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Global Spine Journal Abstracts

Global Spine Journal, the official journal for AOSpine International, is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal that includes scientific articles as well as original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, technical reports, and case studies in all spine fields. The journal aims to promote communications among spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons by providing an integrated and balanced view of the clinical and basic science studies of spinal disorders.

 

You can find a list of Global Spine Journals Abstracts in English and Chinese below. 

​ Global Spine Journal​, Abstracts English​ ​Chinese

GSJ, Issue 4,
2014​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Cervical Spinal Cord Dimensions and Clinical Outcomes in Adults with Klippel-Feil Syndrome: A Comparison with Matched Controls click here​ ​coming soon
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine in Children: Spinal Incidental Findings in Pediatric Patients
click here​ coming soon
Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae and Its Prevalence in the Australian Population click here​ coming soon
Lumbar Disk Herniation Surgery: Outcome and Predictors click here​​ coming soon
Quality-of-Life Outcomes following Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fusion with and without the Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2: Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Make a Difference?
click here​​ coming soon
Modified Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Radiculopathy Following Healed Vertebral Collapse of the Middle-Lower Lumbar Spine click here​​ coming soon
One-Stage Open Reduction of an Old Cervical Subluxation: Case Report click here​​ coming soon
Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome Presenting as Acute Cauda Equina Syndrome: A Case Report click here​​ coming soon
Anterior-only Partial Sacrectomy for en bloc Resection of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer click here coming soon
Optimal Duration of Conservative Management Prior to Surgery for Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy: A Literature Review click here​ coming soon
Fixed Sagittal Plane Imbalance click here​ coming soon​

GSJ, Issue 3,
2014​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Posterolateral Arthrodesis in Lumbar Spine Surgery Using Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma and Cancellous Bone Substitute: An Osteoinductive and Osteoconductive Effect click here​ ​coming soon
National Trends in Outpatient Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease
click here​ coming soon
Age-Related Changes in Cervical Sagittal Range of Motion and Alignment click here​ coming soon
Ambulatory Spine Surgery: A Survey Study click here​​ coming soon
Biomechanics of Thoracolumbar Burst and Chance-Type Fractures during Fall from Height
click here​​ coming soon
C3–6 Laminoplasty for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Maintains Satisfactory Long-Term Surgical Outcomes click here​​ coming soon
Giant, Completely Calcified Lumbar Juxtafacet Cyst: Report of an Unusual Case click here​​ coming soon
Nontraumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation: Grisel Syndrome. Case Report and Literature Review click here​​ coming soon
Traumatic Dissection of Four Brain-Supplying Arteries without Neurologic Deficit click here coming soon
Lumbar Intraforaminal Synovial Cyst in Young Adulthood: Case Report and Review of the Literature click here​ coming soon
A Review of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Atlantoaxial Dislocations click here​ coming soon​
​Ceramic-Based Bone Grafts as a Bone Grafts Extender for Lumbar Spine Arthrodesis: A Systematic Review ​click here ​coming soon

GSJ, Issue 2,
2014​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Trends in Bone Morphogenetic Protein Usage since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory in 2008: What Happens to Physician Practices When the Food and Drug Administration Issues an Advisory? click here​ ​coming soon
Preoperative Predictors of Patient Satisfaction with Outcome after Cervical Laminoplasty
click here​ coming soon
The Incidence of Adjacent Segment Breakdown in Polysegmental Thoracolumbar Fusions of Three or More Levels with Minimum 5-Year Follow-up click here​ coming soon
Instability of the Vertebrae Remains following Balloon Kyphoplasty click here​​ coming soon
One-Stage Biopsy, Debridement, Reconstruction, and Stabilization of Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis
click here​​ coming soon
Ependymal Cyst Presenting with Lhermitte Sign click here​​ coming soon
Spinal Epidural Hematoma Caused by Pseudogout: A Case Report and Literature Review click here​​ coming soon
Multiple Myeloma-Associated Amyloidoma of the Sacrum: Case Report and Review of the Literature click here​​ coming soon
Sarcomatoid Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting with Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review click here coming soon
Kinetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical Spine: A Review of the Literature click here​ coming soon
Incorporating the Spine Instability Neoplastic Score into a Treatment Strategy for Spinal Metastasis: LMNOP click here​ coming soon​

