DOI: 10.1055/s-00000165

Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal

Issue 04 · Volume 3 · November 2012 DOI: 10.1055/s-003-24349

Message from the Editor

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Changing healthcare as we do it: with evidence and cheesecake?

Science in spine

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Henrikson, Nora B; Skelly, Andrea C: Economic studies part I: basics and terms

Original research

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Licina, Paul; Johnston, Michelle; Ewing, Laura; Pearcy, Mark: Patient expectations, outcomes and satisfaction: related, relevant or redundant?
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Dhoke, Priyesh; Goss, Ben; Mehta, Satyen; Stanojevic, Sanela; Williams, Richard: In the era of recombinant BMP, does additional anterior stabilization add value to a posterolateral fusion?
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Daubs, Michael D; Lenke, Lawrence G; Bridwell, Keith H; Cheh, Gene; Kim, Yongjung J; Stobbs, Georgia: Decompression alone versus decompression with limited fusion for treatment of degenerative lumbar scoliosis in the elderly patient

Systematic review

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Schroeder, Josh E; Dettori, Joseph R; Brodt, Erika D; Kaplan, Leon: Disc degeneration after disc herniation: are we accelerating the process?
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Spiker, William Ryan; Lawrence, Brandon D; Raich, Annie L; Skelly, Andrea C; Brodke, Darrel S: Surgical versus injection treatment for injection-confirmed chronic sacroiliac joint pain

Case report

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Gurjar, Hitesh Kumar; Sarkari, Avijit; Chandra, P Sarat: Surgical management of giant multilevel aneurysmal bone cyst of cervical spine in a 10-year-old boy: case report with review of literature

Selected abstracts

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Kesman, Thomas; Murrey, Daniel; Darden, Bruce: Single-center results at 7 years of prospective, randomized ProDisc-C total disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for treatment of one level symptomatic cervical disc disease
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Kazemi, Noojan; Bellabarba, Carlo; Bransford, Richard; Vilela, Marcelo: Incidence of blunt cerebrovascular injuries associated with craniocervical distraction injuries
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Tharin, Suzanne; Mayer, Eric; Krishnaney, Ajit: Lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar decompression improve functional outcomes and depression scores