Table 1

Top 100 cited papers in Cervical Spine Surgery.

Rank	Authors	Title	Citations	Level of Evidence
1	Frankel et al.⁷	The Value Of Postural Reduction In The Initial Management Of Closed Injuries Of The Spine With Paraplegia And Tetraplegia. I.	1207	3
2	Vernon et al.⁹	The Neck Disability Index - A Study Of Reliability And Validity	959	2
3	Smith et al.¹²	The Treatment Of Certain Cervical-Spine Disorders By Anterior Removal Of The Intervertebral Disc And Interbody Fusion	724	4
4	Hilibrand et al.²³	Radiculopathy And Myelopathy At Segments Adjacent To The Site Of A Previous Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis	641	2
5	Harms et al.¹⁷	Posterior C1-C2 Fusion With Polyaxial Screw And Rod Fixation	624	2
6	Hoffman et al.²⁴	Validity Of A Set Of Clinical Criteria To Rule Out Injury To The Cervical Spine In Patients With Blunt Trauma.	437	2
7	Silber et al.²⁵	Donor Site Morbidity After Anterior Iliac Crest Bone Harvest For Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion	399	2
8	Bohlman et al.²⁶	Robinson Anterior Cervical Diskectomy And Arthrodesis For Cervical Radiculopathy - Long-Term Follow-Up Of 100 And 22 Patients	396	3
9	Carragee et al.⁶	A Critical Review Of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Trials In Spinal Surgery: Emerging Safety Concerns And Lessons Learned	383	1
10	Boden et al.²⁷	Abnormal Magnetic-Resonance Scans Of The Cervical-Spine In Asymptomatic Subjects - A Prospective Investigation	382	3
11	Bohlman ²⁸	Acute Fractures And Dislocations Of The Cervical-Spine - Analysis Of 300 Hospitalized-Patients And Review Of The Literature	382	2
12	Stiell et al.²⁹	The Canadian C-Spine Rule For Radiography In Alert And Stable Trauma Patients	359	2
13	Ranawat et al.³⁰	Cervical-Spine Fusion In Rheumatoid-Arthritis	338	3
14	Resnick et al.³¹	Radiographic And Pathologic Features Of Spinal Involvement In Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (Dish)	338	3
15	Bailey et al.³²	Stabilization Of The Cervical Spine By Anterior Fusion	334	3
16	Bovim et al.³³	Neck Pain In The General-Population	330	2
17	Hirabayashi et al.³⁴	Expansive Open-Door Laminoplasty For Cervical Spinal Stenotic Myelopathy	323	3
18	Payne et al.³⁵	The Cervical Spine - An Anatomico-Pathological Study Of 70 Specimens (Using A Special Technique) With Particular Reference To The Problem Of Cervical Spondylosis	291	N/A
19	Schneider et al.³⁶	The Syndrome Of Acute Central Cervical Spinal Cord Injury - With Special Reference To The Mechanisms Involved In Hyperextension Injuries Of Cervical Spine	288	4
20	Shields et al.²²	Adverse Effects Associated With High-Dose Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Use In Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion	287	2
21	Eck et al.³⁷	Biomechanical Study On The Effect Of Cervical Spine Fusion On Adjacent-Level Intradiscal Pressure And Segmental Motion	286	N/A
22	Barnsley et al.³⁸	Whiplash Injury	286	3
23	Allen et al.³⁹	A Mechanistic Classification Of Closed, Indirect Fractures And Dislocations Of The Lower Cervical-Spine	269	3
24	Wright et al.⁴⁰	Vertebral Artery Injury In C1-2 Transarticular Screw Fixation: Results Of A Survey Of The Aans/Cns Section On Disorders Of The Spine And Peripheral Nerves	266	3
25	Pang et al.⁴¹	Spinal-Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormalities In Children	265	3
26	Robinson et al.¹³	The Results Of Anterior Interbody Fusion Of The Cervical Spine	262	3
27	Schrader et al.⁴²	Natural Evolution Of Late Whiplash Syndrome Outside The Medicolegal Context	259	3
28	Sen et al.⁴³	An Extreme Lateral Approach To Intradural Lesions Of The Cervical-Spine And Foramen Magnum	258	3
29	Jones et al.⁴⁴	Cervical Pedicle Screws Versus Lateral Mass Screws - Anatomic Feasibility And Biomechanical Comparison	247	4
30	Abumi et al.⁴⁵	Complications Of Pedicle Screw Fixation In Reconstructive Surgery Of The Cervical Spine	240	3
31	Gore et al.⁴⁶	Roentgenographic Findings Of The Cervical-Spine In Asymptomatic People	237	3
32	Panjabi et al.⁴⁷	Cervical Human Vertebrae - Quantitative 3-Dimensional Anatomy Of The Middle And Lower Regions	235	3
33	Radanov et al.⁴⁸	Long-Term Outcome After Whiplash Injury - A 2-Year Follow-Up Considering Features Of Injury Mechanism And Somatic, Radiologic, And Psychosocial Findings	231	3
