Asian Spine Journal

Clinical Studies

Effectiveness of intradiscal steroid injection for spinal stenosis: a retrospective cohort study in South Korea: Jin Hwan Kim, Sung Tan Cho, Byung Jik Kim, Su Whi Chae, Wongthawat Liawrungrueang; Received December 1, 2024 Accepted January 3, 2025 Published online April 22, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Characteristics of the positional and morphological parameters of sagittal spine alignment in a cohort of 623 healthy individuals aged >50 years in China: Wei Wang, Zheng Wang, Dongfan Wang, Chengxin Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Fumin Pan, Sitao Zhang, Xiaolong Chen, Yu Wang, Shibao Lu; Received November 3, 2024 Accepted January 3, 2025 Published online April 22, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material

Review Article

Carbon-fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketone instrumentation in metastatic spine tumor surgery: technical considerations and potential pitfalls to avoid: Naresh Kumar, Si Jian Hui, Priyambada Kumar, Leow Zihui Gabriel, Rohan Parihar, Jiong Hao Tan, Youheng Ou Yang, Yu-Mi Ryang; Received January 20, 2025 Accepted March 1, 2025 Published online April 11, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Clinical Studies

Effect of the discrepancy between sacral and pelvic obliquity on postoperative disk wedging below the lower instrumented vertebra in patients with Lenke type 5 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective study in Japan: Takahito Iga, Satoshi Suzuki, Kazuki Takeda, Toshiki Okubo, Masahiro Ozaki, Osahiko Tsuji, Narihito Nagoshi, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Kota Watanabe; Received October 21, 2024 Accepted February 7, 2025 Published online April 11, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Inhibitory effect of MLC901 on axonal demyelination in experimental animals undergoing circumferential lumbal stenosis by increasing transforming growth factor-β1 levels: Kevin Jonathan Sjukur, Willy Adhimarta, Andi Asadul Islam, Bambang Priyanto, Andriany Qanitha; Received September 3, 2024 Accepted February 9, 2025 Published online April 11, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Comparison of surgical outcomes between unilateral biportal endoscopic technique and open microdiscectomy in patients with single-level lumbar disc herniation: a single-center retrospective study in China: Tianyao Ke, Qiulin He, Qiying Wang, Long Li, Changgui Shi, Jiaxue Zeng, Qing Li; Received January 2, 2024 Accepted November 17, 2024 Published online April 11, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using artificial intelligence-based morphometric analysis of chest computed tomography images: a retrospective multicenter study in Russia leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic: Alexey Vladimirovich Petraikin, Perry Joseph Pickhardt, Mikhail Gennadevich Belyaev, Zhanna Evgenievna Belaya, Maxim Evgenievich Pisov, Alim Niyazovich Bukharaev, Aleksei Andreevich Zakharov, Nikita Dmitrievich Kudryavtsev, Tatiana Mikhailovna Bobrovskaya, Dmitry Sergeevich Semenov, Ekaterina Sergeevna Akhmad, Zlata Romanovna Artyukova, Liya Ruslanovna Abuladze, Ludmila Arsenevna Nizovtsova, Ivan Andreevich Blokhin, Anton Vyacheslavovich Vladzymyrskyy, Yuriy Aleksandrovich Vasilev; Received September 20, 2024 Accepted December 12, 2024 Published online March 5, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Review Article

A comprehensive review of risk factors and prevention strategies: how to minimize mechanical complications in corrective surgery for adult spinal deformity: Jin-Sung Park, Hyun-Jun Kim, Se-Jun Park, Dong-Ho Kang, Chong-Suh Lee; Received November 27, 2024 Accepted December 12, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Clinical Study

Evaluating the effect of early balloon kyphoplasty on adjacent vertebral fracture risk in osteoporotic vertebral fracture management: a retrospective study: Masatoshi Yamamoto, Koji Ohta, Daisuke Hirano, Maki Noguchi, Shuhei Ayukawa, Keigo Shirasaki, Kenya Ishizu, Tetsuya Watanabe, Keiichiro Iida; Received November 17, 2024 Accepted December 23, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Review Article

Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes following vertebral augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Bao Tu Thai Nguyen, Tan Thanh Nguyen, Yi-Jie Kuo, Yu-Pin Chen; Received November 13, 2024 Accepted December 30, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material

