1. Editorial

   • Gérard Saillant

   EditorialNotes Pages: 297 - 298

2. Acute thermal nerve root injury

   • Shinichi Konno
   • Kjell Olmarker
   • Björn Rydevik

   Original Articles Pages: 299 - 302

3. The importance of sonography in the diagnosis of septic complications following spinal surgery

   • A. Korge
   • R. Fischer
   • W. Puhl

   Original Articles Pages: 303 - 307

4. Tomoscintigraphy of the lumbar spine: Prospects and clinical application

   • R. Gunzburg
   • F. Servais
   • M. Verhas

   Original Articles Pages: 308 - 311

5. Spinal canal remodelling after stabilization of thoracolumbar burst fractures

   • L. Sjöström
   • O. Jacobsson
   • W. Rauschning

   Original Articles Pages: 312 - 317

6. Spinal canal restoration by posterior distraction or anterior decompression in thoracolumbar spinal fractures and its influence on neurological outcome

   • P. Korovessis
   • G. Piperos
   • T. Dimas

   Original Articles Pages: 318 - 324

7. Effects of axial traction stress on solute transport and proteoglycan synthesis in the porcine intervertebral disc in vitro

   • N. Terahata
   • H. Ishihara
   • H. Tsuji

   Original Articles Pages: 325 - 330

8. Lumbar muscle fiber size and type distribution in normal subjects

   • J. Rantanen
   • A. Rissanen
   • H. Kalimo

   Original Articles Pages: 331 - 335

9. Concomitant immunocytochemical study of macrophage cells and blood vessels in disc herniation tissue

   • J. Virri
   • S. Sikk
   • E. O. Karaharju

   Original Articles Pages: 336 - 341

10. Surgical management of vertebral neoplasia: Who, when, how and why?

    • S. J. Krikler
    • D. S. Marks
    • D. Spooner

    Original Articles Pages: 342 - 346

11. A further development in spinal instrumentation

    • Erich Laxer
    • Technical Commission for Spinal Surgery of the ASIF

    Ideas and Technical Innovations Pages: 347 - 352

12. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 353 - 353

13. ESS Up-Date

    Legacy Pages: 354 - 354