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

November 19, 2018

Taiwan Neurosurgical Spine Society: The New Shining Star

Yi-Hsuan Kuo, Jau-Ching Wu, Wen-Cheng Huang, Ming-Chao Huang, E-Jian Lee, Henrich Cheng

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):285-295.

As spine surgery flourished in Taiwan and neurosurgeons became more involved in spine surgery towards the end of the 20th century, the Taiwan Neurosurgical Spine Society (TNSS), earlier named the...

Review Article

December 14, 2018

The Option of Motion Preservation in Cervical Spondylosis: Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Update

Chih-Chang Chang, Wen-Cheng Huang, Jau-Ching Wu, Praveen V. Mummaneni

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):296-305.

Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA), or total disc replacement, has emerged as an option in the past two decades for the management of 1- and 2-level cervical disc herniation and spondylosis...

Review Article

November 19, 2018

Review of Photoacoustic Imaging for Imaging-Guided Spinal Surgery

Seung Hee Han

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):306-322.

This review introduces the current technique of photoacoustic imaging as it is applied in imaging-guided surgery (IGS), which provides the surgeon with image visualization and analysis capabilities during surgery. Numerous...

Review Article

December 19, 2018

Cervical Fusion as a Protective Response to Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Novel Concept

Atul Goel

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):323-328.

The author reviews the various types of cervical fusion that are associated with instability of the craniovertebral junction. Assimilation of the atlas, C2–3 fusion, the Klippel-Feil abnormality, and pancervical fusion...

Original Article

December 17, 2018

Predicting Surgical Complications in Adult Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Using Machine Learning

Varun Arvind, Jun S. Kim, Eric K. Oermann, Deepak Kaji, Samuel K. Cho

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):329-337.

Objective: Machine learning algorithms excel at leveraging big data to identify complex patterns that can be used to aid in clinical decision-making. The objective of this study is to demonstrate...

Original Article

October 7, 2018

Intraoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak in Extradural Spinal Tumor Surgery

Alexander E. Ropper, Kevin T. Huang, Allen L. Ho, Judith M. Wong, Stephen V. Nalbach, John H. Chi

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):338-347.

Objective: Patients with extradural spine tumors are at an increased risk for intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks and postoperative wound dehiscence due to radiotherapy and other comorbidities related to systemic...

Original Article

September 9, 2018

Cryo-Compression Therapy After Elective Spinal Surgery for Pain Management: A Cross-Sectional Study With Historical Control

Vugar Nabi Nabıyev, Selim Ayhan, Prashant Adhıkarı, Engin Cetın, Selcuk Palaoglu, R. Emre Acaroglu

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):348-352.

Objective: Postoperative dynamic cryo-compression (DC) therapy has been proposed as a method of reducing pain and the inflammatory response in the early postoperative period after orthopedic joint reconstruction surgery. Our...

Original Article

August 29, 2018

Diversity in Surgical Decision Strategies for Adult Spine Deformity Treatment: The Effects of Neurosurgery or Orthopedic Training Background and Surgical Experience

Jiin Kang, Naobumi Hosogane, Christopher Ames, Frank Schwab, Robert Hart, Douglas Burton, Christopher Shaffrey, Justin S. Smith, Shay Bess, Virginie Lafage, et al.

Neurospine. 2018;15(4):353-361.