Aims and scope European Spine Journal is a publication founded in response to the increasing trend toward specialization in spinal surgery. The Journal is devoted to spine surgery and all related disciplines, including functional and surgical anatomy of the spine, biomechanics and pathophysiology, diagnostic procedures, and neurology. The aim of European Spine Journal is to support the further development of highly innovative European spine surgery and to provide an integrated and balanced view of diagnostic, research and treatment procedures that will enhance effective collaboration among specialists worldwide.
Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human studies have been reviewed by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in an appropriate version of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study should be omitted.
Reports of animal experiments must state that the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1985) were followed, as well as specific national laws (e.g. the current version of the German Law on the Protection of Animals) where applicable.
The coordinating editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or for failure to fulfil the above-mentioned requirements.
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Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief R. Gunzburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Clinical Science, Special contributions)
Deputy Editors V. Arlet, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Grand Rounds) B. Boszczyk, Nottingham, UK (Grand Rounds) L.-Y. Dai, Shanghai, China (Chinese Section) F. Pellisé-Urquiza, Barcelona, Spain (Reviews) M. Szpalski, Brussels, Belgium (Supplements) H.-J. Wilke Ulm, Germany (Basic Science)
Editorial Board R.H.M.A. Bartels, Nijmegen, The Netherlands F.B. Christensen, Aarhus, Denmark F. Kandziora, Frankfurt am Main, Germany D. Kletsas, Athens, Greece U. Liljenqvist, Muenster, Germany W.C. Peul, Leiden - The Hague, The Netherlands S. Rajasekaran, Ramnagar, Coimbatore, India C.G. Schizas, Lausanne, Switzerland Advisory Board K. Abumi, Sapporo, Japan E. Acaroglu, Ankara, Turkey A. Alanay, Ankara, Turkey L. Almeida, Porto, Portugal J.F. Asenjo, Montreal (Quebec), Canada U. Aydinly, Bursa, Turkey F. Balagué, Fribourg, Switzerland M. Balsano, Thiene, Italy M. Benoist, Paris, France C. Bolger, Dublin, Ireland S. Boriani, Bologna, Italy M. Brayda-Bruno, Milan, Italy A. Busato, Berne, Switzerland S. Caserta, Milan, Italy C. Cedraschi, Geneva, Switzerland S. Cervellati, Bologna, Italy M.H. Coppes, Groningen, The Netherlands H.L.A. Defino, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil M. Di Silvestre, Bologna, Italy I. Dockendorff, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile P. Dolan, Bristol, UK A. Elfering, Berne, Switzerland J.C.T. Fairbank, Headington, Oxford, UK S. Ferguson, Berne, Switzerland G.F.G. Findlay, Liverpool, UK B.J.C. Freeman, Nottingham, UK V.K. Goel, Toledo, OH, USA J. Goffin, Leuven, Belgium Z.L. Gokaslan, Baltimore, MD, USA S. Govender, Congella, South Africa C. Greenough, Middlesbrough, UK M. Grönblad, Helsinki, Finland D.J. Hall, Adelaide, Australia H. Halm, Neustadt i.H., Germany A. Hamzaoglu, Istanbul, Turkey T. Hansson, Goeteborg, Sweden R. Hedlund, Stockholm, Sweden P.F. Heini, Berne, Switzerland J. Hodler, Zurich, Switzerland W.C. Hutton, Atlanta, GA, USA K. Ito, Eindhoven, Netherlands D.J. Jeszenszky, Zurich, Switzerland A. Kaelin, Geneva, Switzerland D. de Klerk, Lynwoodridge, South Africa C. Knop, Stuttgart, Germany M. Krismer, Innsbruck, Austria A. Krödel, Essen, Germany C. Lamartina, Milan, Italy J.-C. Le Huec, Bordeaux, France K.D.K. Luk, Hong Kong, PR China T. Lund, Helsinki, Finland A. F. Mannion, Zurich, Switzerland D.G. Marchesi, Lausanne, Switzerland J.Y. Margulies, Pleasantville, NY, USA W.S. Marras, Columbus, OH, USA H.-M. Mayer, Munich, Germany R.J. Moore, Adelaide, Australia U. Müller, Berne, Switzerland R.C. Mulholland, Nottingham, UK E. Munting, Brussels, Belgium S. Naderi, Izmir, Turkey M. Nordin, New York, NY, USA G. Ochoa, Bogotá, Columbia J.K. O'Dowd, London, UK K. Olmarker, Gothenburg, Sweden L. Papavero, Hamburg, Germany N. Passuti, Nantes, France P.W. Pavlov, Nijmegen, The Netherlands M. Pfeiffer, Breisach, Germany T. Pigott, Liverpool, UK J.L. Pinheiro-Franco, Sao Paolo, Brazil C. Pither, London, UK Ch.H. Rivard, Montréal (Quebec), Canada S. Roberts, Oswestry, UK A. Rohlmann, Berlin, Germany B.J. van Royen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands A. Saifuddin, Stanmore, UK D. Schlenzka, Helsinki, Finland K.-P. Schulitz, Duesseldorf, Germany F.W. Smith, Aberdeen, UK J.-P. Steib, Strasbourg, France P. Suchomel, Liberec, Czech Republic S.I. Suk, Seoul, Korea P. Tanchev, Sofia, Bulgaria C. Tello, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ch. Ulrich, Goeppingen, Germany P.P. Varga, Budapest, Hungary L.R. Vialle, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil C. Villanueva, Barcelona, Spain J.-M. Vital, Bordeaux, France J. Webb, Nottingham, UK K. Yonenobu, Osaka, Japan
