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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 - November 22nd, 2025 8:26 AM
- Letter to the Editor concerning “Randomized controlled trial of orthosis after kyphoplasty: activity, pain and posture” by J. Hmida, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09433-4)
- Disparities in NIH funding for acute traumatic and chronic nontraumatic spinal cord injury: a 10-year national analysis
- HSS Researchers Report Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery for Adolescent Athletes with Back Pain Due to Pars Fractures
- Corrigendum to “Integrating a randomized controlled trial with a parallel observational cohort study in cervical spine surgery insights from the foraminotomy ACDF cost-effectiveness trial (FACET)” [Spine J 25 (2025) 2014–2025]
- Phase I trial to evaluate safety of Deferiprone-Chitogel to prevent epidural fibrosis in lumbar spine surgery
- Delayed spontaneous expulsion of a stand-alone cervical interbody cage through the oral cavity: a case report and review of the literature
- Staged short-term modified halo-pelvic traction and posterior spinal fusion versus posterior vertebral column resection for severe rigid kyphoscoliosis: a multicenter comparative study
- Scoliosis Screenings: Heroic Prevention or Expensive Overreach?
- The Great Scoliosis Squeeze: A Game of Push, Pull, and Shrink
- Improved outcomes of cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal metastases: a retrospective study of sixty-one cases in one single center
- Diagnostic errors in spinal metastases: a systematic review of contributing clinical and systemic factors
- ACDF vs. Myelomalacia: The Comeback Story No One Expected
- C2 direct pedicle screw insertion technique in craniovertebral junction anomaly: safety and efficacy in high-riding vertebral artery cases
- 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
- Letter to the Editor concerning “Randomized controlled trial of orthosis after kyphoplasty: activity, pain and posture” by J. Hmida, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09433-4)
- 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)
- Identifying biomechanical and neurophysiological risk factors for postoperative neurologic deterioration in OPLL surgery: A study using ROC curve and path analysis
- Effects of Romosozumab on Bone Strength Around a Pedicle Screw as Evaluated by Biomechanical Computed Tomography-Based Virtual Stress Tests in Postmenopausal Women
- Biomechanical effects of incremental resection of the ligamentum flavum and lumbar facet joint using a contralateral endoscopic approach
