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.

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Personal Health of Spine Surgeons Can Impact Perceptions, Decision-Making and Healthcare Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Worldwide Study

Arash J. Sayari, Garrett K. Harada, Philip K. Louie, Michael H. McCarthy, Michael T. Nolte, Gary M. Mallow, Zakariah Siyaji, Niccole Germscheid, Jason P.Y. Cheung, Marko H. Neva, et al.

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):313-330.

Objective: To determine if personal health of spine surgeons worldwide influences perceptions, healthcare delivery, and decision-making during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed by distributing...

Essay

June 30, 2020

The History, Present, and Future of Spine Surgery in Switzerland

Martin N. Stienen, Oliver N. Hausmann

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):357-364.

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Headache Relief Is Maintained 7 Years After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Post Hoc Analysis From a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial and Cervicogenic Headache Hypothesis

Harjot Thind, Dinesh Ramanathan, Julius Ebinu, David Copenhaver, Kee D. Kim

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):365-373.

Objective: To evaluate whether anterior cervical spine surgery offers sustained (7 years) relief in patients with cervicogenic headaches (CGHs), and evaluate the difference between cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) and anterior...

Original Article

July 11, 2019

Bicortical Screw Purchase at Upper Instrumented Vertebra (UIV) Can Cause UIV Fracture After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Finite Element Analysis Study

Seong-Hyun Wui, Seung-Jae Hyun, Bokku Kang, Ki-Jeong Kim, Tae-Ahn Jahng, Hyun Jib Kim

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):377-383.

Objective: To examine the biomechanical stress distribution at the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) according to unicortical- and bicortical purchase model by finite element analysis (FEA). Methods: A T8 to Sacrum with...

Original Article

February 1, 2020

Demographic Trends in Paddle Lead Spinal Cord Stimulator Placement: Private Insurance and Medicare Beneficiaries

Lawal Labaran, Joshua Bell, Varun Puvanesarajah, Nikhil Jain, Jomar N. Aryee, Micheal Raad, Amit Jain, Jonathan Carmouche, Hamid Hassanzadeh

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):384-389.

Objective: Although spinal cord stimulators (SCS) continue to gain acceptance as a viable nonpharmacologic option for the treatment of chronic back pain, recent trends are not well established. The aim...

Original Article

February 5, 2020

Perioperative Anesthesia Lean Implementation Is Associated With Increased Operative Efficiency in Posterior Cervical Surgeries at a HighVolume Spine Center

Simon G. Ammanuel, Andrew K. Chan, Anthony M. DiGiorgio, Mohanad Alazzeh, Kelechi Nwachuku, Leslie C. Robinson, Errol Lobo, Praveen V. Mummaneni

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):390-397.

Objective: Lean management strategies aim to increase efficiency by eliminating waste or by improving processes to optimize value. The operating room (OR) is an arena where these strategies can be...

Original Article

February 5, 2020

The Relationship Between Preoperative PROMIS Scores With Postoperative Improvements in Physical Function After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

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

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):398-406.

Objective: Assess preoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function (PF) scores and differences between preoperative and postoperative PROMIS-PF scores for patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Methods:...

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis Within 24 Hours of Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury: Is It Safe and Effective?

Seth Ahlquist, Howard Y. Park, Benjamin Kelley, Langston Holly, Ayra N. Shamie, Don Y. Park

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):407-416.

Objective: Current guidelines recommend initiation of venous thromboembolism (VTE) chemoprophylaxis within 72 hours of spinal cord injury (SCI). This study investigated the safety and efficacy of chemoprophylaxis within 24 hours...

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Association of Preoperative PROMIS Scores With Short-term Postoperative Improvements in Physical Function After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

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

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):417-425.

Objective: This study examines the associations between preoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function (PF) score, measured by PROMIS-PF and the change between pre- and postoperative PROMIS-PF scores. Methods:...

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Proteomic Signatures of Healthy Intervertebral Discs From Organ Donors: A Comparison With Previous Studies on Discs From Scoliosis, Animals, and Trauma

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Chitraa Tangavel, Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan, Sharon Miracle Nayagam, Monica Steffi Matchado, Raveendran Muthurajan, K.S. Sri Vijay Anand, Sunmathi Rajendran, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, et al.

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):426-442.

Objective: To catalog and characterize the proteome of normal human intervertebral disc (IVD). Methods: Nine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) normal IVDs were harvested from 9 different brain dead yet alive voluntary...

Original Article

June 30, 2020

Relationship Between Endplate Defects, Modic Change, Facet Joint Degeneration, and Disc Degeneration of Cervical Spine

Su-Hun Lee, Dong Wuk Son, Jun-Seok Lee, Soon-Ki Sung, Sang Weon Lee, Geun Sung Song

Neurospine. 2020;17(2):443-452.

Objective: The ‘‘disc degeneration precedes facet joint osteoarthritis’’ hypothesis and multidimensional analysis were actively discussed in lumbar spine. However, in cervical spine degeneration, the multifactorial analyzes of disc degeneration (DD),...

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