelvic obliquity using maximum-width segmental sacropelvic screw fixation: an analysis of 20 neuromuscular scoliosis patients

    • Waleed Awwad
    • Abdulaziz Al-Ahaideb
    • Vincent Arlet

    Original Article 06 May 2014 Pages: 233 - 241

    

33. Is sacroiliac joint pain associated with changes in the pubic symphysis? A radiographic pilot study

    • Stephan Becker
    • Robyn Capobianco
    • Marco Seita

    Original Article 11 December 2014 Pages: 243 - 249

    

34. A novel technique to assess placement of vertebral pedicle screws on intra-operative lateral radiographs

    • H. Fawi
    • S. Ahuja

    Technical Note 25 June 2014 Pages: 251 - 252

    

35. Synthesis of the 19th ArgoSpine Symposium

    • P. Kehr
    • A. Graftiaux
    • C. Mazel

    Conference Report 21 May 2015 Pages: 253 - 264