Aug 17–23, 2026 · 4 new studies, 6 reviews · Spine archive · All weeks
The new Spine research The Reduction sent the week of Aug 17–23, 2026, with the week’s most recent reviews, each with a one-line summary.
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In 869 pediatric back pain patients, behavioral health diagnoses—not structural spine pathology—independently predicted symptom persistence, supporting a biopsychosocial approach to management.
In rat and cell models, extracts from both combustible cigarettes and heated tobacco products worsened motor/sensory deficits and neuronal damage in cervical myelopathy, suggesting HTPs are not a safer alternative for these patients.
In late adolescents with spondylolysis/low-grade spondylolisthesis, slip progression is rare (7%) but disc degeneration and low back pain progress in over half over a decade, especially with L5 lesions, sarcopenia, or sedentary behavior—supporting targeted long-term monitoring.
Prior overlapping lumbar fusion (not prior laminectomy alone) nearly triples revision risk after long-segment thoracolumbar fusion for adult spinal deformity, warranting distinct preoperative counseling.
Diagnosis and Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
This review outlines evolving diagnosis and surgical management of degenerative cervical myelopathy, favoring earlier surgical intervention and highlighting shifts from laminectomy toward laminoplasty/fusion and disk arthroplasty to reduce complications.
This review examines how multiple medical comorbidities increase complication and mortality risk after lumbar fusion surgery and offers strategies for optimizing patients perioperatively to improve outcomes.
Coccydynia: A Review of Anatomy, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
This review covers coccydynia's anatomy, multifactorial causes, diagnostic approach, and range of treatment options, emphasizing that outcomes depend on identifying the underlying etiology.
Upper Extremity Fragility Fractures.
This review outlines current recommendations for hand surgeons on evaluating and managing osteoporosis and preventing secondary fractures in patients with upper extremity fragility fractures.
This narrative review discusses proposed pathomechanisms and predisposing factors—including age, sex, facet joint orientation, and pelvic incidence—underlying degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, without abstract-based findings beyond a call for further study.
Dropped Head Syndrome: An Update on Etiology and Surgical Management.
This review outlines the varied neuromuscular and age-related causes of dropped head syndrome and notes that surgical cervical fusion generally yields favorable long-term outcomes despite higher complication rates.
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