Clinical Spine Surgery

Article	Citations
Comparison of Minimal Invasive Versus Biportal Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Single-level Lumbar Disease	66
Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy Versus Tubular Microendoscopy in Management of Single Level Degenerative Lumbar Canal Stenosis	40
Development of a Telemedicine Neurological Examination for Spine Surgery	29
3D-printed Patient-specific Spine Implants	26
What Is Finite Element Analysis?	21
Surgical Intervention for Patients With Spinal Metastasis From Lung Cancer	18
Global Trends of Researches on Lumbar Spinal Stenosis	17
Development and Initial Internal Validation of a Novel Classification System for Perioperative Expectations Following Minimally Invasive Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery	14
Three-dimensional Printed Drill Guides Versus Fluoroscopic-guided Freehand Technique for Pedicle Screw Placement	14
Scoring Algorithms for Predicting Survival Prognosis in Patients With Metastatic Spinal Disease	14
Significance of Cervical Spine Computed Tomography Hounsfield Units to Predict Bone Mineral Density and the Subsidence After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	13
Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures	13
Hangman’s Fracture	13
Analysis of Hidden Blood Loss and its Risk Factors in Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Surgery	13
Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation for Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement	13
Does the Preoperative Depression Affect Clinical Outcomes in Adults With Following Lumbar Fusion?	13
Update on Upper Cervical Injury Classifications	12
Modic Change	12
Propensity Score Matching	12
Utility of a Computer-assisted Rod Bending System to Avoid Pull-out and Loosening of Percutaneous Pedicle Screws	12
A Primer on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Spine Surgery	11
The Feasibility of Assessing the Cortical Bone Trajectory Screw Placement Accuracy Using a Traditional Pedicle Screw Insertion Evaluation System	11
Current Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	11
Disproportionate Case Reduction After Ban of Elective Surgeries During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic	10
Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use on Postoperative Patient-reported Outcomes in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients	10

Frailty Severity Impacts Development of Hospital-acquired Conditions in Patients Undergoing Corrective Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity	10
Coronal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	10
Instrumented Versus Noninstrumented Spinal Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis	10
How Does Open Access Publication Impact Readership and Citation Rates of Lumbar Spine Literature?	10
Intramuscular Liposomal Bupivacaine Decreases Length of Stay and Opioid Usage Following Lumbar Spinal Fusion	10
Is Evaluation With Telemedicine Sufficient Before Spine Surgery?	9
Comparison of Outcomes Between Single-level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	9
The Association of Preoperative Duration of Symptoms With Clinical Outcomes and Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	9
Comparison of Early Surgical Treatment With Conservative Treatment of Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Without Major Fracture or Dislocation in Patients With Pre-existing Cervical Spinal Stenosi	9
Stand-Alone Cage Versus Anterior Plating for 1-Level and 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	9
Evaluating Social Media Use Among Active American Members of the Cervical Spine Research Society	9
Comparison of Outcomes Between Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Kümmell’s Disease	9
Comparison of Perioperative Complications in Anterior Decompression With Fusion and Posterior Decompression With Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	9
Impact of Sarcopenia on Degenerative Lumbar Spondylosis	8
Depression Identified on the Mental Component Score of the Short Form-12 Affects Health Related Quality of Life After Lumbar Decompression Surgery	8
Analysis of Complications in Sacroiliac Joint Fusions Using FDA 510(k) Cleared Devices	8
Pseudarthrosis of the Cervical Spine	8
Four-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusions	8
Surgical Treatment of Single Level Cervical Radiculopathy	8
Regional Anesthesia for Spine Surgery	8
A Comparison of Complications and Clinical and Radiologic Outcome Between the Mini-open Prepsoas and Mini-open Transpsoas Approaches for Lumbar Interbody Fusion	8
Lumbar Spine Surgery and What We Lost in the Era of the Coronavirus Pandemic	8
Methods to Mitigate Industry Influence in Industry Sponsored Research	8
Ten-Year Long-term Results of Modified Cervical Double-door Laminoplasty With C3 Laminectomy Preserving the Semispinalis Cervicis Inserted Into the Axis Compared With Those of Conventional Cervical La	8
Time-demand, Radiation Exposure and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery With the Use of Skin-Anchored Intraoperative Navigation	8
Does Total Hip Arthroplasty Affect Spinopelvic and Spinal Alignment?	8