GSJ, Issue 1,
2014​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Differentiating C8-T1 Radiculopathy from Ulnar Neuropathy: A Survey of 24 Spine Surgeons click here​ ​click here
Fluoroscopically Guided Extraforaminal Cervical Nerve Root Blocks: Analysis of Epidural Flow of the Injectate with Respect to Needle Tip Position
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Experiments with a Novel Content-Based Image Retrieval Software: Can We Eliminate Classification Systems in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? click here​ click here
Early Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Polytrauma Patients with Spine Injuries: A Level 1 Trauma Center Study click here​​ click here
The Effect of a Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitor on Early Degenerated Human Nucleus Pulposus Explants
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Neurologic Recovery after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion click here​​ click here
Surgical Strategies to Improve Fixation in the Osteoporotic Spine: The Effects of Tapping, Cement Augmentation, and Screw Trajectory click here​​ click here
Case Study of a Spinal Epidural Capillary Hemangioma: A 4-Year Postoperative Follow-Up click here​​ click here
Traumatic Lumbosacral Spondyloptosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature click here click here
Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma: Evaluation and Surgical Decision-Making click here​ click here

GSJ, Issue 4,
2013​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Symptomatic Adjacent Segment Pathology after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Adult Low-Grade Isthmic Spondylolisthesis click here​ ​click here
Bilateral Pedicle Screw Fixation versus Unilateral Pedicle and Contralateral Facet Screws for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Analysis
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Hypovitaminosis D and Cervical Disk Herniation among Adults Undergoing Spine Surgery click here​ click here
Single-Level Degenerative Cervical Disc Disease and Driving Disability: Results from a Prospective, Randomized Trial click here​​ click here
Anatomic Variability of 120 L5 Spondylolytic Defects
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Cervical Intradural Abscess Masquerading as an Epidural Collection click here​​ click here
Failure of a Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Implant Used for Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion click here​​ click here
Central Diabetes Insipidus after Staged Spinal Surgery click here​​ click here
Primary Spinal Marginal Zone Lymphoma Relapse at a Different Spinal Level after Remission of the Primary Lesion click here click here
Dedicated Spine Trauma Clinical Quality Registries: A Systematic Review click here​ click here
​Oropharyngeal Dysphagia after Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Review ​click here​ ​click here

GSJ, Issue 3,
2013​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Disk Degeneration and Pain click here​ ​click here
Novel Imaging of the Intervertebral Disk and Pain
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Disk Degeneration and Low Back Pain: Are They Fat-Related Conditions? click here​ click here
Mechanisms of Intervertebral Disk Degeneration/Injury and Pain: A Review click here​​ click here
The Role of the Vertebral End Plate in Low Back Pain
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Cell Signaling Pathways Related to Pain Receptors in the Degenerated Disk click here​​ click here
Inflammatory Mediators in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Discogenic Pain click here​​ click here
Molecular Therapy for Disk Degeneration and Pain click here​​ click here
Biologically Based Therapy for the Intervertebral Disk: Who Is the Patient? click here click here
Notochordal Cell-Derived Therapeutic Strategies for Discogenic Back Pain​ click here​ click here

GSJ, Issue 2,
2013​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Determining Optimal C2 Pedicle Screw Placement and Length in Patients with Axis Traumatic Spondylolisthesis: A Case Series click here​ ​click here
Dynamic Changes of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Cervical Spine Assessed with Kinetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Epidemiological Trends of Spine Trauma: An Australian Level 1 Trauma Centre Study click here​ click here
Finite Element Analysis and Biomechanical Comparison of Short Posterior Spinal Instrumentation with Divergent Bridge Construct versus Parallel Tension Band Construct for Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures click here​​ click here
Postoperative Deep Surgical-Site Infection after Instrumented Spinal Surgery: A Multicenter Study
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Accuracy of Intraoperative Computed Tomography-Based Navigation for Placement of Percutaneous Pedicle Screws click here​​ click here
Treatment of Combined Spinal Deformity in Patient with Ollier Disease and Abnormal Vertebrae click here​​ click here
“Globus Symptoms”: A Rare Case of Giant Osteochondroma of the Axis Treated with High Cervical Extrapharyngeal Approach click here​​ click here
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from a Thoracic Radicular Artery Pseudoaneurysm after Methamphetamine and Synthetic Cannabinoid Abuse: Case Report​ click here click here

GSJ, Issue 1,
2013​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		Combined Transplantation of Human Neuronal and Mesenchymal Stem Cells following Spinal Cord Injury click here​ ​click here
Postoperative Pain Management after Spinal Fusion Surgery: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Continuous Infusion of Local Anesthetics
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Why Are Spine Surgery Patients Lost to Follow-up? click here​ click here
Functional Outcomes, Morbidity, Mortality, and Fracture Healing in 58 Consecutive Patients with Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Treated with Cervical Collar or Posterior Fusion click here​​ click here
Extraneural Metastasis of Ependymoma in the Cauda Equina
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Tertiary Syphilis in the Cervical Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature click here​​ click here
Arytenoid Dislocation as a Cause of Prolonged Hoarseness after Cervical Discectomy and Fusion click here​​ click here
Current Status of Adult Spinal Deformity click here​​ click here

