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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Magnetically controlled growing rods for severe spinal curvature in young children: a prospective case series.
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Lancet
|
2012
|
3.59
|
|
2
|
Deregulated miR-155 promotes Fas-mediated apoptosis in human intervertebral disc degeneration by targeting FADD and caspase-3.
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J Pathol
|
2011
|
1.70
|
|
3
|
Cervical spine fracture in the ankylosing spondylitis patient.
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J Am Coll Surg
|
2005
|
1.46
|
|
4
|
Appropriateness criteria for surgery improve clinical outcomes in patients with low back pain and/or sciatica.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2010
|
1.39
|
|
5
|
Neurofibromatosis type I with severe dystrophic kyphoscoliosis and its operative management via a simultaneous anterior-posterior approach: a case report and review of the literature.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
1.22
|
|
6
|
Comparison of clinical and radiographic outcome in instrumented anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with or without direct uncovertebral joint decompression.
|
Spine J
|
2004
|
1.19
|
|
7
|
Degenerative magnetic resonance imaging changes in patients with chronic low back pain: a systematic review.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2011
|
1.17
|
|
8
|
Aberrantly expressed long noncoding RNAs in human intervertebral disc degeneration: a microarray related study.
|
Arthritis Res Ther
|
2014
|
1.13
|
|
9
|
Minimally invasive techniques for lumbar interbody fusions.
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Orthop Clin North Am
|
2007
|
1.12
|
|
10
|
Chronic low back pain: a heterogeneous condition with challenges for an evidence-based approach.
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Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2011
|
1.10
|
|
11
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Management of degenerative disk disease and chronic low back pain.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2011
|
1.08
|
|
12
|
Structure and biology of the intervertebral disk in health and disease.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2011
|
1.08
|
|
13
|
ISSLS prize winner: prevalence, determinants, and association of Schmorl nodes of the lumbar spine with disc degeneration: a population-based study of 2449 individuals.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2010
|
1.06
|
|
14
|
The "X-Factor" index: a new parameter for the assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction.
|
Eur Spine J
|
2010
|
1.05
|
|
15
|
Rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation and surgical management of the cervical spine.
|
Spine J
|
2004
|
1.04
|
|
16
|
Predictability of the fulcrum bending radiograph in scoliosis correction with alternate-level pedicle screw fixation.
|
J Bone Joint Surg Am
|
2010
|
1.03
|
|
17
|
Assessment of glycosaminoglycan distribution in human lumbar intervertebral discs using chemical exchange saturation transfer at 3 T: feasibility and initial experience.
|
NMR Biomed
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
18
|
Acute spinal subdural hematoma complicating lumbar decompressive surgery.
|
Evid Based Spine Care J
|
2012
|
1.02
|
|
19
|
Radiographic assessment of segmental motion at the atlantoaxial junction in the Klippel-Feil patient.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2006
|
1.00
|
|
20
|
Association of abdominal obesity with lumbar disc degeneration--a magnetic resonance imaging study.
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PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.99
|
|
21
|
Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective, control-matched, cohort radiographic analysis.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
0.99
|
|
22
|
Genetic association studies in lumbar disc degeneration: a systematic review.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.97
|
|
23
|
"Spring-back" closure associated with open-door cervical laminoplasty.
|
Spine J
|
2011
|
0.97
|
|
24
|
Thoracic microendoscopic discectomy.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
25
|
An outcome study comparing intravenous sedation with midazolam/fentanyl (conscious sedation) versus propofol infusion (deep sedation) for aesthetic surgery.
|
Plast Reconstr Surg
|
2003
|
0.93
|
|
26
|
A systematic review of the safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells for disc degeneration: insights and future directions for regenerative therapeutics.
|
Stem Cells Dev
|
2014
|
0.92
|
|
27
|
Techniques for the operative management of thoracic disc herniation: minimally invasive thoracic microdiscectomy.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2007
|
0.91
|
|
28
|
Nonsurgical management of acute and chronic low back pain.
|
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
|
2006
|
0.90
|
|
29
|
Successful nonoperative treatment of a three-column thoracic fracture in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: existence and clinical significance of the fourth column of the spine.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
0.89
|
|
30
|
Coronal deformity correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients using the fulcrum-bending radiograph: a prospective comparative analysis of the proximal thoracic, main thoracic, and thoracolumbar/lumbar curves.
|
Eur Spine J
|
2010
|
0.89
|
|
31
|
FasL expression on human nucleus pulposus cells contributes to the immune privilege of intervertebral disc by interacting with immunocytes.
|
Int J Med Sci
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
32
|
Surgical management of lower cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis.
|
J Trauma
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
33
|
Immune cascades in human intervertebral disc: the pros and cons.
|
Int J Clin Exp Pathol
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
34
|
Insights into the hallmarks of human nucleus pulposus cells with particular reference to cell viability, phagocytic potential and long process formation.
|
Int J Med Sci
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
35
|
Intervertebral disc degeneration: new insights based on "skipped" level disc pathology.
|
Arthritis Rheum
|
2010
|
0.88
|
|
36
|
Down-regulated CK8 expression in human intervertebral disc degeneration.
|
Int J Med Sci
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
37
|
The reliability and diagnostic value of radiographic criteria in sagittal spine deformities: comparison of the vertebral wedge ratio to the segmental cobb angle.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2007
|
0.86
|
|
38
|
Ultrashort time-to-echo MRI of the cartilaginous endplate: technique and association with intervertebral disc degeneration.
