Special Issue of the Società Italiana di Chirurgia Vertebrale G.I.S.
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Editorial
Introduction for GIS-supplement
Claudio Lamartina
2-6
Original Article
Outcomes of C1 and C2 posterior screw fixation for upper cervical spine fusion
F. De Iure, R. Donthineni and S. Boriani
7-12
Original Article
Relevance of the cranioaxial angle in the occipitocervical stabilization using an original construct: a retrospective study on 50 patients
C. A. Logroscino, M. Genitiempo and S. Casula
13-19
Original Article
Craniovertebral junction lesions: our experience with the transoral surgical approach
Homère Mouchaty, Paolo Perrini, Renato Conti and Nicola Di Lorenzo
20-28
Original Article
Cervical fixation in the pediatric patient: our experience
Marco Crostelli, Massimo Mariani, Osvaldo Mazza and Elio Ascani
29-39
Original Article
Early results and review of the literature of a novel hybrid surgical technique combining cervical arthrodesis and disc arthroplasty for treating multilevel degenerative disc disease: opposite or complementary techniques?
Giuseppe M. V. Barbagallo, Roberto Assietti, Leonardo Corbino, Giuseppe Olindo and Pietro V. Foti, et al.
40-48
Original Article
Molecular MR imaging for the evaluation of the effect of dynamic stabilization on lumbar intervertebral discs
Stefania Vaga, M. Brayda-Bruno, F. Perona, M. Fornari and M. T. Raimondi, et al.
49-51
Original Article
Articular facets syndrome: diagnostic grading and treatment options
B. Misaggi, M. Gallazzi, M. Colombo and M. Ferraro
52-63
Original Article
Comparison of single-level L4–L5 versus L5–S1 lumbar disc replacement: results and prognostic factors
Riccardo Sinigaglia, Albert Bundy, Sandro Costantini, Ugo Nena and Francesco Finocchiaro, et al.
64-70
Original Article
Two-level total lumbar disc replacement
Mario Di Silvestre, Georgios Bakaloudis, Francesco Lolli, Francesco Vommaro and Patrizio Parisini
71-74
Original Article
Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures
M. Palmisani, A. Gasbarrini, G. Barbanti Brodano, F. De Iure and M. Cappuccio, et al.
75-81
Original Article
Minimally invasive spine stabilisation with long implants
Carlo Ambrogio Logroscino, Luca Proietti and Francesco Ciro Tamburrelli
82-88
Original Article
Selective thoracic surgery in the Lenke type 1A: King III and King IV type curves
P. Parisini, M. Di Silvestre, F. Lolli and G. Bakaloudis
89-94
Original Article
Effectiveness of posterior tension band fixation in the thoracolumbar seat-belt type injuries of the young population
Alessandro Ramieri, Maurizio Domenicucci, Paolo Cellocco, Antonino Raco and Giuseppe Costanzo
95-101
Original Article
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: complementary techniques for the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. A prospective non-randomised study on 154 patients
Alessio Lovi, Marco Teli, Alessandro Ortolina, Francesco Costa and Maurizio Fornari, et al.
102-108
Original Article
Metal-related artifacts in instrumented spine. Techniques for reducing artifacts in CT and MRI: state of the art
P. Stradiotti, A. Curti, G. Castellazzi and A. Zerbi
109-114
Original Article
Emisacrectomy, experience in 11 cases
Antonio Solini, Giosuè Gargiulo, Gianruggero Fronda, Paolo De Paolis and Nicola Ruggieri, et al.
115-121
Original Article
A minimally invasive surgical treatment possibility of osteolytic vertebral collapse in multiple myeloma
Stefano Astolfi, Laura Scaramuzzo and Carlo A. Logroscino
122-125
Original Article
Presence of NGF and its receptor TrkA in degenerative lumbar facet joint specimens
M. F. Surace, D. Prestamburgo, M. Campagnolo, A. Fagetti and L. Murena
126-132
Original Article
Uninstrumented posterolateral spinal arthrodesis: is it the gold standard technique for I° and II° grade spondylolisthesis in adolescence?
M. Girardo, N. Bettini, E. Dema and S. Cervellati
133-142
Original Article
Novel concepts in the evaluation and treatment of high-dysplastic spondylolisthesis
Claudio Lamartina, Joseph M. Zavatsky, Maria Petruzzi and Nicola Specchia
143-150
Original Article
Evaluation of conservative treatment of non specific spondylodiscitis
N. Bettini, M. Girardo, E. Dema and S. Cervellati
151-155
Original Article
Long-term results of pediculo-body fixation and posterolateral fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis
Antonino Zagra, Fabrizio Giudici, Leone Minoia, Andrea Saverio Corriero and Luigi Zagra