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    Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of November 2021

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    IMAST 2020 reaches a digital audience

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    Spinal surgery cannot reverse the back pain tsunami

    The cost of spinal cord injury in low- and middle-income countries

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    Restorative motion surgery in the cervical spine: Reversing fusions and placing...

    Strategies for peri-surgical opioid management in spinal surgery patients

    ADVERTORIAL: BEE® cage implant optimises bone ingrowth and fusion while reducing subsidence

    Why the Pulse platform is a “game-changer” for spine surgery

    Opioid consumption patterns after lumbar microdiscectomy or decompression

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    Response: The ASBMR taskforce report is “dangerous” and “shameful”

    Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of January 2022

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    Current gaps and barriers in patient access to spinal cord stimulation

    Spinal surgeons can share international expertise livestreaming from the procedure room

    Debate: Will endoscopic surgery become the standard of care for spinal...

    Is there a bright future for endoscopic spinal surgery?

    Medtronic buys Titan Spine in bid to provide the “most comprehensive...

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    High-frequency SCS drives impactful outcomes for non-surgical refractory back pain patients

    Current evidence and future uses of BMP in spinal surgery

    Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of February 2022

    Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of December 2021

    Augmented reality technology has a “bright future” in spine surgery

    BIBA Briefings: Medtronic continue to show faith in rhBMP-2 despite past...

    Ronald A Lehman and Nathan J Lee discuss the future applications of spine surgery

    Current evidence and future applications for robotics in spinal surgery

    Minimally invasive decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis

    Technology and the changing role of the spine surgeon

    Education in spine care during COVID-19

    Non-specific low back pain: Returning to the Dark Ages

    Emerging Implant Technologies on target with disruptive spinal implant designs

    Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of March 2022

    Lessons from Milan: Spine care and COVID-19

    Intraoperative navigation: The options

    Anthony T Yeung immediately post surgery

    The role of endoscopic surgery in the treatment of painful conditions...

    Combating the rise in predatory publishing

    Stem cells

    Stem cell therapy: Myth or panacea?

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    The relevance of intraoperative neuromonitoring for spine surgery

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    John F Kennedy: “I think the doc should have read just...

    Case report: Impact of the NSpine Arosa meeting collaboration

    Highlights of the SRS 2019 annual meeting

    Advancing spinal surgery with 3D-printed Tritanium® implants “engineered for bone”

    Tubular retractor: A new paradigm in spinal surgery

    Spinal surgery is “entirely failing” to address sexual health

    JAMA study on radiofrequency denervation for back pain dubbed “scientific fake...

    Can 3D printing revolutionise spinal implants?

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    State-of-the-art evidence and novel developments in biologics for spine fusion

    The benefits of computer-assisted surgery

    The great debate: Hybrid vs. fusion for two-level lumbar degenerative disc...

    The criticality of gender specific medicine in spine health

    Wearables in spine surgery: Beginnings, research and real-world applications

    Non-fusion alternatives to traditional fusion in elderly patients

    Investigating sacroiliac joint fusion surgery

    Back pain in patients under 20 may not be a “red...

    Magnetic growth rods could potentially avoid spinal trauma

    Does insurance status play a role in predicting outcomes after surgery?

    Recognising and managing sacroiliac joint pain

    Failure of short lumbar fusions may be related to spino-pelvic malalignment...

    VR and simulation: The secret to better medical education and safer...

    Tuberculous lumbar spinal epidural abscess in a young adult: A case...

    The potential of augmented vertebroplasty in treating extreme vertebral fractures

    Taking NASS to the global stage

    Driving culture to improve safety in spine surgery

    Avoid misconceptions by educating patients and restoring the doctor-patient relationship

    BIBA Briefings: Novel device seeks to overcome paralysis by “bypassing” nervous...

    Wellness

    Reducing physician burnout: First destigmatise, then organise

    Acute, severe spinal cord injury: Monitoring from the injury to improve...

    Transpedicular interbody fusion: A new advancement in percutaneous spinal surgery

    Mazor X

    Mazor X: A “successful blend” of technology and manual intervention

    Andrew King: My experience with patient-specific rods

    Probing, tapping, toggling: Are we inserting pedicle screws correctly?

    Quantifying the impact of scar placement in spinal surgery

    Treating gunshot injuries to the spine

    Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: current status, new developments and old controversies

    Robotic technology: Where does it find its niche?

    A “paradigm shift” from art to science: New multicentre databank will...

    Minimally invasive surgery with perioperative non-opioid analgesics could be “a game...

    Is minimally invasive spinal surgery ready for prime time?

    Surface innovation in spinal technology

    IMAST 2019: Incoming president’s highlights

    The limits of intraoperative fluoroscopic navigation

    Establishing good data when fame precludes randomisation

    Treating compression fractures with Vessel-X

    Designing spines: Innovations in patient-specific 3D printing

    Intermittent hypoxia could be a powerful therapy for spinal cord injury

    Does day of surgery affect length of stay and hospital charges...

