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Commentary: Minimally invasive spine surgery: new standard or transient fashion?Mark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, PO Box 432, 2512 VA The Hague, The Netherlands Electronic address
Spine J 13:498-500. 2013..COMMENTARY ON: Kepler CK, Yu AL, Gruskay JA, et al. Comparison of open and minimally invasive techniques for posterior lumbar instrumentation and fusion after open anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Spine J 2013;13:489-97 (in this issue)...
Clinical outcome of instrumented fusion for the treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: a case series of 100 patientsMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Centre Haaglanden, PO Box 432, 2501 CK, The Hague, The Netherlands
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 154:1213-7. 2012..This study evaluated the global perceived recovery and functional status of patients after instrumented fusion for the treatment of failed back surgery syndrome...- Tubular diskectomy vs conventional microdiskectomy for the treatment of lumbar disk herniation: 2-year results of a double-blind randomized controlled trialMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
Neurosurgery 69:135-44; discussion 144. 2011..Transmuscular tubular diskectomy has been introduced to increase the rate of recovery, although evidence is lacking... - Does minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery result in less muscle injury than conventional surgery? A randomized controlled trialMark Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 20:51-7. 2011..Postoperative evaluation of CPK and the multifidus muscle showed similar results in both groups, although patients who underwent tubular discectomy reported more low-back pain during the first year after surgery... - The NEtherlands Cervical Kinematics (NECK) trial. Cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy with or without interbody fusion and arthroplasty in the treatment of cervical disc herniation; a double-blind randomised multicenter studyMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:122. 2010..We present the design of the NECK trial, a randomised study on cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy with or without interbody fusion and arthroplasty in patients with cervical disc herniation... - Effect modifiers of outcome of surgery in patients with herniated disc related sciatica? A subgroup analysis of a randomised clinical trialMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81:1265-74. 2010..The authors performed a subgroup analysis to investigate whether certain patients might benefit more from either two surgical treatments... 
Nerve root decompression without fusion in spondylolytic spondylolisthesis: long-term results of Gill's procedureMark Arts
Leiden University Medical Center, Neurosurgery, Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 15:1455-63. 2006..The results of this study justify a randomised trial...- Tubular diskectomy vs conventional microdiskectomy for sciatica: a randomized controlled trialMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, Lijnbaan 32, The Hague, 2512 VA Netherlands
JAMA 302:149-58. 2009..Transmuscular tubular diskectomy has been introduced to increase the rate of recovery, although evidence is lacking of its efficacy... - Cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a prospective randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN51857546]Mark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:42. 2006..We present the design of a randomised controlled trial on cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in patients with lumbar disc herniation... - Cost-effectiveness of decompression according to Gill versus instrumented spondylodesis in the treatment of sciatica due to low grade spondylolytic spondylolisthesis: a prospective randomised controlled trial [NTR1300]Mark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:128. 2008..A comparative cost-effectiveness study has not been performed yet. We present the design of a randomised controlled trial on cost-effectiveness of decompression according to Gill versus instrumented spondylodesis... - Vertebral body replacement systems with expandable cages in the treatment of various spinal pathologies: a prospectively followed case series of 60 patientsMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
Neurosurgery 63:537-44; discussion 544-5. 2008..Vertebral body reconstruction after corpectomy has become a common surgical procedure. The authors describe a prospectively followed case series of patients treated with expandable cages for various indications... - Management of sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation in the Netherlands: a survey among spine surgeonsMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Neurosurg Spine 9:32-9. 2008..The authors conducted a descriptive survey among spine surgeons in the Netherlands to obtain an overview of routine management of lumbar disc herniation... - Serum creatine phosphokinase as an indicator of muscle injury after various spinal and nonspinal surgical proceduresMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
J Neurosurg Spine 7:282-6. 2007..The present prospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the results of postoperative serum CPK as an indicator of muscle injury in relation to various spinal and nonspinal procedures... - Surgical treatment of idiopathic transdural spinal cord herniation: a new technique to untether the spinal cordM P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, Westeinde, The Hague, The Netherlands
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 148:1005-9. 2006..We conclude that high-resolution T2 magnetic resonance imaging is the best imaging modality to detect the entity, and wrapping the myelum is an effective surgical technique to untether the spinal cord... - The Felix-trial. Double-blind randomization of interspinous implant or bony decompression for treatment of spinal stenosis related intermittent neurogenic claudicationWouter A Moojen
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:100. 2010..This protocol describes the design of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on (cost-) effectiveness of the use of interspinous process implants versus conventional decompression surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis... - Tubular diskectomy vs conventional microdiskectomy for the treatment of lumbar disk-related sciatica: cost utility analysis alongside a double-blind randomized controlled trialM Elske van den Akker
Department of Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Neurosurgery 69:829-35; discussion 835-6. 2011..Transmuscular tubular diskectomy has been introduced to increase the rate of recovery, although evidence of its efficacy is lacking... - Effectiveness of interspinous implant surgery in patients with intermittent neurogenic claudication: a systematic review and meta-analysisWouter A Moojen
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 20:1596-606. 2011..The main objective of this review was to perform a meta-analysis of all systematic reviews, randomized clinical trials and prospective cohort series to quantify the effectiveness of IPDs and to evaluate the potential side-effects... - Effectiveness of percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation; design of a prospective randomized controlled trialPatrick A Brouwer
Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:49. 2009..We present the design of a randomized controlled trial, studying the cost-effectiveness of PLDD versus conventional open discectomy in patients with sciatica from lumbar disc herniation... - Timing of surgery for sciatica: subgroup analysis alongside a randomized trialWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 18:538-45. 2009.... - Surgical techniques for sciatica due to herniated disc, a systematic reviewWilco C H Jacobs
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P O Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 21:2232-51. 2012..The goal of this study was to update the Cochrane review on the effect of surgical techniques for sciatica due to disc herniation, which was last updated in 2007...