WSJ Editorial Board

Editors in Chief

Edward C. Benzel, MD
Sait Naderi, MD


Deputy Editors
Andrew Cole, MD
Tom Errico, MD
Mark Kayanja, MD


Editorial Board
JJ Abitbol, MD
M. Idris Ali, MD
Kathy Baker, RN/BSN/MBA
Mario Brock, MD
Eric Buchser, MD
Deyu Chen, MD
Alexander Hadjipavlou, MD
Jean Charles Le Huec, MD
Marcos Masini, MD
Mohamed Maziad, MD
Robert Mulholland, MD
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD
Chun-Kun Park, MD, PhD
Carlos Fernando Arias
Pesantez, MD
Luiz H.M. Pimenta, MD
Vladimir Radchenko, MD
Andrzej Radek, MD
Yury Shulev, MD
Vo Van Thanh, MD
Visit Vamvanij, MD
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD
Charl Vorster, MD
Mehmet Zileli, MD
Dewei Zou, MD

 

Editorial Office
Pamela Towne, Director of Publications
Kelly Dattilo, Publications Manager
Tammy Bornheim, Web and Special Projects Manager

 

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ISSN 1934-9750

Current Issue

Volume 3, Number 2

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Journal Review

Review of Selected Studies from the Past Three Months
Luis Pimenta, MD

70

Invited Review

Electrodiagnostic Evaluation in Cervical Spondylothic Myelopathy
Geysu Karlikaya, MD; Beyza Citci, MD; Canan Aykut Bingol, MD; Sait Naderi, MD

76

Clinical Studies

Reliability of MRI-Based Grading of Lumbar Nerve Root Compromise Using Low Field MRI Open Devices: Does it Correlate with Intraoperative Findings?
Abdelfattah M. F. Saoud, MSc,MD,PhD; Wael A. M. Nassar MSc, MD,PhD, MRCS; Mohammed A. Nabil MSc, MD,PhD; Ahmad Mohammad Ghandour MSc, MD,PhD; Khaled M. F. Saoud MSc,MD, PhD

86

Long-Term Imaging Behavior of Methylmethacrylate after One Level of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fixation
Saeid Alemo, MD; Amirali Sayadipour, MD

91

Is it possible to insert cervical pedicle screw with free-handed technique? An Experimental Study on the Accuracy of Free-Handed and Computer-Assisted Screw Insertion in Synthetic Cervical Spine Models
Masaaki Chazono, MD, PhD; Shigeru Soshi MD, PhD; Takeshi Inoue, MD; Yousuke Nakamura, MD; Akira Shinohara, MD; Kurando Hashimoto, MD; Keishi Marumo, MD, PhD

99

Case Studies

Spontaneous Regression of Intravertebral Pneumatocyst to Fluid-Filled Cysts of the Cervical Spine: Multidetector Computed Tomographic Findings
Esra Meltem Kayahan Ulu, MD; Ozgur Ozdemir, MD Tarkan Calısaneller, MD

101

Decubitus Ulcer as the Presenting Symptom of a Spinal Lipoma
Belgin Erhan, MD; Mustafa Onur Ulu, MD; Taner Tanriverdi, MD; Berrin Gündüz, MD

104

From the Literature

Timing of surgery in cauda equina syndrome with urinary retention: meta-analysis of observational studies
W. Bradford DeLong, MD; Nayak Polissar, PhD; Blazej Neradilek, MS
from J Neurosurg Spine. 2008;8:305-320.

120

Predictive value of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during cervical spine surgery: a prospective analysis of 1055 consecutive patients
Michael O. Kelleher, FRCS, MD; Gamaliel Tan, FRCS, Roger Sargeant, BSc; Michael G Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC from J Neurosurg Spine. 2008;8:215-221.


127

Historical Paper

The Ideal Lesion Produced by Judicial Hanging
Frederic Wood-Jones, DSc, MD, BS from The Lancet. 1913; Jan 4: 53

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