Pelvic Incidence Affects Age-adjusted Alignment Outcomes in a Population of Adult Spinal Deformity	8
Success of Surgical Simulation in Orthopedic Training and Applications in Spine Surgery	7
ACDF With Total En Bloc Resection of Uncinate in Foraminal Stenosis of the Cervical Spine	7
Risk Factors for 30- and 90-Day Readmissions Due To Surgical Site Infection Following Posterior Lumbar Fusion	7
The State of Machine Learning in Spine Surgery	7
Incidence and Risk Factors for Postoperative Urinary Retention Following Lumbar Spine Fusion	7
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion for Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	7
Spine Surgery Complications in the Ambulatory Surgical Center Setting	7
Timing of Total Hip Arthroplasty Affects Lumbar Spinal Fusion Outcomes	7
The Influence of Comorbidity on Postoperative Outcomes Following Lumbar Decompression	7
Patient Outcomes Following Short-segment Lumbar Fusion Are Not Affected by PI-LL Mismatch	7
Assessing the Early Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spine Surgery Fellowship Education	7
Perioperative Hidden Blood Loss in Lumbar Disk Herniation Patients With Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy and Influencing Factors	7
Prognostic Nomograms to Predict Overall Survival and Cancer-specific Survival in Sacrum/Pelvic Chondrosarcoma (SC) Patients	7
The Relationship Between Cervical Sagittal Balance and Adjacent Segment Disease After Three-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	7
Advantages and Design of PROMIS Questionnaires	6
Ergonomics in Spine Surgery	6
Sacroiliac Joint Degeneration and Pain After Spinal Arthrodesis	6
A Systematic Review of Risk Factors Associated With Distal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	6
Quantifying the Economic Impact of Depression for Spine Patients in the United States	6
Protein Supplement and Enhanced Recovery After Posterior Spine Fusion Surgery	6
Comparison of Postoperative Complications and Reoperation Rates Following Surgical Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in the Privately Insured Patient Population	6
Bariatric Surgery Before Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) in Obese Patients Is Associated With Reduced Risk of 90-Day Postoperative Complications and Readmissions	6
Surgical Treatment for Cervical Spine Fracture in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis	6

Diabetes Does Not Increase Complications, Length of Stay, or Hospital Costs After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	6
Racial Disparities in Spine Surgery	6
Comparing Surgical Treatments for Spondylolysis	6
The Rise and Fall of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Throughout the United States	6
Safety and Effectiveness of Modified Expansive Open-door Laminoplasty Using a Ultrasonic Bone Scalpel Compared With a High-speed Drill	6
Analysis of the Frequency, Characteristics, and Reasons for Termination of Spine-related Clinical Trials	6
The Role of Family-wise Error Rate in Determining Statistical Significance	6
MIS-TLIF Procedure is Improving With Experience	6
Transparency in Prior Authorization	6
En Bloc Resection of Isolated Spinal Metastasis	6
Combined Anterior-Posterior Versus Posterior-only Spinal Fusion in Treating Dystrophic Neurofibromatosis Scoliosis With Modern Instrumentation	5
Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Is an Acceptable Treatment Option for Cervical Myelopathy	5
Therapeutic Facet Joint Interventions in the Lumbar Spine	5
The Utility of Flexion-Extension Radiographs in Degenerative Cervical Spondylolisthesis	5
Risk Factor for Poor Patient Satisfaction After Lumbar Spine Surgery in Elderly Patients Aged Over 80 years	5
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Auxiliary Significance of DNEP for MEP-positive Event During Severe Spinal Deformity Surgery	5
The Effect of ACDF or Arthroplasty on Cervicogenic Headaches	5
Does Cervical Alignment Matter? The Effect of 2-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion on Sagittal Alignment and Patient-reported Outcomes	5
Single-Surgeon Versus Dual-Surgeon Strategy in Spinal Tumor Surgery	5
Same Day Surgical Intervention Dramatically Minimizes Complication Occurrence and Optimizes Perioperative Outcomes for Central Cord Syndrome	5
Patient Factors Impacting Baseline Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs) in Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery for Myelopathy or Radiculopathy	5
How Does Smoking Influence Patient-reported Outcomes in Patients After Lumbar Fusion?	5
Duration of Symptoms Does Not Affect Clinical Outcome After Lumbar Arthrodesis	5
Factors Negatively Influencing Postoperative Improvement After Laminoplasty in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	5
Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Microendoscopic Laminotomy for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	5
Artificial Intelligence in Spine Care	5
Timing of Surgery for Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma	5
Spine Surgery and Ankylosing Spondylitis	5
Sublaminar Tethers Significantly Reduce the Risk of Proximal Junctional Failure in Surgery for Severe Adult Spinal Deformity	5
