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List of works by Christof Birkenmaier

"Kissing Nail Technique" for the exchange of intramedullary implants in adjacent peri-implant fractures.

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

A biomechanical evaluation of the epidural neurolysis procedure

scientific article published on January 2012

A comparison of digital cameras: features essential for the orthopaedic surgeon.

scientific article published in November 2004

Acute paraplegia after vertebroplasty caused by epidural hemorrhage. A case report

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

An evaluation of medications commonly used for epidural neurolysis procedures in a human fibroblast cell culture model

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Biomechanical evaluation of two types of short-stemmed hip prostheses compared to the trust plate prosthesis by three-dimensional measurement of micromotions

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Can serum procalcitonin help to differentiate between septic and nonseptic arthritis?

scientific article published on 5 November 2007

Complications following kyphoplasty in unstable osteoporotic vertebral body fractures. A guide to correct fracture analysis

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Correlation between vacuum phenomenon on CT and fluid on MRI in degenerative disks.

scientific article published in November 2011

Epidural neuroplasty versus physiotherapy to relieve pain in patients with sciatica: a prospective randomized blinded clinical trial

scientific article published in July 2006

Experimental evaluation of the risk of extradiscal thermal damage in intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "Minimal access bilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis" (by Nasir A. Quraishi and Y. Raja Rampersaud; doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2623-2).

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Feasibility of a RARE-based sequence for quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI of the spine

scientific article published on 14 March 2007

Fluorescent microspheres are reliable for serial bone blood flow measurements

scientific article published in October 2004

Free bone cement fragments after minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: an underappreciated problem

scientific article published on 31 May 2008

Heat distribution of polymerisation temperature of bone cement on the spinal canal during vertebroplasty

scientific article published on 29 October 2011

How to connect a pedicle screw construct to a Ransford Loop: technical note

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Intravertebral neotrabecularization as an expression of focal load transfer by a keel-design lumbar total disc arthroplasty.

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Kann die Vertebroplastie zur Behandlung osteoporotischer Wirbelkörperfrakturen noch verantwortet werden?

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Letter to the Editor concerning "Minimally invasive surgery procedure in isthmic spondylolisthesis" by F.C. Tamburrelli et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5627-8)

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Letter to the Editor concerning "Rehydration of a degenerated disc on MRI synchronized with transition of Modic changes following stand-alone XLIF" by K. Kita, T. Sakai, M. Abe, Y. Takata and K. Sairyo (Eur Spine J; 2017. doi:10.1007/s00586-017-4945

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

Letter to the Editor on: "Sterile Seroma Resulting from Multilevel XLIF Procedure as Possible Adverse Effect of Prophylactic Vancomycin Powder: A Case Report" (Evid Based Spine Care J 2014;5(2):127-133).

scientific article published on June 2015

Long-term results of 58 hip cup revision arthroplasties using a threaded ring implant

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Medial branch blocks versus pericapsular blocks in selecting patients for percutaneous cryodenervation of lumbar facet joints.

scientific article published on January 2007

Meniscectomy leads to early changes in the mineralization distribution of subchondral bone plate

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

Modification of PMMA vertebroplasty cement for reduced stiffness by addition of normal saline: a material properties evaluation.

scientific article published on 09 December 2016

Modulation of the endotoxin receptor (CD14) in septic patients

scientific article published in April 1992

Normal development of the hip: a geometrical analysis based on planimetric radiography

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Operative treatment for degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Percutaneous cryodenervation of lumbar facet joints: a prospective clinical trial

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Platelet P-selectin is significantly involved in leukocyte-endothelial cell interaction in murine antigen-induced arthritis

scientific article published on August 2007

Polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 05 March 2010

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with cages and local bone graft in the treatment of spinal stenosis.

scientific article published in August 2006

Prothrombin Time and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Testing: A Comparative Effectiveness Study in a Million-Patient Sample

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Re: Becker C, Heidersdorf S, Drewlo S, et al. Efficacy of epidural perineural injections with autologous conditioned serum for lumbar radicular compression. Spine 2007;32:1803-8

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Re: Ponnusamy KE, Iyer S, Gupta G, Khanna AJ. Instrumentation of the osteoporotic spine: biomechanical and clinical considerations. Spine J 2011;11:54–63

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Sacroiliac Coalition: First Description and Report of a Successful Resection

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Selective inhibition of platelets by the GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonist Tirofiban reduces leukocyte-endothelial cell interaction in murine antigen-induced arthritis

scientific article published in October 2007

Shock wave therapy for femoral head necrosis-Pressure measurements inside the femoral head

scientific article published on 06 May 2010

Short segment coronal plane deformity after two-level lumbar total disc replacement

scientific article published in January 2010

Should we start treating chronic low back pain with antibiotics rather than with pain medications?

scientific article published on 02 October 2013

Slow correction of severe spastic hyperlordosis in an adult by means of magnetically expandable rods

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Spinal cord infarction after operative stabilisation of the thoracic spine in a patient with tuberculous spondylodiscitis and sickle cell trait

scientific article published in April 2009

Sterile abscess: a surprise diagnosis?

scientific article published in January 2006

Stress fractures presenting as tumours: a retrospective analysis of 22 cases: reply to Agarwal and Gulati

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

Surgical treatment of patients with spondylodiscitis and neurological deficits caused by spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a predictor of clinical outcome.

scientific article published in October 2014

The Effect of Resection Margin on Local Recurrence and Survival in High Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities: How Far Is Far Enough?

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

The European multicenter trial on the safety and efficacy of guided oblique lumbar interbody fusion (GO-LIF).

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The compression-rotation stem: an experimental study on the primary stability of a new revision hip stem

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

The gel box - a testing device for the characterization of cryo- and radiofrequency lesions employed in interventional pain therapy

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

The influence of the implant size on the outcome of unconstrained total knee arthroplasty

scientific article published in September 2005

The intravertebral cleft in acute osteoporotic fractures: fluid in magnetic resonance imaging-vacuum in computed tomography?

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Timing of cervical spine stabilisation and outcome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 20 March 2007

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 lowers the CD14 content of monocytes

scientific article published in November 1994

[Degenerative diseases of the spine: Rare and often unrecognized causes of pain syndromes].

scientific article published in June 2006

[Lumbar disc arthroplasty: indications, biomechanics, types, and radiological criteria]

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

[The bending rod prosthesis: an experimental approach to metaphyseal hip arthroplasty]

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

[The spine--when is kyphoplasty indicated?]

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

[Vertebroplasty--are osteoporotic vertebral fractures now excluded from vertebroplasty?]

scientific article published on 01 January 2010