Topic · Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
Most cited papers in Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
What are the most cited papers in Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy?
The most cited paper in Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy is "Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration" (Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Alexander Metzdorf, Marco Zanetti et al., 2001), with 4,061 citations. Next come "Wegener Granulomatosis: An Analysis of 158 Patients" (2,881) and "Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation." (2,487).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 601 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Alexander Metzdorf, Marco Zanetti et al. · Spine | Sep 2001 | 4,061 |
| 2 | Wegener Granulomatosis: An Analysis of 158 Patients Gary Stuart Hoffman, Gail S. Kerr, Randi Y. Leavitt et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine | 15 Mar 1992 | 2,881 |
| 3 | Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation. Scott D. Boden, P R McCowin, D O Davis et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Sep 1990 | 2,487 |
| 4 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People without Back Pain Maureen C. Jensen, Michael N Brant-Zawadzki, Nancy A. Obuchowski et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Jul 1994 | 2,421 |
| 5 | The value of postural reduction in the initial management of closed injuries of the spine with paraplegia and tetraplegia Hans L. Frankel, Darrell Hancock, George H. Hyslop et al. · Spinal Cord | Nov 1969 | 2,292 |
| 6 | What is Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, and What Causes It? Michael A. Adams, Peter J. Roughley · Spine | Aug 2006 | 1,798 |
| 7 | Radiculopathy and Myelopathy at Segments Adjacent to the Site of a Previous Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis* Alan S. Hilibrand, Gregory D. Carlson, Mark A. Palumbo et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Apr 1999 | 1,692 |
| 8 | Understanding the minimum clinically important difference: a review of concepts and methods Anne G. Copay, Brian R. Subach, Steven D. Glassman et al. · The Spine Journal | 3 Apr 2007 | 1,691 |
| 9 | Complications of Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting Edward D. Arrington, William James Smith, Henry G. Chambers et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | Aug 1996 | 1,572 |
| 10 | Posterior C1–C2 Fusion With Polyaxial Screw and Rod Fixation J. Harms, Robert P. Melcher · Spine | Nov 2001 | 1,552 |
| 11 | Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated With Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults Richard A. Deyo · JAMA | 7 Apr 2010 | 1,539 |
| 12 | Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF): a novel surgical technique for anterior lumbar interbody fusion Burak M. Ozgur, Henry E. Aryan, Luiz Pimenta et al. · The Spine Journal | Jul 2006 | 1,467 |
| 13 | Validity of a Set of Clinical Criteria to Rule Out Injury to the Cervical Spine in Patients with Blunt Trauma Jerome R. Hoffman, William R. Mower, Allan B. Wolfson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Jul 2000 | 1,331 |
| 14 | Aging and Degeneration of the Human Intervertebral Disc Joseph A. Buckwalter · Spine | Jun 1995 | 1,308 |
| 15 | The Canadian C-Spine Rule for Radiography in Alert and Stable Trauma Patients Ian Gilmour Stiell · JAMA | 17 Oct 2001 | 1,304 |
| 16 | Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS) Michael George Fehlings, Alexander Richard Vaccaro, Jefferson R. Wilson et al. · PLoS ONE | 23 Feb 2012 | 1,241 |
| 17 | Surgical versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis James N. Weinstein, Tor Devin Tosteson, Jon D. Lurie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 20 Feb 2008 | 1,240 |
| 18 | Incidence, prevalence and epidemiology of spinal cord injury: what learns a worldwide literature survey? Michel Wyndaele, J-J Wyndaele · Spinal Cord | 3 Jan 2006 | 1,126 |
| 19 | Operative Results and Postoperative Progression of Ossification Among Patients With Ossification of Cervical Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, Jun Miyakawa, Kazuhiko Satomi et al. · Spine | Jul 1981 | 1,125 |
| 20 | Classification of Age-Related Changes in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs Norbert Boos, Sabine Weißbach, HELMUT ROHRBACH et al. · Spine | Dec 2002 | 1,116 |
| 21 | Adult Spinal Deformity—Postoperative Standing Imbalance Frank J. Schwab, Ashish Patel, Benjamin Ungar et al. · Spine | 23 Nov 2010 | 1,116 |
| 22 | Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation James N. Weinstein, Tor Devin Tosteson, Jon D. Lurie et al. · JAMA | 21 Nov 2006 | 1,107 |
| 23 | Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Associated Complications Kostas N. Fountas, Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki, Leonidas G. Nikolakakos et al. · Spine | Oct 2007 | 1,082 |
