Spinal Research

The department has a strong background in research into various areas of paediatric and adult spinal surgery. We collaborate with various groups within Newcastle University and further afield. Fellows are encouraged to make use of their time with us to further their academic aspects. Below are the most recent publications by department members:

Le Huec JC, AlEissa S, Bowey AJ et al. Hemostats in Spine Surgery: Literature Review and Expert Panel Recommendations. Eurospine 2022 Mar;19(1):1-12

Goacher E, Phillips R, Mowforth OD, Yordanov S, Pereira EAC, Gardner A, Quraishi NA, Bateman AH, Demetriades AK, Ivanov M, Budu A, Dyson E, Wynne-Jones G, Davies BM, Kotter MRN; NIHR POLYFIX-DCM Consortia. Hospitalisation for degenerative cervical myelopathy in England: insights from the National Health Service Hospital Episode Statistics 2012 to 2019. Acta Neurochir 2022;164:1535-1541

Rushton PRP, Aldebeyan S, Ghag R, Sponseller P, Yaszay B, Samdani AF, Lonner B, Shah SA, Newton PO, Miyanji F. What is the effect of intraoperative traction on correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)? Spine Deformity 2021;10:15

Davies BM, Francis JJ, Butler MB, Mowforth O, Goacher E, Starkey M, Kolias A, Wynne-Jones G et al. Current surgical practice for multi-level degenerative cervical myelopathy: Findings from an international survey of spinal surgeons. J Clin Neurosci. 2021;87:84-88

Yang X, Gharooni AA, Dhillon RS, Goacher E, Dyson EW, Mowforth O, Budu A, Wynne-Jones G et al. The Relative Merits of Posterior Surgical Treatments for Multi-Level Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Remain Uncertain: Findings from a Systematic Review. J Clin Med. 2021;10(16):3653

Brookes MJ, Chan CD, Baljer B, Wimalagunaratna S, Crowley TP, Ragbir M, Irwin A, Gamie Z, Beckingsale T, Ghosh KM, Rankin KS. Surgical Advances in Osteosarcoma. Cancers 2021;13:388

Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Mitchell P, Schofield I, Prasad M, Wynne-Jones G, Kamat A, Patterson M, Rowell L, Hargreaves G. Lumbar disc disease: the effect of inversion on clinical symptoms and a comparison of the rate of surgery after inversion therapy with the rate of surgery in neurosurgery controls. J Phys Ther Sci 2021;33(11):801-808

Rushton PRP, Nasto L, Parent S, Turgeon I, Aldebeyan S, Miyanji F. Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) for treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis in the Skeletally Immature: Results of 112 Cases. Spine 2021;46(21):1461-1467

Rushton PRP, Smith SL, Fender D, Bowey AJ, Gibson MJ, Joyce TJ. Metallosis is commonly associated with magnetically controlled growing rods; results from an independent multicentre explant database. Eur Spine J 2021;30:1905–1911

Addai D, Zarkos J, Bowey AJ. Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(6):1111-1119

Miyanji F, Pawelek J, Nasto LA, Rushton P, Simmonds A, Parent S. Safety and efficacy of anterior vertebral body tethering in treatment of idiopathic scolosis. Bone Joint J 2020;102-B(12):1703-1708.

Hershkovich O, D’Souza
 A, Rushton PRP, Onosi IS, Yoon YY, Grevitt MP. Essential lordosis revisited: Significant coronal correction of AIS deformity causes thoracic hypokyphosis. Bone Joint J 2020;102-B(4):513–518

Joyce TJ, Smith SL, Kandemir G, Rushton PRP, Fender D, Bowey AJ, Gibson MJ. NuVasive MAGEC rod Urgent Safety Alert: how does data from an independent explant centre compare? Spine 2020;45:872-876

Rushton PRP, Smith SL, Kandemir G, Forbes L, Fender D, Bowey AJ, Gibson MJ, Joyce TJ. Spinal lengthening with Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods. Data from the largest series of explanted devices. Spine 2020;45:170-176

Rushton PRP, Smith SL, Forbes L, Bowey A, Gibson MJ, Joyce TJ. Force Testing of Explanted Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods. Spine 2019;44:233-239 

Tykocki T, Poniatowski ŁA, Czyz M, Wynne-Jones G. Oblique corpectomy in the cervical spine. Spinal Cord 2018;56(5):426-435

Tykocki T, du Plessis J, Wynne-Jones G. Correlation between the severity of myelopathy and cervical morphometric parameters on dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. Acta Neurochir 2018;160(6):1251-1258

Tykocki T, du Plessis J, Wynne-Jones G. Cervical Spine and Cord Angle Mismatch in the Pathogenesis of Myelopathy. World Neurosurg 2018;115:e272-e278

Tykocki T, English P, Minks D, Krishnakumar A, Wynne-Jones G. Predictive value of flexion and extension diffusion tensor imaging in the early stage of cervical myelopathy. Neuroradiology 2018;60:1181-1191

Tykocki T, du Plessis J, Wynne-Jones G. Analysis of Morphometric Parameters in Cervical Canal Stenosis on Neutral and Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. World Neurosurg 2018;114:e317-e322

Tykocki T, Poniatowski Ł, Czyż M, Koziara M, Wynne-Jones G. Intraspinal Pressure Monitoring and Extensive Duroplasty in the Acute Phase of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg. 2017;105:145-152

Rushton PRP, Siddique I, Crawford R, Birch N, Gibson MJ, Hutton M. Magnetically controlled growing rods in the treatment of early onset scoliosis: a note of caution.  Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:708-13

Joyce TJ, Smith SL, Rushton PRP, Bowey A, Gibson MJ. Analysis of explanted magnetically controlled growing rods from 7 UK spinal centers. Spine 2017;43:E16-22

Rushton PRP, Nasto LA, Aujla RK, Ammar A, Grevitt MP, Vloeberghs M. Intrathecal baclofen pumps do not accelerate progression of scoliosis in quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy. Eur Spine J 2017;26:1652-1657

Refaie R, Rushton P, McGovern P, Thompson D, Pedraza IS, Rankin K, Reed MR. The effect of operating lights on laminar flow; an experimental study using neutrally buoyant helium bubbles. Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:1061–6

Rushton PRP, Elmalky M, Tikoo A, Basu A, Cole AA, Grevitt MP. Impact of metal density in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Eur Spine J 2016;25:3324-3330

Rushton PRP, Reed MR, Pratt RK. Independent validation of the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score and identification of regional variation in patient risk within England. Bone Joint J 2015;97-B:100–3

Rushton PR, Grevitt MP, Sell P. Anterior or posterior surgery for right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) Radiological & functional outcomes. J Spinal Disord Tech 2015 28:80-8

Rushton PR, Grevitt MP. Do vertebral derotation techniques offer better outcomes compared to traditional methods in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? Eur Spine J 2014;23:1166-1176

Irwin A, Khan AL, Fender D, Sanderson PL, Gibson MJ. The role of needle tip position on the accuracy of diagnostic selective nerve root blocks in spinal deformity. Eur Spine J 2014;23:S33-9

Rushton PR, Grevitt MP. What is the effect of surgery on the quality of life of the adolescent with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)? A review and statistical analysis of the literature. Spine 2013;38:786-794

Rushton PR, Grevitt MP. Comparison of untreated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with normal controls; A review and statistical analysis of the literature. Spine 2013;38:778-785

Torrie PA, Leonidou A, Harding IJ, Wynne Jones G, Hutchinson MJ, Nelson IW. Admission inflammatory markers and isolation of a causative organism in patients with spontaneous spinal infection. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2013;95:604-8