Spinal Post-traumatic Deformity	5
Are the Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal/Posterior Lumbar Fusion Influenced by the Patient’s Age or BMI?	5
Prevalence of Occult Infections in Posterior Instrumented Spinal Fusion	5
Predictors of Medical Malpractice Outcomes After Spine Surgery	5
Quality of Life Changes After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Disease	5
Surgical Intervention is Associated With Improvements in the ASIA Impairment Scale in Gunshot-induced Spinal Injuries of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine	5
Impact of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery	5
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Use Patterns in Degenerative, Nondeformity Cervical Spine Surgery	5
Muscle Flap Closures in Spine Surgery	5
Ramifications of Postoperative Dysphagia on Health Care Resource Utilization Following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	5
Combining Expandable Interbody Cage Technology With a Minimally Invasive Technique to Harvest Iliac Crest Autograft Bone to Optimize Fusion Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbo	5
Postoperative Bracing on Pain, Disability, Complications, and Fusion Rate Following 1–3+ Level Lumbar Fusion in Degenerative Conditions	5
Etiologies and Outcomes of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis	4
Impact of Obesity Severity on Achieving a Minimum Clinically Important Difference Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Variation of Global Sagittal Alignment Parameters According to Gender, Pelvic Incidence, and Age	4
A Novel Reconstruction Using a Combined Anterior and Posterior Approach After Axis Tumor Spondylectomy	4
Perioperative Complications in Posterior Surgeries for Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament	4
A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis	4
Are Carbon-fiber Implants More Efficacious Than Traditional Metallic Implants for Spine Tumor Surgery?	4
Risk Factors of Postoperative Shoulder Imbalance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	4
Symptomatic Postoperative Epidural Hematoma in the Lumbar Spine	4
Optimal Anchor at the Uppermost Instrumented Vertebra in Long Fusion From the Pelvis to the Lower Thoracic Spine in Elderly Patients With Degenerative Spinal Deformity	4
Characterizing the Surgeon Learning Curve in Instrumented Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery	4
Microscopic Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Posterior Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Keyhole Foraminotomy for Single-level Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy	4
Effect of Coronal and Sagittal Spinal Malalignment on Spinopelvic Mobility in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement	4
Dysphagia and Satisfaction Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery	4
A Multicenter Observational Study on the Postoperative Outcomes of C3 Laminectomy in Cervical Double-door Laminoplasty	4
Is the Cranial Sagittal Vertical Axis (Cr-SVA) a Better Midterm Predictor of Clinical Results Than C7-SVA in Adult Patients Operated on Spinal Deformity After a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up?	4
The Effect of L5-S1 Degenerative Disc Disease on Outcomes of L4-L5 Fusion	4
Iliac Screw Fixation Revisited	4
Reoperations After Decompression With or Without Fusion for L3-4 Spinal Stenosis With Degenerative Spondylolisthesis	4
Teriparatide Treatment Increases Hounsfield Units in the Thoracic Spine, Lumbar Spine, Sacrum, and Ilium Out of Proportion to the Cervical Spine	4
Cervical Disk Arthroplasty	4
Comparison of Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Minimally Invasive or Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Does Local Steroid Reduce Dysphagia After Cervical Disc Replacement? A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded Study	4
The Volume-Cost Relationship	4
Propensity Scored Analysis of Outpatient Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Titanium-coated PEEK Versus Uncoated PEEK Cages in Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Relationship Between Muscle Mass of the Lower Limbs and Falls Caused by Spinal Misalignment in Women Aged 70 Years	4
Early Opioid Consumption Patterns After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery	4
Modic Change and Clinical Assessment Scores in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery for Disk Herniation	4
Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the 6-minute Walk Distance in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis Surgery	4
Rod-Screw Constructs Composed of Dissimilar Metals Do Not Affect Complication Rates in Posterior Fusion Surgery Performed for Adult Spinal Deformity	4
Ambulatory Single-level Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy	4
Decompression of Lumbar Central Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	3
Severity of Myelopathy is Closely Associated With Advanced Age and Signal Intensity Change in Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament	3
Revision Surgery of Total Lumbar Disk Replacement	3