    Quickfire questions with Todd Wetzel: “I am truly humbled to lead...

    Tackling opioid addiction in America

    The coming year for NASS

    Can cognitive behavioural therapy help spinal surgery patients return to work...

    Mapping the mobile spine

    BMP-binding proteins, an exciting development

    Managing back pain in children

    Fractured relief and donor fatigue: Charting a crisis with no end

    The evolution and present role of percutaneous pedicular screw fixation in...

    Use of crosslinks in clinical practice may be avoidable

    “The last 25 years has seen a technological revolution”: What will...

    Low-dose stereo-radiography can provide reliable global 3D quantitative analysis

    Sugar nanostructures reduce BMP-2 requirements for fusion by 99%

    Sugar nanostructures reduce BMP-2 requirements for fusion by 99%

    Delivering innovation to the market through data

    The use of photographs can improve patient satisfaction following scoliosis surgery

    Securing coverage in a value-based world

    Reducing radiation exposure during spine surgery

    Updated guidelines for fusion procedures in the lumbar spine

    Cervical total disc replacement: What do we know?

    Opinion: Design, rationale and clinical experience with Dynamic Cervical Implant

    Musings of an octogenarian surgeon

    The ASIA impairment scale for spinal injuries may show worsening despite...

    INSITE data indicate efficacy of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion

    Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain

    VERTOS IV study uses strict inclusion criteria

    Is minimally invasive spinal surgery the future?

    Pessimism and a lack of exercise is “a risky combination”

    Texas Back Institute’s experience with nearly 1000 Total Disc Replacement procedures

    Medicrea UNID lab

    Additive manufacturing has “changed the trajectory of the medical device industry”

    Opinion: Bone morphogenic proteins and their impact

    Interspinous process fixation vs. pedicle screw fixation

    Going beyond palliation with enhanced cements

    From a handful to hundreds: 21 years of the ISIS annual...

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    The importance of learning “the business of medicine”

    Reducing the need for allogeneic blood transfusions in metastatic spine tumour...

    Opinion: Is minimally invasive spinal surgery better for patients in the...

    Spinal manipulation for acute and sub-acute low back pain

    Managing cervical spondylotic myelopathy

    Paradigm shift in blood management for surgery in metastatic spine diseases

    The move towards nonopioid pain management

    The impact of psychosocial factors on the success of spinal surgery

    Screw placement accuracy in instrumented spinal fusion

    Working together to address disc degeneration and low back pain

    Will the VAPOUR trial affect the future of bone augmentation techniques?

    Percutaneous osteosynthesis in bone cancer patients

    Finding solutions to common surgical problems

    Bony decompression remains the gold standard for treating lumbar spinal stenosis

    What evidence do we need to develop clinical guidelines for spinal...

    3D

    3D printing: the future of spinal implants?

    The value of the nerve root sedimentation sign in diagnosing lumbar...

    The proper diagnosis of “discogenic” low back pain can be elusive

    Three-dimensional printing for spinal implants

    Opinion: More research needed to expand the indications of vertebroplasty

    Understanding the pathology behind disc degeneration

    Online library of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis cases could help make best...

    Emerging technologies, education and evidence in the spinal world

    Driving a new standard of care

    In-depth analysis: understanding balloon kyphoplasty

    The importance of optimising neurologic safety during spinal deformity surgery

    New data mean indications for rhBMP-2 need re-defining

    3D-printed implants are a “real step forward” in spinal surgery

    Managing spinal conditions in the obese patient

    Intraspinal pressure monitoring improves management of patients with spinal cord injury

    The prevention and management of surgical site infections

    Close international collaboration will result in a “better understanding of complex...

    Opinion: A treatment overview of vertebral haemangioma

    New imaging techniques: Are they helpful?

    Nanotechnology has potentially revolutionary benefits for spinal surgery

    ExMex: Fighting the main cause of spine pain

    Helping patients to understand spinal disease will help to allay their...

    Revised Guidelines for the management of acute cervical spine and spinal...

    “We need a specific language for adult deformity”

    Opinion: The start-up and running of a vertebroplasty (spinal augmentation) programme

    Improving spinal care with activity monitors

    Excessive mobile technology use is damaging the cervical spine

    Can we and should we measure quality of life following treatment...

    “Educating the patient with clarity is essential”

    Developing a better understanding of proximal junctional kyphosis and failure is...

    “The biggest challenge for all current artificial discs in the United...

    Opinion: Issues to consider in surgical treatments for the older spine

    Can quantitative discomanometry help in patient selection for percutaneous treatments?

    Riluzole: A promising neuroprotective approach for acute spinal cord injury

    Whitecloud Award winners 2011

    The four principles behind the advancement of spinal surgery

    Around the world experience with lumbar and cervical total disc replacement

    Clarifying the present status of stem cell use in spinal surgery

    Managing complications after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    Is bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis still beneficial?

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