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Our mission is to be the most comprehensive online community devoted to the collection and dissemination of high quality, evidence based research findings, and unbiased study reviews related to spine care, while fostering transparent, open scholarly discussion amongst spine care professionals to improve treatment and outcomes. Spineopedia is a resource intended to enhance decision making by both spine providers and consumers.
The Spineopedia Score represents a modern review of the top cited historical and contemporary spine studies: How good is the evidence?
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This is a retrospective review of reported outcomes of 158 patients, with a minimum of 25 years followup after microsurgical discectomy of a lumbar herniated disc. The Authors conclude that microsurgical discectomy surgery is an effective technique with high patient satisfaction. This is an important retrospective long term view on microdiscectomy, and certainly is consistent […]
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Latest Spine News - August 13th, 2025 2:51 PM
- Catalyst OrthoSciences launches fracture shoulder system
- 10-Year follow-up after balloon kyphoplasty in a 11-year-old child with type I osteogenesis imperfecta and T12 fracture
- The role of the iron-chelating agent deferoxamine in spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies
- Wearing a brace for idiopathic scoliosis above 18 hrs/day shows a dose–response effect on the outcomes improvement and end-of-treatment Cobb angle below 30 degrees
- Comparison of free-hand technique and patient-specific guiding template for pedicle screws positioning in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery using neurophysiological monitoring
- Hip pain after spinopelvic fusion in pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis
- Microsurgical removal of a C1-C5 laterally located intramedullary subependymoma through a postero-lateral sulcus approach: case report, surgical video and critical review of diagnostic and surgical challenges
- Does the posterior-only approach provide adequate treatment for cervical spine metastases with severe vertebral body compromise?
- A novel dura splitting technique for surgical resection of anterior spinal meningioma: a case series and systematic review of the literature
- Letter to the editor concerning “patients on antidepressants are more likely to be discharged to inpatient rehabilitation after lumbar fusion” by J. Dalton, et al. (Eur spine J 2025: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-08815-y)
- Letter to the editor concerning “early functional training is not superior to routine rehabilitation in improving walking distance and multifidus atrophy after lumbar fusion: a randomized controlled trial with 6 month follow up” by Lu H, et al. (Eur spine J [2025]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-08771-7)
- Letter to the editor concerning “The association between postoperative physical therapy and opioid prescription after posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective cohort study of united States academic health centers” by Baumann AN, et al. (Eur spine J [2025]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-08824-x)
- Investigation of instrumentation lengthening in the thoracolumbar junction of the spine – an in vitro Biomechanical study
- Spinal Resources Inc. Announces Publication in Spine Deformity of Impact of a Novel Patient-Specific, Patient-Matched Bezier Parametric Curve Rod Platform on Proximal Junction Biomechanics in an in Silico Thoracolumbar Fusion Model
- Dynamic Musculoskeletal Loading Can Make In-Vitro Porcine Lumbar Exhibit Biomechanical Performance Similar to Those In-Vivo
- BioRestorative Therapies Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
- Companion Spine LLC Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire the Business and Assets of Paradigm Spine GmbH and the Coflex® and CoFix® Spine Implants from Xtant™ Medical Holdings, Inc.
- Xtant Medical Announces Definitive Agreements for the Sale of its Coflex® and CoFix® Spinal Implants and All OUS Businesses to Companion Spine
