Clinical Spine Surgery

Article	Citations
Stopping at C2 Versus C3/4 in Elective Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion	25
Distinctive Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Junction Region Stenosis	22
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Upper Esophageal Sphincter for Dysphagia During the Acute Postoperative Phase of Anterior Cervical Surgery	21
Risk Factors for Readmission Following Surgical Decompression for Spinal Epidural Abscesses	20
Cervical Disc Replacement for Radiculopathy Versus Myeloradiculopathy	19
Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life Improvement in Patients Undergoing Cervical Versus Shoulder Surgery	18
Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion Compared With Conventional Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion on the Treatment of Single-segment Lumbar Spinal	16
Increased Surgeon-specific Experience and Volume is Correlated With Improved Clinical Outcomes in Lumbar Fusion Patients	16
Comparison of Revision Rates Among Patients Undergoing 2-Level ACDF, CDR, and Hybrid Constructs	15
The Effect of a Cervical Brace on Postoperative Axial Symptoms Following Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	15
Different Concepts in Short Segment Reconstruction of Moderate to Severe PI-LL Mismatch Deformity with ALIF, Mini-PSO, and TLIF	14
Revisiting the Consistency of Financial Disclosure Reporting by Authors at Annual Spine Conferences Shows Inconsistent Improvements After 14 Years	14
Comparative Analysis of Full Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Discectomy and Lumbar Microdiscectomy	14
Preoperative Opioid Prescribers and Lumbar Fusion	14
Development of a Novel Risk Stratification Score to Predict 30-Day Mortality in Cervical Trauma Patients	13
Cervical Disk Arthroplasty and Range of Motion at 7 Years	13
Preoperative Disability Influences Effectiveness of MCID and PASS in Predicting Patient Improvement Following Lumbar Spine Surgery	13
A Hierarchical Approach to Realignment Strategies in Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery	13
Pilot Evaluation of the TissueStat—A Novel Device for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Fascial Closure	13
Should Posterior Midline Structures Be Preserved in Decompression Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis?	13
Adaptation of the Lumbar Spine From Orthostasis to Supine	12
Computed Tomography Assessment of Long-Term Fusion and Subsidence for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Performed at the Lumbosacral Junction	12
Scoliosis in RETT Syndrome	11
MIS-TLIF Procedure is Improving With Experience	11
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion for Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	11

Characteristics of Unilateral Cervical Spine Facet Fractures	10
Clinical Significance of Lateral Pedicle Screw Malposition in Lumbar Spine Fusion	10
Comparison Between Resident and Attending Surgeons as Assistants on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery	10
Trends and Rates of Reporting of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health in Spine Surgery Randomized Clinical Trials	10
Influence of Cervical Level Fused on Subsidence of Cage and Allograft in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	10
Indirect Posterior Decompression With a Plate Gliding Technique During an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy Accompanied by Ligamentum Flavum Pathologies	10
The Ideal Threshold of Hemoglobin A1C in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Elective Lumbar Decompression Surgery	10
Correction of L5 Tilt in 2-Row Vertebral Body Tethering Versus Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	9
Impact of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery	9
The Effect of Preoperative Exposure to Benzodiazepines on Opioid Consumption After One and Two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	9
Efficacy and Safety of Chemical Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spine Trauma Patients	9
Standardizing Lumbar Interbody Fusion Nomenclature	9
Influence of Body Mass Index on Surgical and Patient Outcomes for Cervical Spine Surgery	9
Table-mounted Versus Self-retaining Retraction	9
Inflammation in Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine	9
Risk Factors for Reintubation After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery	9
Surgical Outcomes of Extensive Dome-Like Laminoplasty Using En Bloc Resection of C2 Inner Lamina for Patients With Severe Cord Compression Behind C2 Body	8
T1 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy With Subaxial Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation	8
Impact of Preoperative Symptom Duration on Patient-reported Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis	8
Investigational Therapies for Gunshot Wounds to the Spine	8
Narrative Review of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Medications for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Spine Surgery	8
Does Intrawound Vancomycin Decrease Postoperative Surgical Site Infection in Spine Surgery	8
One-stage Spine-shortening Osteotomy Treated Severe Spinal Deformity Associated With Spinal Cord Malformations	8
Precision and Sensitivity	7
The Burden of Back and Neck Strains and Sprains in Professional Baseball Players	7
How Does Open Access Publication Impact Readership and Citation Rates of Lumbar Spine Literature?	7
A Comprehensive Analysis Between Disk Geometry and Posterior Muscle Characteristics Among Degenerative Spine Patients	7
