Table of Contents

Original Research

• Surgical Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: Projected Cost Effectiveness at 5-Year Follow-Up

  Jamie Terran, Brian J. McHugh, Charla R. Fischer, Baron Lonner, Daniel Warren, Steven Glassman, Keith Bridwell, Frank Schwab and Virginie Lafage

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 14-22;
• Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Correction of Spondylolisthesis and Adult Degenerative Scoliosis in High-Risk Patients: Early Radiographic Results and Complications

  Brad Waddell, David Briski, Rabah Qadir, Gustavo Godoy, Allison Howard Houston, Ernest Rudman and Joseph Zavatsky

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 23-31;
• Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Grades 1-2: Patient-Reported Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Utility Analysis

  Wale A. R. Sulaiman and Manish Singh

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 32-37;
• Minimally Invasive Laminectomy in Spondylolisthetic Lumbar Stenosis

  Ilias N. Caralopoulos and Cuong J. Bui

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 38-43;
• The Effects of Lumbar Facet Dowels on Joint Stiffness: A Biomechanical Study

  Jayme Trahan, Eric Morales, Erich O. Richter and Gabriel C. Tender

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 44-50;
• Midline Minimally Invasive Placement of Spinal Cord Stimulators: A Technical Note

  Edison P. Valle-Giler and Wale A. R. Sulaiman

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 51-56;
• Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring for Minimally Invasive 1- and 2-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Does It Improve Patient Outcome?

  Juanita Garces, J. Franklin Berry, Edison P. Valle-Giler and Wale A. R. Sulaiman

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 57-61;
• Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis: Does the Intervertebral Level of Performance Matter?

  James Milburn, Jeffrey Freeman, Andrew Steven, Wilson Altmeyer and Dennis Kay

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 62-66;
• Likelihood of Reaching Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparison of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment

  Shian Liu, Frank Schwab, Justin S. Smith, Eric Klineberg, Christopher P. Ames, Gregory Mundis, Richard Hostin, Khaled Kebaish, Vedat Deviren, Munish Gupta, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Robert A. Hart, Shay Bess and Virginie Lafage

  Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (1) 67-77;