DOI: 10.1055/s-00000165

Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal

Issue 02 · Volume 2 · May 2011 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-22306

Message from the Editor

Message from the Editor

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Avarice, evidence, and the media

Science in spine

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Dettori, Joseph R; Norvell, Daniel C; Skelly, Andrea C; Chapman, Jens: Heterogeneity of treatment effects: from „How to treat” to „Whom to treat”

Original research

Original research

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McCarthy, Michael JH; Gatehouse, Simon; Steel, Monica; Goss, Ben; Williams, Richard: The influence of the energy of trauma, the timing of decompression, and the impact of grade of SCI on outcome
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Schroeder, Josh E; Kaplan, Leon; Barzilay, Shimon; Barzilay, Yair: Interspinous devices: are they as attractive as they seem? An intermediate-term follow-up

Systematic review

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Davies, Evan; Norvell, Daniel; Hermsmeyer, Jeffrey: Efficacy of bracing versus observation in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis
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McGuire, Robert A; Pilcher, Leslie E; Dettori, Joseph R: Lumbar posterolateral fusion with local bone graft plus bone extender compared with iliac crest bone graft: a systematic review

Case report

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Martin, Allan R; Reddy, Rajesh; Fehlings, Michael G: Dropped head syndrome: diagnosis and management
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Crabtree, Kelli L; Spurgeon, Angela; Arzi, Harel; Beaver, Bryan; Arnold, Paul M: L5 vertebral osteomyelitis treated with L5 corpectomy and anterior instrumentation: case report