Effect of Preoperative Motor Weakness on Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cervical Disk Replacement	7
What Perioperative Factors Are Associated With High-risk Daily Morphine Milligram Equivalent Totals in Spinal Decompressions?	7
Deformity Considerations in Cervical Laminoplasty	7
Incidence and Risk Factors for Postoperative Hip Displacement Following Spinal Fusion in Nonambulant Patients With Spastic Neuromuscular Scoliosis	7
Intraoperative Methadone in Spine Surgery ERAS Protocols	7
Previous Hip or Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With Less Favorable Patient-reported Outcomes of Lumbar Surgery	7
Cervical Laminoplasty Is Associated With Lower Health Care Costs as Compared With Cervical Fusion Procedures	7
Changes in Intramedullary Increased Signal Intensity on Axial T2-weighted MRI After Laminoplasty for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	7
A Comprehensive Exploration of Digital Twinning in Spine Surgery	7
Patient-specific Cervical Deformity Corrections With Consideration of Associated Risk	6
Impact of Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy Before or After Cervical Disk Replacement	6
Predictors of the Need for Surgery in Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament	6
Beyond Fusion	6
What Cervical MRI Findings Can Tell About ACDF Outcomes and Risks of ASD	6
Local Anesthesia With 1% Lidocaine Versus General Anesthesia for Percutaneous Endoscopic Interlaminar Discectomy at L5/S1 Disc Herniation	6
Developing Mixed-effects Models to Optimize Prediction of Postoperative Outcomes in a Modern Sample of Over 450,000 Patients Undergoing Elective Cervical Spine Fusion Surgery	5
Lumbar Paraspinal Compartment Syndrome	5
Safety and Efficacy of Outpatient Anterior Cervical Disk Replacement (ACDR) in an Ambulatory Surgery Center Versus Hospital Setting	5
Ski and Snowboard-Related Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury	5
Health Literacy Assessment Tools in Spine Surgery	5
Does Nasal Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevent Deep Surgical Site Infections for Elective Cervical Spinal Fusion?	5
Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Prior to Posterior Lumbar Fusion	5
Is a Standardized Treatment Plan for Incidental Durotomy Plausible?	5

Techniques for Improving Electronic Survey Response Rate	5
Are Clinical or Surgical Outcomes Different Based on Whether the Same Surgeon or Hospital System Performs the Spine Revision?	5
Type 2 Odontoid Fractures	5
Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Lumbar Decompression or Sequestrectomy in Patients Over 75 Years	5
Readmission and Resource Utilization in Patients From Socioeconomically Distressed Communities Following Lumbar Fusion	5
Semispinalis Cervicis Sarcopenia is Associated With Worsening Cervical Sagittal Balance and Junctional Alignment Following Posterior Cervical Fusion for Myelopathy	5
Therapeutic Opportunity Window for Surgical Management in Patients With Malignant Spinal Compression	5
Coexisting Lower Back Pain in Patients With Cervical Myelopathy	5
Characterization of Lumbar Lordosis	5
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Shutdown Did Not Affect Mental Health Scores in Lumbar Decompression Patients in a Large Metropolitan Region	5
Prevalence of Complications of Patients Treated With Steroids for Acute Subaxial Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries	5
Electrodiagnostic Studies in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	5
Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging Identifies Clinically Relevant Disease Phenotypes of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	5
Association of Hyperlipidemia With Perioperative Complications in Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion	4
Cervical Disk Arthroplasty	4
The Effects of Preoperative Epidural Steroid Injection on Pseudarthrosis Following Lumbar Fusion	4
Mid-term and Long-term Outcomes After Total Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Compared With Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	4
LSS-VGG16	4
Comparison of Single-level Cervical Radiculopathy Outcomes Between Posterior Endoscopic Cervical Decompression and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	4
The Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging–based Vertebral Bone Quality Scores as a Predictor of Cage Subsidence Following Transforaminal and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
How Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Patient Acceptable Symptom State Relate to Patient Expectations and Satisfaction in Spine Surgery: A Review	4
Effectiveness of Halo-Pelvic Traction and Thoracoplasty for Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Cardiopulmonary Function in Patients With Severe Spinal Deformity	4
Additional Operations Following Sacroiliac Joint Fusions	4
Management of C0 Sacral Fractures Based on the AO Spine Sacral Injury Classification	4
Comparative Effectiveness of Open Versus Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Adoption of Endoscopic Spine Surgery	4
Upper-Level Instrumentation at C2 Versus C3 Does Not Influence Radiographic or Clinical Outcomes After Posterior Cervical Fusion	4
The Fragility Index	4
Clinical Outcomes Following Cervical Deformity Correction	4
Is Outpatient Anterior Lumbar Fusion (ALIF) Safe? An Analysis of 30-day Outcomes	4
Risk Assessment of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Access in Degenerative Spinal Conditions	4
Sarcopenia as a Risk Factor for Complications Following Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy	3