| 24 | Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND) Robert G. Miller, John D. Mitchell, Dan H. Moore · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 9 Mar 2012 | 1,064 |
| 25 | Spinal Fusion in the United States Sean S. Rajaee, Hyun W. Bae, Linda E.A. Kanim et al. · Spine | 11 Feb 2011 | 1,046 |
| 26 | United States Trends in Lumbar Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Conditions Richard A. Deyo, Darryl T. Gray, William Kreuter et al. · Spine | Jun 2005 | 1,008 |
| 27 | Measurement Properties of the Neck Disability Index: A Systematic Review Joy Christine MacDermid, David Mark Walton, Sarah Avery et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy | May 2009 | 976 |
| 28 | Nutrition of the Intervertebral Disc J Urban, Stanton Smith, Jeremy C. T. Fairbank · Spine | 24 Nov 2004 | 976 |
| 29 | Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Aria Nouri, Lindsay A. Tetreault, Anoushka Singh et al. · Spine | 3 Apr 2015 | 963 |
| 30 | Robinson anterior cervical discectomy and arthrodesis for cervical radiculopathy. Long-term follow-up of one hundred and twenty-two patients. Henry H. Bohlman, Sanford E. Emery, Donald B. Goodfellow et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Sep 1993 | 955 |
| 31 | The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by expert opinion including uncertainty appraisal Martín Rudwaleit et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 19 Mar 2009 | 950 |
| 32 | Adjacent segment degeneration and adjacent segment disease: the consequences of spinal fusion? Alan S. Hilibrand, Matthew M. Robbins · The Spine Journal | Nov 2004 | 949 |
| 33 | Surgical versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis James N. Weinstein, Jon D. Lurie, Tor Devin Tosteson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 30 May 2007 | 948 |
| 34 | Trends in Lumbar Fusion Procedure Rates and Associated Hospital Costs for Degenerative Spinal Diseases in the United States, 2004 to 2015 Brook I. Martin, Sohail K. Mirza, Nicholas Spina et al. · Spine | 3 Aug 2018 | 936 |
| 35 | Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury: trends and future implications Michael J. DeVivo · Spinal Cord | 24 Jan 2012 | 926 |
| 36 | Autogenous Iliac Crest Bone Graft: Complications and Functional Assessment James A. Goulet, Laura E. Senunas, Gregory L. DeSilva et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | Jun 1997 | 925 |
| 37 | 2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar Fusion Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain Peter Fritzell, Olle Hägg, Per Wessberg et al. · Spine | Dec 2001 | 924 |
| 38 | AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System Alexander Richard Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Öner, Christopher K. Kepler et al. · Spine | 22 Aug 2013 | 912 |
| 39 | A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Peter Försth, Gylfi Ólafsson, Thomas Carlsson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Apr 2016 | 908 |
| 40 | Epidemiology of cervical radiculopathy Kurupath Radhakrishnan, William J. Litchy, W. Michael O’Fallon et al. · Brain | 1994 | 907 |
| 41 | Donor Site Morbidity After Anterior Iliac Crest Bone Harvest for Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Jeff Scott Silber, D. Greg Anderson, Scott D. Daffner et al. · Spine | 2003 | 903 |
| 42 | United States’ Trends and Regional Variations in Lumbar Spine Surgery: 1992–2003 James N. Weinstein, Jon D. Lurie, Patrick R. Olson et al. · Spine | 19 Oct 2006 | 900 |
| 43 | Laminectomy plus Fusion versus Laminectomy Alone for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Zoher Ghogawala, James Dziura, William Elliott Butler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Apr 2016 | 896 |
| 44 | Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Neurotomy for Chronic Cervical Zygapophyseal-Joint Pain Susan M. Lord, Leslie Barnsley, Barbara J. Wallis et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 5 Dec 1996 | 885 |
| 45 | Expansive Open-Door Laminoplasty for Cervical Spinal Stenotic Myelopathy Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Koichi Wakano et al. · Spine | Oct 1983 | 877 |
| 46 | Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar and Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy Versus Conventional Microsurgical Technique Sebastian Ruetten, Martin Komp, Harry Rudolf Merk et al. · Spine | Apr 2008 | 877 |
| 47 | A New Classification of Thoracolumbar Injuries Alexander Richard Vaccaro, Ronald A. Lehman, R. John Hurlbert et al. · Spine | Oct 2005 | 876 |
| 48 | Surgery versus Prolonged Conservative Treatment for Sciatica Wilco C. Peul, Hans C. van Houwelingen, Wilbert B. van den Hout et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 30 May 2007 | 870 |
| 49 | The Burden and Determinants of Neck Pain in the General Population Sheilah Hogg‐Johnson, Gabrielle van der Velde, Linda Carroll et al. · Spine | Feb 2008 | 847 |
| 50 | Posterolateral Endoscopic Excision for Lumbar Disc Herniation Anthony Tung Yeung, Paul Moody Tsou · Spine | Apr 2002 | 843 |
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