Neurospine

Neurospine provides spine clinicians and researchers with peer-reviewed articles on basic and clinical investigation of spine and spinal cord to enhance patient management, education, clinical or experimental research, and professionalism.

The journal will consider submissions in areas on craniocervical to lumbosacral spine including the followings: neuroscience and pain research, bone and mineral research, disc and joint research, bio and industrial technology, pathophysiology, risk factors, symptomatology, imaging, treatment, rehabilitation of spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerve diseases.

Essay

December 31, 2020

History of Spinal Neurosurgery and Spine Societies

Mehmet Zileli, Salman Sharif, Maurizio Fornari, Premenand Ramani, Fengzeng Jian, Richard Fessler, Se-Hoon Kim, Toshihiro Takami, Nobuyuki Shimokawa, Gilbert Dechambenoit, et al.

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):675-694.

Essay

December 31, 2020

The Art of Diagnosis in the Cervical Spine

Melvin C. Makhni, Caleb M. Yeung, K. Daniel Riew

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):695-703.

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Early Management of Cervical Spine Trauma: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Mehmet Zileli, Enrique Osorio-Fonseca, Nikolay Konovalov, Carlos Cardenas-Jalabe, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Sergey Mlyavykh, Artur Pogosyan

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):710-722.

Epidemiology, prevention, early management of cervical spine trauma and it's reduction are the objectives of this review paper. A PubMed and MEDLINE search between 2009 and 2019 were conducted using...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Upper Cervical Spine Trauma: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Oscar L. Alves, Leopoldina Pereira, Se-Hoon Kim, Andrey Grin, Nobuyuki Shimokawa, Nikolay Konovalov, Mehmet Zileli

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):723-736.

Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) trauma is a challenging clinical condition. Being a highly mobile functional unit at the junction of the skull and the vertebral column, traumatic events in this area...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Salman Sharif, Muhammad Yassar Jazaib Ali, Ibet Marie Y. Sih, Jutty Parthiban, Óscar L. Alves

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):737-758.

To formulate specific guidelines for the recommendation of subaxial cervical spine injuries concerning classification, management, posttraumatic locked facets and vertebral artery injury. Computerized literature was searched on PubMed and google...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Early Management of Spinal Cord Injury: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

José Antonio Soriano Sánchez, Salman Sharif, Francesco Costa, Jose Alberto Israel Romero Rangel, Carla Daniela Anania, Mehmet Zileli

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):759-784.

Scientific knowledge today is being generated more rapidly than we can assimilate thus requiring continuous review of gold-standards for diagnosis and treatment of specific pathologies. The aim of this paper...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Pharmacologic and Regenerative Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Toshihiro Takami, Nobuyuki Shimokawa, Jutty Parthiban, Mehmet Zileli, Sheena Ali

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):785-796.

This is a review article examining the pharmacologic and regenerative cell therapy for spinal cord injury. A literature search during last 10 years were conducted using key words. Case reports,...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries and SCIWORA: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Nikolay Konovalov, Nikolay Peev, Mehmet Zileli, Salman Sharif, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Stanislav Timonin

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):797-808.

Cervical trauma in children have variations from the adults mainly due to anatomic differences. An optimal diagnostic and treatment strategy is critical, particularly when there is a lack of standardized...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Outcomes of Spinal Cord Injury: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Jutty Parthiban, Mehmet Zileli, Salman Yousuf Sharif

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):809-819.

This comprehensive review article aims to provide some definitive statements on the factors like clinical syndromes, radiological findings, and decompressive surgery, that may influence the outcomes in cervical spinal cord...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Nikolay Peev, Alexander Komarov, Enrique Osorio-Fonseca, Mehmet Zileli

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):820-832.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is accompanied by a significant number of complications associated with damage to the spinal cord, gross functional impairments leading to limited self-care and movement, leading to...

Review Article

December 31, 2020

Cervical Deformity: Evaluation, Classification, and Surgical Planning

Ahilan Sivaganesan, Justin S. Smith, Han Jo Kim

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):833-842.

Cervical deformity is a challenging condition to treat and requires complex decision-making. Apart from a thorough history and physical examination, a thoughtful and quantitative analysis of multiple imaging modalities is...

Original Article

December 31, 2020

Weak Ligaments and Sloping Joints: A New Hypothesis for Development of Congenital Atlantoaxial Dislocation and Basilar Invagination

Avnish K. Chauhan, P. Sarat Chandra, Nishant Goyal, Madhumita R. Chowdhury, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Manjari Tripathi, Madhulika Kabra

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):843-856.

Objective: Developmental bony craniovertebral junction (CVJ) anomalies seem to have a genetic basis and also abnormal joint morphology causing atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) and basilar invagination (BI). Methods: DNA extracted polymerase chain...

Original Article

December 31, 2020

Longitudinal Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System for Back and Leg Pain in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Nathaniel W. Jenkins, James M. Parrish, Nadia M. Hrynewycz, Thomas S. Brundage, Kern Singh

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):862-870.

Objective: While visual analogue score (VAS) metrics are among the most universally adopted patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), there is limited research on the influence of back and leg pain on...

Original Article

December 31, 2020

Perioperative Outcomes in 17,947 Patients Undergoing 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus 1-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Conditions: A Propensity Score Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis

Anoop R. Galivanche, Raj Gala, Preetpaul S. Bagi, Arianne J. Boylan, Christopher M. Dussik, Pedro D. Coutinho, Jonathan N. Grauer, Arya G. Varthi

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):871-878.

Objective: To compare the perioperative morbidity of 2-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with that of 1-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) for the treatment of cervical degenerative...

Original Article

December 31, 2020

Chronic Opioid Use Following Lumbar Discectomy: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Current Trends in the United States

Andrew B. Harris, Bo Zhang, Majd Marrache, Varun Puvanesarajah, Micheal Raad, Hamid Hassanzadeh, Mark Bicket, Amit Jain

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):879-887.

Objective: Lumbar discectomy is commonly performed for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation. We aimed to examine prescribing patterns and risk factors for chronic opioid use following lumbar discectomy. Methods: Using a private...

Original Article

December 31, 2020

Postoperative Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid After Major Spine Surgery: A Matched Cohort Analysis

Lauren K. Dunn, Ching-Jen Chen, Davis G. Taylor, Kamilla Esfahani, Brian Brenner, Charles Luo, Thomas J. Buell, Sarah N. Spangler, Avery L. Buchholz, Justin S. Smith, et al.

Neurospine. 2020;17(4):888-895.