Inpatient Multimodal Pain Regimens Do Not Impact Hospital Length of Stay or Long-term Postoperative Opioid Use Following 1 and 2-Level Lumbar Fusion	3
How are Patients Describing You Online? A Natural Language Processing Driven Sentiment Analysis of Online Reviews on CSRS Surgeons	3
ICD-10 Coding of Cervical Radiculopathy Underestimates Concurrent Myelopathy	3
Discharge to Rehabilitation Predicts Increased Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion	3
Comparison of RVU Reimbursement in Anterior or Posterior Approach for Single- and Multilevel Cervical Spinal Fusion	3
Delayed Infection After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty	3
Constructing and Interpreting Logistic Regression Analyses in Orthopedic Clinical Research	3
Predictors of Physical, Chiropractic, and Acupuncture Therapy Utilization in the Three Months Following Newly Diagnosed Low Back Pain	3
Narrative Review of Perioperative Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Agonists in Spine Surgery	3
Screw Motion Used in Semiconstrained Rotational Plate Systems for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	3
A Novel Cervical Sagittal Classification for Asymptomatic Population Based on Cluster Analysis	3
A Novel C2 Screw Corridor Parallel to the Sagittal Plane for Transpedicular Fixation – A 3D-CT Study	3
Effect of Surgical Approach on Patient-reported Outcomes of Lumbar Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis	3
Comparison of Outcomes Between Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Kümmell’s Disease	3
ChatGPT as a Source of Patient Information for Lumbar Spinal Fusion and Laminectomy	3
Removal of Retro-Corporeal Compressive Pathology Using Guttering Osteotomy During Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	3
What PROMIS Scores Correlate With Severe Disability in Cervical Spine Surgery?	3
Influence of Preoperative Severity on Postoperative Improvement Among Patients With Myeloradiculopathy Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	3
Fusion Outcomes of GLP-1 Agonist Therapy in Multilevel Cervical Spinal Fusion	3
Who Will Undergo Revision Surgery After Proximal Junctional Fracture Development in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery?—Risk Factor Analysis of 102 Neurologically Intact Patients	3
Anxiety but not Depression Is Associated With Increased Health Care Utilization Following Lumbar Fusion	3
Rates of Postoperative Complications and Approach-related Neurological Symptoms After L4–L5 Lateral Transpsoas Lumbar Interbody Fusion Compared With Upper Lumbar Levels	3
How to Write an Abstract	3
Metabolic Bone Disorders Are Predictors for 2-year Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing 2–3 Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Radiculopathy or Myelopathy	3
Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome	3
Correlation Between Clinical Improvement and Dural Sac Cross-Sectional Area Expansion in Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression	3
Are Postoperative Neck Pain and Kyphotic Change After Laminoplasty Affected by Degree of Facet Joint Degeneration?	3
Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Decompression Alone in L4-5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis With Translational Motion	3
Prognostic Factors Impacting Surgical Outcomes in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	3
The Association of Preoperative Bone Mineral Density and Outcomes After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	3
Propensity Scored Analysis of Outpatient Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion	3
Pseudarthrosis of the Cervical Spine	3
Bipolar Fusionless Versus Standard Fusion Surgery in Neuromuscular Scoliosis	3
Three-Dimensional Fluoroscopic System to Assess Robotically Placed Pedicle Screws	3
Failure to Reach Early MCID in ACDF Patients	3
Rating Spine Surgeons	3
Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Craniolateral Inclinatory Foraminotomy	3
Comparison of Sarcopenia With Frailty and Area Deprivation Index for Predicting Postoperative Mortality and Complications in Thoracolumbar Trauma	3
Biomechanical Effect of Chinese Manual Therapy for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy After Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy and Diskectomy	3
Determining the Effect of Intraoperative TXA on Postoperative Blood Loss in ACDF	3
Adjacent Segment Pathology After Short-Segment Posterior Lumbar Fusion	2
Indirect Spinal Decompression in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures	2
Risk Factor Analysis of Surgery-related Complications in Primary Thoracic Spine Surgery for Degenerative Diseases and Characteristics of the Patients Also Undergoing Surgery on the Cervical and/or Lum	2
Hangman’s Fractures: A Review of Current Concepts in Evaluation and Management	2
Return to Driving Is Safe 6 Weeks After Anterior Cervical Surgery for Symptomatic Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease	2
Is There Utility to Requiring Spine MRI Pre-authorizations? Pre-authorizations	2
Degeneration of Cervical Multifidus Muscles Negatively Affects Physical Activity-related Quality of Life After Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	2
Application of 3D-Printed Artificial Vertebrae in the Reconstruction After Resection of Complex Malignant Spinal Tumors	2

Chat Generative Pretraining Transformer Answers Patient-focused Questions in Cervical Spine Surgery	2
Strategies for Minimizing the Effects of Observer Variability on Sagittal Parameter Measurements of the Spine	2
Pediatric Cervical Spine Trauma	2