|
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol
|
2013
|
0.85
|
|
39
|
Percutaneous instrumentation of the thoracic and lumbar spine.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
40
|
Are "patterns" of lumbar disc degeneration associated with low back pain?: new insights based on skipped level disc pathology.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
41
|
Open vertebral cement augmentation combined with lumbar decompression for the operative management of thoracolumbar stenosis secondary to osteoporotic burst fractures.
|
J Spinal Disord Tech
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
42
|
Infective spondylitis in Southern Chinese: a descriptive and comparative study of ninety-one cases.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
43
|
Impact of direct cell co-cultures on human adipose-derived stromal cells and nucleus pulposus cells.
|
J Orthop Res
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
44
|
Low Back Pain: A Biomechanical Rationale Based on "Patterns" of Disc Degeneration.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2015
|
0.82
|
|
45
|
ISSLS Prize Winner: Consensus on the Clinical Diagnosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Results of an International Delphi Study.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2016
|
0.82
|
|
46
|
CK8 phosphorylation induced by compressive loads underlies the downregulation of CK8 in human disc degeneration by activating protein kinase C.
|
Lab Invest
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
47
|
The predictive value of the fulcrum bending radiograph in spontaneous apical vertebral derotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
48
|
A prospective, randomized, double-blind study evaluating the efficacy of postoperative continuous local anesthetic infusion at the iliac crest bone graft site after spinal arthrodesis.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2005
|
0.79
|
|
49
|
Genetics of lumbar disk degeneration: technology, study designs, and risk factors.
|
Orthop Clin North Am
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
50
|
The use of a modified fulcrum for fulcrum bending radiographs: a technical note.
|
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
51
|
Meta-analysis: statistical methods for binary data pooling.
|
Spine J
|
2009
|
0.79
|
|
52
|
Defining clinically relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale magnetic resonance imaging study.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
53
|
Refined Phenotyping of Modic Changes: Imaging Biomarkers of Prolonged Severe Low Back Pain and Disability.
|
Medicine (Baltimore)
|
2016
|
0.79
|
|
54
|
Traumatic scoliosis.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
0.78
|
|
55
|
Age-related diffusion patterns in human lumbar intervertebral discs: a pilot study in asymptomatic subjects.
|
Magn Reson Imaging
|
2011
|
0.78
|
|
56
|
Anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
57
|
Stem Cell Therapies for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Immune Privilege Reinforcement by Fas/FasL Regulating Machinery.
|
Curr Stem Cell Res Ther
|
2015
|
0.78
|
|
58
|
Cervical kyphosis and thoracic lordoscoliosis in a patient with cerebral palsy.
|
Orthopedics
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
59
|
Cell technologies for spinal fusion.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
0.78
|
|
60
|
Key-Vertebral Screws Strategy for Main Thoracic Curve Correction in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
|
Clin Spine Surg
|
2016
|
0.78
|
|
61
|
A prospective cohort analysis of adjacent vertebral body bone mineral density in lumbar surgery patients with or without instrumented posterolateral fusion: a 9- to 12-year follow-up.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2005
|
0.77
|
|
62
|
Lumbar spinal stenosis.
|
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
|
2008
|
0.77
|
|
63
|
Operative Management of a Sacral Gunshot Injury via Minimally Invasive Techniques and Instrumentation.
|
Asian Spine J
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
64
|
Samartzis et al. respond.
|
Spine J
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
65
|
Characterization and Predictive Value of Segmental Curve Flexibility in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
66
|
Learning Curve in Monitoring Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod Distractions With Ultrasound.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
67
|
Unusual presentation of a paraspinal mass with involvement of a lumbar facet joint and the epidural space.
|
Orthopedics
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
68
|
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: the clinical impact of "intravertebral clefts".
|
Spine J
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
The distal radius and ulna classification in assessing skeletal maturity: a simplified scheme and reliability analysis.
|
J Pediatr Orthop B
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
Careful follow-up after "successful" surgery: postoperative spondylolisthesis after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with instrumentation.
|
Surg Neurol
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Spine deformity and the artist: Laura Ferguson and the intersection of art and medicine.
|
Spine J
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
72
|
The Boxing boys of Akrotiri: early illustration of spondylolytic spondylolisthesis related to a sports injury.
|
Spine J
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
73
|
The UTE Disc Sign on MRI: A Novel Imaging Biomarker Associated With Degenerative Spine Changes, Low Back Pain and Disability.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
74
|
Rod lengthening with the magnetically controlled growing rod: factors influencing rod slippage and reduced gains during distractions.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
75
|
Natural history of spinal deformity in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: case report with 20-year follow-up.
|
Spine J
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Frequent small distractions with a magnetically controlled growing rod for early-onset scoliosis and avoidance of the law of diminishing returns.
|
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
Osteopetrosis: "sandwich vertebrae".
|
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ)
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Preface disc degeneration for The Spine Journal.
|
Spine J
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Changes in vertebral strain energy correlate with increased presence of Schmorl's nodes in multi-level lumbar disk degeneration.
|
J Biomech Eng
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Assessment of lumbar fusion: importance of dynamic plain standing x-rays.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Traumatic fracture-dislocation of C5 on C6 through a previously solid multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case report and review of the literature.
|
Spine J
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
Psychometric Validation of the Traditional Chinese Version of the Early Onset Scoliosis-24 Item Questionnaire (EOSQ-24).
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Spinal Fractures in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management.
|
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
|
2016
|
0.75
|