GSJ, Issue 4,
2012​

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​ ​ ​  ​ 		A Radiological Comparison of Anterior Fusion Rates in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion click here​ ​click here
Concurrent Tethered Cord Release and Growing-Rod Implantation—Is It Safe?
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Construct Rigidity after Fatigue Loading in Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy with or without Adjacent Interbody Structural Cages click here​ click here
Surgical Outcomes of Osteoporotic Vertebral Collapse: A Retrospective Study of Anterior Spinal Fusion and Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy​ click here​​ click here
Charcot Arthropathy of the Wrist Associated with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
 click here​​ click here
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Epidural Catheterization: A Case Report and Literature Review click here​​ click here
Traumatic Posterior L4-L5 Fracture Dislocation of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report click here​​ click here
Improving the Clinical Evidence of Bone Graft Substitute Technology in Lumbar Spine Surgery click here​​ click here
Strategy in the Surgical Treatment of Primary Spinal Tumors click here​​ click here

GSJ, Issue 3,
2012​

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​		 Surgical Outcome for Foot Drop in Lumbar Degenerative Disease click here​ ​click here
Histomorphometric Analysis of Experimental Disc Degeneration​ click here​ click here
Radiation Therapy without Surgery for Spinal Metastases: Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Factors Analysis for Pain Control​ click here​ click here
Screw Placement Accuracy for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: A Study on 3-D Neuronavigation-Guided Surgery​ click here​​ click here
Nicotine Increases Osteoblast Activity of Induced Bone Marrow Stromal Cells in a Dose-Dependent Manner: An in vitro Cell Culture Experiment​ click here​​ click here
Acute Schmorl's Node during Strenuous Monofin Swimming: A Case Report and Review of the Literature​ click here​​ click here
Preoperative Sclerotherapy Using Sodium Tetradecyl Sulphate (Fibro-Vein™) Can Assist in the Management of Vertebral Hemangiomas​ click here​​ click here
Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm in the Setting of an Unstable Upper Thoracic Type B2 Fracture​ click here​​ click here
Total Disc Arthroplasty and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in Cervical Spine: Competitive or Complimentary? Review of the Literature​ click here​​ click here
Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy​ click here​​ click here

GSJ, Issue 2,
2012

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 Thoracic Hyperkyphosis: Assessment of the Distal Fusion Level​ click here​ click here
Inception of an Australian Spine Trauma Registry: The Minimum Dataset​ click here​​ click here
Segmental Stiffness Achieved by Three Types of Fixation for Unstable Lumbar Spondylolytic Motion Segments​ click here​​ click here​​
Microendoscopic Decompression Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis via the Paramedian Approach: Preliminary Results​ click here​​ click here
Comparison of Three-Dimensional Fluoroscopy versus Postoperative Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Accurate Screw Placement after Instrumented Spine Surgery​ click here​​ click here
The Incidence of Bifid C7 Spinous Processes​ click here​​ click here
Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty​ click here​​ click here
The Utility of Allograft Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Spine Fusion: A Literature Review​ click here​​ click here
Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Protrusion Causing Progressive Myelopathy in a Low-Lying Cord​ click here​​ click here
High-Grade Adult Isthmic L5-S1 Spondylolisthesis: A Report of Intraoperative Slip Progression Treated with Surgical Reduction and Posterior Instrumented Fusion​ ​click here​ click here

GSJ, Issue 1,
2012

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 A New Beginning​ click here​ not available​
The Incidence of Infection after Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A 10 Year Review​ click here​ click here​
Rationale of Revision Lumbar Spine Surgery​ click here​​ click here​
Open-Door Cervical Laminoplasty with Preservation of Posterior Structures​ click here​​ click here​
Good Functional Outcome and Adjacent Segment Disc Quality 10 Years after Single-Level Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Posterior Fixation​ click here​​ click here​
Dispersal Pattern of Injectate after Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Spinal Injection Evaluated with Computerized Tomography​ click here​​ click here​
Analysis of Relationship between Paraspinal Muscle Fatty Degeneration and Cervical Spine Motion Using Kinetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging​ click here​​ click here​
Lateral Mass Fixation in Subaxial Cervical Spine: Anatomic Review​ click here​​ click here​
Uncovertebral Anatomic Midline Targeting for Cervical Disc Arthroplasty​ click here​​ click here​
Bilateral Three-Level Lumbar Spondylolysis Repaired by Hook-Screw Technique​ click here​​ click here​
A Nonenhancing World Health Organization Grade II Intramedullary Spinal Ependymoma in the Conus: Case Illustration and Review of Imaging Characteristics​ click here​​ click here​