Which Radiographic Parameter Can Aid in Deciding Optimal Allograft Height for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion?	2
Geriatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries	2
Sacral-Alar-Iliac (SAI) Fixation in Patients With Previous Pelvic Osteotomy	2
Risk Factors for Adjacent Vertebral Fractures Following Cement Vertebroplasty	2
Biomechanical Analysis of Multilevel Posterior Cervical Spinal Fusion Constructs	2
Lower Incidence of ASP Requiring Surgery With Minimally Invasive TLIF Than With Open PLIF	2
Clinical Efficacy of Posterior and Combined Posterior-Anterior Surgical Approaches for Intractable Tuberculous Thoracolumbar Kyphosis	2
New Imaging Modalities for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	2
Comparison of Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Minimally Invasive or Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	2
Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms to Predict Postoperative Outcomes Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	2
Evidence-based Indications for Vertebral Body Tethering in Spine Deformity	2
Container Plasty in Advanced Painful Osteolytic Vertebral Metastases With Posterior Wall Defect	2
Timelines for Return to Different Sports Types After Eight Cervical Spine Fractures in Recreational and Elite Athletes	2
Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Cervical Disc Replacement for a Workers’ Compensation Population in an Ambulatory Surgical Center	2
High Preoperative T1 Slope Is a Marker for Global Sagittal Malalignment	2
Prone Versus Lateral Decubitus Positioning for Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion	2
Lamina-preserving, Type II Posterior Column Osteotomies (PCOs) for Correction of Adult (Thoraco) Lumbar Scoliosis	2
When Does the Construct Need to Extend further Into the Thoracic Spine in Patients Undergoing Correction for Cervical Deformity?	2
Risk Factors of Infectious Complications in Pediatric Patients With Cerebral Palsy After Spinal Arthrodesis	2
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in Adult Spinal Deformity	2
Short-Segment Pedicle Fixation of Traumatic Low Lumbar Fractures (L3–L5)	2
Data Heterogeneity in Meta-Analyses	2
Is Routine Use of External Spinal Orthoses Necessary After Operative Stabilization of Cervical Spine Injuries?	2
A Patient-specific Approach to Alignment and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Risk Assessment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	2
Sublaminar Tethers Significantly Reduce the Risk of Proximal Junctional Failure in Surgery for Severe Adult Spinal Deformity	2
Relative Value Unit (RVU) and Medicare Severity Diagnosis-related Group (MS-DRG) Reimbursement in Cervical Spinal Fusion	2
Sagittal Angle of Pedicle Screws as a Influencing Factor for Postoperative Collapse of Thoracolumbar Fractures	2
Role of Altmetric Attention Scores in Evaluating the Influence of Spine Surgery Research	2
Impact of Early Depressive Burden on Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	2
Worse Pain and Disability at Presentation Predicts Greater Improvement in Pain, Disability, and Mental Health in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degen	2
Methods Used to Generate Consensus Statements for Clinical Practice Guidelines	2
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Perceived Stress in Elderly Patients With Osteoporotic Fractures of Spine	2
Surgical Treatment of Single Level Cervical Radiculopathy	2
Effect of Cervicothoracic Junction LIV Selection on Posterior Cervical Fusion Mechanical Failure	2
Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy	2
Impact of Weekday on Short-term Surgical Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion Surgery	2
Spinal Cord Signal Intensity Predicts Functional Outcomes in the Operative Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	2
Increased Change in Cervical Lordosis Is Associated With Decreased Rate of Recovery in Patients With C5 Palsy	2
Do Patients With High ASA Grades Benefit From CSM Surgery?	2
Improving Osteoporosis Prediction Using Vertebral Bone Quality Score and Paravertebral Muscle Measurements From Lumbar MRI Scans	2
Clinical Efficacy of Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation in Patients Over 70 Years Old	2
Residual Neuropathic Pain in Postoperative Patients With Cervical Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament	2
The Effect of C2 Muscular Exposure Technique on Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes After C2–T2 Posterior Cervical Fusion	2
Geospatial Evaluation of Disparities in Access to Cervical Spine Fusion in Metropolitan Areas Across the United States	2
A Longer Duration of Myelopathy Symptoms is Associated With the Lack of Intraoperative Motor Evoked Potential Improvement During Decompressive Cervical Myelopathy Surgery	2
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal and Anterolateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Treatment of Low-grade Lumbar Spondylolisthesis	2
Patient Factors Impacting Baseline Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs) in Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery for Myelopathy or Radiculopathy	2
Correction and Maintenance of Cervical Alignment	2
Chewing Gum Cannot Reduce Postoperative Abdominal Pain and Nausea After Posterior Spinal Fusions in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	2
Timing of Total Hip Arthroplasty Affects Lumbar Spinal Fusion Outcomes	2
Factors Associated With Return to Work Following Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	2