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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.
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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 - November 14th, 2025 9:01 AM
- Meduloc earns FDA clearance for orthopedic fracture fixation system
- Effects of paraspinal muscle atrophy and fatty degeneration on segmental kyphosis after conservative treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) in postmenopausal women
- Meduloc Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Novel Orthopedic Fracture Fixation System
- Fulfillment of patient expectations after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy. A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from the multicenter Canadian Surgical Spine Registry (CSORN)
- icotec Receives FDA Clearance for the CMORE® CT System, Expanding its BlackArmor® Engineered Carbon/PEEK Technology to the Posterior Cervicothoracic Spine
- icotec receives FDA approval for the CMORE® CT system, extending its BlackArmor® carbon/PEEK composite technology to the posterior cervicothoracic spine
- Surgical management of congenital C2 over C3 spondyloptosis with severe cervical kyphosis: two case reports
- Effects of paraspinal muscle atrophy and fatty degeneration on segmental kyphosis after conservative treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) in postmenopausal women
- Scoliosis Research Society announces a new collaborative with EUROSPINE
- The “Idiopathic Scoliosis Graphical Representation of Worsening Trend of Natural History” (IS-GROWTH) communication tool provides a reliable prediction useful to manage long-term treatment during growth. 2025 SOSORT award winner
- Split cord malformations in adults
- Utility of narrow band imaging in a patient with a spinal cord cavernous malformation
- Letter to the Editor concerning “Evaluation of blood flow restriction combined with routine rehabilitation in incomplete thoracic and lumbar spinal cord injury after decompression: a retrospective study” by G. Xiao, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]; doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09412-9)
- Answer to the Letter to the Editor of D. Yuan, et al. concerning “Evaluation of blood flow restriction combined with routine rehabilitation in incomplete thoracic and lumbar spinal cord injury after decompression: a retrospective study” by G. Xiao, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]; doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09412-9)
- Efficacy of virtual reality-based rehabilitation following posterior fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A single-blind randomized trial
- In vivo three-dimensional kinematics of the upper cervical spine during upright head rotation in patients with atlantoaxial dislocation
- S2AI revision surgery – biomechanical evaluation of increased screw diameters
- 122. Biomechanical data suggest multipoint pelvic fixation with four rod constructs decrease strain at the lumbosacral junction.