Clinical Studies

Pelvic ring ratio: a novel indicator of comprehensive pelvic alignment assessment: Hiroaki Nakashima, Noriaki Kawakami, Sadayuki Ito, Naoki Segi, Jun Ouchida, Ippei Yamauchi, Tokumi Kanemura, Shiro Imagama; Received October 19, 2024 Accepted December 1, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Complications and curve progression in EOS patients with extended distraction surgery intervals in growing rod surgery: a retrospective cohort study in China: Jianqiang Wang, Haoshuang Geng, Lijin Zhou, Yong Hai; Received October 14, 2024 Accepted December 26, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Clinical and radiographic predictive factors for the favorable outcome of lumbar epidural steroid injection in lumbosacral radiculopathy: a prospective analytical study from Thailand: Pornpan Chalermkitpanit, Wicharn Yingsakmongkol, Weerasak Singhatanadgige, Teerachat Tanasansomboon, Patt Pannangpetch, Sittisak Honsawek; Received September 29, 2024 Accepted December 1, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Estimation of proximal junctional failure and associated risk factors in adult spine deformity surgery: an observational study from a single institution: Vishwajeet Singh, Marcelo Oppermann, Nathan Evaniew, Alexandra Soroceanu, Fred Nicholls, Bradley Jacobs, Kenneth Thomas, Ganesh Swamy; Received September 27, 2024 Accepted December 12, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material

Bone density comparison between the normal pedicle trajectory, cortical bone trajectory, and modified cortical bone trajectory using computed tomography: a cross-sectional study: Bikash Parajuli, Dipak Shrestha, Kuniyoshi Abumi, Sabik Kayastha, Jagadish Thapa, Sanjay Sharma, Suman Lamichhane, Christian Deininger; Received September 9, 2024 Accepted December 30, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

More postoperative complications and revision surgery after occipitocervical fusion than after atlantoaxial fusion: a retrospective multicenter cohort study: Koji Uotani, Angel Oscar Paz Flores, Masato Tanaka, Shashank J Ekade, Shinya Arataki, Tadashi Komatsubara, Yoshiaki Oda, Kensuke Shinohara, Toshifumi Ozaki; Received October 4, 2024 Accepted December 29, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

To Zoom or not to Zoom? A retrospective comparative study to assess the validity of video versus face-to-face consultations and examinations for diagnosing lower back pain in Wales: Megan Havard, Ronan McKeogh, Abi Goodier, Gemma Johns, Sashin Ahuja; Received August 29, 2024 Accepted November 20, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Predictors of hospitalization for longer than one day following elective single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective case-control database study: Sam Han Jiang, James W. Nie, Nauman Shaukat Chaudhry, Saavan Patel, Darius Ansari, Ashwin Ganesh, Jeffrey Z. Nie, Jaimin Patel, Ankit Indravadan Mehta; Received August 5, 2024 Accepted December 18, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material

Can generative artificial intelligence provide accurate medical advice?: a case of ChatGPT versus Congress of Neurological Surgeons management of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injuries clinical guidelines: Michael Saturno, Mateo Restrepo Mejia, Wasil Ahmed, Alexander Yu, Akiro Duey, Bashar Zaidat, Fady Hijji, Jonathan Markowitz, Jun Kim, Samuel Cho; Received July 21, 2024 Accepted December 30, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material

Decompression and fusion for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is associated with higher early morbidity rates and risk of perioperative complications compared with decompression alone: a retrospective study in the United States: Abhinav Sharma, Paramveer Birring, Nischal Acharya, Manaav Mehta, Nicole Liu Goldenhersh, Michael Steinhaus, Hao-Hua Wu, Sohaib Hashmi, Don Young Park, Yu-Po Lee, Nitin Bhatia; Received July 10, 2024 Accepted December 2, 2024 Published online March 4, 2025; [Online first]; Full text PubReader ePub PDF

Review Article

Bone fusion materials: past, present, and future: Young-Hoon Kim, Ki-Won Kim, Kee-Won Rhyu, Jong-Beom Park, Jae-Hyuk Shin, Young-Yul Kim, Jun-Seok Lee, Joong-Hyun Ahn, Ji-Hyun Ryu, Hyung-Youl Park, Sang-Il Kim; Received December 4, 2024 Accepted December 12, 2024 Published online February 4, 2025; [Online first]
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