Assistant Editorial Board H. Albert, Ringe, Denmark M. Alini, Davos, Switzerland G.T. Allison, Perth, Australia L. Alvarez, Madrid, Spain C. Bach, Innsbruck, Austria J. Bagó, Barcelona, Spain R. Baker, Seattle, WA, USA P. Barsa, Liberec, Czech Republic V. Bartanusz, San Antonio, TX, USA T. Barz, Schwedt, Germany R. Beisse, Munich, Germany U. Berlemann, Thun, Switzerland C. Birkenmaier, Munich, Germany T.R. Blattert, Leipzig, Germany W. Börm, Flensburg, Germany F.M. Buck, Zurich, Switzerland V. Bullmann, Muenster, Germany R.G. Burwell, Nottingham, UK B. Cakir, Ulm, Germany E.J. Carragee, Stanford, CA, USA L. Carroll, Edmonton, Canada J.D. Cassidy, Toronto, Canada K.M.C. Cheung, Hong Kong, China J. Cholewicki, New Haven, CT, USA P. Côté, Toronto, Canada M. Dittmar, Guadalajara, Mexico M. Doita, Kobe, Japan A.S. Dumont, Charlottesville, VA, USA P. Eysel, Cologne, Germany A. Fast, Bronx, NY, USA Y. Floman, Tel Aviv, Israel J. Franke, Magdeburg, Germany J.M. Fritz, Salt Lake City, UT, USA P. Fritzell, Falun, Sweden C.S.B. Galasko, Gatley, Cheadle, UK Ph. Gillet, Liège, Belgium M.P. Grevitt, Nottingham, UK G. Guizzardi, Florence, Italy N. Hansen-Algenstaedt, Hamburg, Germany C.C. Hasler, Basle, Switzerland C. Haid, Innsbruck, Austria S. Hogg-Johnson, Toronto, Canada L. Holm, Stockholm, Sweden D.W.L. Hukins, Birmingham, UK J.C. Iatridis, Burlington, VT, USA A. Jackowski, Birmingham, UK L. Jiang, Beijing, China B. Jónsson, Reykjavik, Iceland W. Käfer, Ulm, Germany E. Kast, Winterthur, Switzerland A. Kettler, Ulm, Germany F. Kleinstück, Zurich, Switzerland H. Koller, Bad Wildungen, Germany A. Korge, Munich, Germany M. Kröber, St. Gallen, Switzerland K.S. Lam, London, UK J-D. Laredo, Philadelphia, PA, USA F. Lattig, Goettingen, Germany L.A. Lee, Seattle, WA, USA J.-Ph. Lemaire, Dijon, France I.H. Lieberman, Cleveland, OH, USA K. Lippuner, Berne, Switzerland R. Lukas, Liberec, Czech Republic A.H. McGregor, London, UK H. Mehdian, Nottingham, UK H.J. Meisel, Halle, Germany U. Meister, Cuxhaven, Germany J. Melrose, St. Leonards, Australia B. Meyer, Munich, Germany H. Miyamoto, Kobe, Japan C. Neidlinger-Wilke, Ulm, Germany G. Németh, Gothenburg, Sweden A. Nerlich, Munich, Germany M. Ogon, Vienna, Austria A. van Ooij, Maastricht, The Netherlands M. Pecina, Zagreb, Croatia F.S. Perez-Grueso, Madrid, Spain T. Pitzen, Homburg/Saar, Germany M. Poussa, Helsinki, Finland J. Press, Chicago, IL, USA Y. Qiu, Nanjing, China R. Reindl, Montreal, Canada M. Richter, Wiesbaden, Germany C. Röder, Berne, Switzerland P. van Roy, Brussels, Belgium D-K. Ruan, Beijing, China C.A. Sansur, Charlottesville, VA, USA G. Sapkas, Athens, Greece H. Saraste, Stockholm, Sweden S. Schaeren, Basle, Switzerland R. Schmidt, Mannheim, Germany M. Schultheiss, Ulm, Germany O. Schwarzenbach, Thun, Switzerland P.J. Sell, Leicester, UK F. Shen, Charlottesville, VA, USA A.L. Shimer, Charlottesville, VA, USA A. Shirazi-Adl, Montreal, Canada M. Spruit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands I.A. Stokes, Burlington, VT, USA T.M. Stoll, Basle, Switzerland A. von Strempel, Feldkirch, Austria B. Strömqvist, Lund, Sweden P. Tropiano, Marseille, France M.N. Tzermiadianos, Iraklion Crete, Greece D. Uyttendaele, Gent, Belgium R. Vaidya, Detroit, MI, USA A. Vallano, Barcelona, Spain R. Vengust, Ljubljana, Slovenia X. Vidal, Barcelona, Spain D. Wardlaw, Aberdeen, UK D. Welsh, Cape Town, South Africa M. Zauner, Sabadell, Spain R.D. Zeller, Paris, France A. Zerbi, Milan, Italy A. Zibis, Larissa, Greece
Honorary Editor S. Nazarian, Marseille, France
Max Aebi, MD, FRCSC
Max Aebi, MD, FRCSC
Professor and Head, Institute for Evaluative Research, University of Bern MEM Center for Orthopaedic Research
European Spine Journal is a publication founded in response to the increasing trend toward specialization in spinal surgery. The Journal is devoted to spine surgery and all related disciplines, including functional and surgical anatomy of the spine, biomechanics and pathophysiology, diagnostic procedures, and neurology. The aim of European Spine Journal is to support the further development of highly innovative European spine surgery and to provide an integrated and balanced view of diagnostic, research and treatment procedures that will enhance effective collaboration among specialists worldwide.
Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human studies have been reviewed by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in an appropriate version of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study should be omitted.
Reports of animal experiments must state that the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1985) were followed, as well as specific national laws (e.g. the current version of the German Law on the Protection of Animals) where applicable.
The coordinating editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or for failure to fulfil the above-mentioned requirements.
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