Radiation Exposure to Scrub Nurse, Assistant Surgeon, and Anesthetist in Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery Comparing 2D Conventional Fluoroscopy With 3D Fluoroscopy-based Navigation	3
Patient Risk Factors Associated With 30- and 90-Day Readmission After Cervical Discectomy	3
Social Media Posts Pertaining to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) Surgery	3
Discharge to Rehabilitation Predicts Increased Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion	3

Instrumentation Across the Cervicothoracic Junction Does Not Improve Patient-reported Outcomes in Multilevel Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion	3
Hip-Spine Syndrome	3
Parkinson Disease, Dysphagia, and Cervical Spine Surgery	3
Radiographic Parameters in Cervical Myelopathy	3
Power Analysis for Null Hypothesis Significance Testing	3
Sleep Disturbances in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	3
Surgical Reduction of Spondylolisthesis During Lumbar Fusion	3
Fear-avoidance and Patients’ Reported Outcomes are Strongly Correlated With Biomechanical Gait Parameters in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patients	3
Impact of L4/5 Posterior Interbody Fusion With or Without Decompression on Spinopelvic Alignment and Health-related Quality-of-Life Outcomes	3
Complete Excision of Intradural-Extraforaminal Spinal Tumors Using a Minimally Invasive 2-Incision Technique With Fixed Tubular Retractors	3
Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement and Fusion (ACAF) Technique for the Treatment of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy With Spinal Stenosis (MCSMSS)	3
Mental Health Associated With Postoperative Satisfaction in Lumbar Degenerative Surgery Patients	3
Treatment Patterns and Health Care Resource Utilization of Iatrogenic Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in the United States	3
Is Outpatient Anterior Lumbar Fusion (ALIF) Safe? An Analysis of 30-day Outcomes	3
Laminoplasty Achieves Improved Outcomes Despite Leading to a More Positive Sagittal Balance	3
Fluoroscopically Guided Facet Cyst Rupture	3
Do Patients With Chronic Diabetes Have Worse Motor Outcomes After Cervical ASIA C Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury?	3
Association Between C5 Palsy and the Anterior Decompression Procedures, Corpectomy and Discectomy	3
Mid-term Surgical Outcome of Posterior Decompression With Instrumented Fusion in Patients With K-line (−) Type Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament With a 5-Year Minimum Follow	3
Percutaneous Versus Open Pedicle Screw Fixation for Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine	3
The Impact of Physical Therapy Following Cervical Spine Surgery for Degenerative Spine Disorders	3
Comparison of Zero-profile Anchored Spacer Versus Plate-and-Cage After 1-Level ACDF With Complete Uncinate Process Resection	3
Should Annular Closure Devices Be Utilized to Reduce the Risk of Recurrent Lumbar Disk Herniation?	3
Hybrid Therapy Versus Total En Bloc Spondyectomy in the Treatment of Solitary Radioresistant Spinal Metastases	3
Outcome Measures of Medicare Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Thoracolumbar Deformity Surgery	3
A Patient-specific Approach to Alignment and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Risk Assessment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	3
Analysis of the Incompletely Hoisted Vertebrae in the Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement and Fusion Surgery	3
Comparison of Postoperative Opioid Utilization in an ACDF Cohort	3
Postoperative Outcomes Following Posterior Lumbar Fusion in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis	3
Effects of Perioperative Teriparatide Treatment on the Hounsfield Unit Values at the Upper Instrumented Vertebra in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	3
PEEK Versus Titanium Static Interbody Cages	3
Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Postoperative Complications and Mortality Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	3
Prevention of Neurological Deficit With Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion	3
Safe Spine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
The Efficacy of Lumbar Hybrid Fusion for the Prevention of Adjacent Segment Disease	3
Impact of Discharge to Rehabilitation on Postdischarge Morbidity Following Multilevel Posterior Lumbar Fusion	3
Patients With Preoperative Cervical Deformity Experience Similar Clinical Outcomes to Those Without Deformity Following 1–3 Level Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion	3
The Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown on Spinal Services at a National Level	3
Safety Profile, Surgical Technique, and Early Clinical Results for Simultaneous Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in a Lateral Position	3
The Natural History of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	3
MRSA Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery Decreases Postoperative Infections	3
LSS-VGG16	3
Surgical Start Time Is Not Predictive of Microdiscectomy Outcomes	3
Fear Avoidance Beliefs and Outcome After Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spine	3