34	Grob et al.⁴⁹	Atlantoaxial Fusion With Transarticular Screw Fixation	231	4
35	Hurwitz et al.⁵⁰	Manipulation And Mobilization Of The Cervical Spine - A Systematic Review Of The Literature	230	2
36	Kotani et al.⁵¹	Biomechanical Analysis Of Cervical Stabilization Systems - An Assessment Of Transpedicular Screw Fixation In The Cervical-Spine	229	3
37	Jull et al.⁵²	A Randomized Controlled Trial Of Exercise And Manipulative Therapy For Cervicogenic Headache	228	2
38	Jeanneret et al.¹⁴	Primary Posterior Fusion-C1/2 In Odontoid Fractures - Indications, Technique, And Results Of Transarticular Screw Fixation	227	3
39	Sambrook et al.⁵³	Genetic Influences On Cervical And Lumbar Disc Degeneration - A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study In Twins	215	3
40	Penning ⁵⁴	Normal Movements Of Cervical-Spine	214	4
41	Ylinen et al.⁵⁵	Active Neck Muscle Training In The Treatment Of Chronic Neck Pain In Women - A Randomized Controlled Trial	213	2
42	Davis et al.⁵⁶	The Etiology Of Missed Cervical-Spine Injuries	213	3
43	Mummaneni et al.⁵⁷	Clinical And Radiographic Analysis Of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Compared With Allograft Fusion: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial	212	2
44	Fang et al.⁵⁸	Direct Anterior Approach To The Upper Cervical Spine	212	4
45	Goffin et al.⁵⁹	Intermediate Follow-Up After Treatment Of Degenerative Disc Disease With The Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis: Single-Level And Bi-Level	211	3
46	Teresi et al.⁶⁰	Asymptomatic Degenerative Disk Disease And Spondylosis Of The Cervical-Spine - Mr Imaging	210	3
47	Abumi et al.⁶¹	Transpedicular Screw Fixation For Traumatic Lesions Of The Middle And Lower Cervical-Spine - Description Of The Techniques And Preliminary-Report	209	4
48	Conlon et al.⁶²	Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Cervical Spine - An Analysis Of 333 Cases	209	3
49	Rogers ⁶³	Fractures And Dislocations Of The Cervical Spine - An End-Result Study	209	3
50	Emery et al.⁶⁴	Anterior Cervical Decompression And Arthrodesis For The Treatment Of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy - Two To Seventeen-Year Follow-Up	202	3
51	Vaccaro et al.⁶⁵	Early Failure Of Long Segment Anterior Cervical Plate Fixation	198	3
52	Youdas et al.⁶⁶	Reliability Of Measurements Of Cervical-Spine Range Of Motion - Comparison Of 3 Methods	198	3
53	Southwick et al.⁶⁷	Surgical Approaches To The Vertebral Bodies In The Cervical And Lumbar Regions	198	4
54	Buskila et al.⁶⁸	Increased Rates Of Fibromyalgia Following Cervical Spine Injury - A Controlled Study Of 161 Cases Of Traumatic Injury	195	3
55	Goffin et al.⁶⁹	Long-Term Follow-Up After Interbody Fusion Of The Cervical Spine	193	3
56	Stiell et al.⁷⁰	The Canadian C-Spine Rule Versus The Nexus Low-Risk Criteria In Patients With Trauma	193	3
57	Goffin et al.¹⁸	Preliminary Clinical Experience With The Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis	193	3
58	Flanders et al.⁷¹	Acute Cervical-Spine Trauma - Correlation Of Mr Imaging Findings With Degree Of Neurologic Deficit	193	2
59	Sawin et al.⁷²	A Comparative Analysis Of Fusion Rates And Donor-Site Morbidity For Autogeneic Rib And Iliac Crest Bone Grafts In Posterior Cervical Fusions	192	3
60	Clark et al.⁷³	Fractures Of The Dens - A Multicenter Study	192	2
61	Cattell et al.⁷⁴	Pseudosubluxation And Other Normal Variations In Cervical Spine In Children . A Study Of 160 Children	191	3
62	Fountas et al.⁷⁵	Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion Associated Complications	190	3
63	Kaiser et al.⁷⁶	Anterior Cervical Plating Enhances Arthrodesis After Discectomy And Fusion With Cortical Allograft	189	3
64	Levine et al.⁷⁷	The Management Of Traumatic Spondylolisthesis Of The Axis	189	3
65	Wada et al.⁷⁸	Subtotal Corpectomy Versus Laminoplasty For Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy - A Long-Term Follow-Up Study Over 10 Years	184	2
66	An et al.²¹	Comparison Between Allograft Plus Demineralized Bone-Matrix Versus Autograft In Anterior Cervical Fusion - A Prospective Multicenter Study	184	2
67	Smucker et al.⁷⁹	Increased Swelling Complications Associated With Off-Label Usage Of Rhbmp-2 In The Anterior Cervical Spine	183	4
68	Boden et al.⁸⁰	Rheumatoid-Arthritis Of The Cervical-Spine - A Long-Term Analysis With Predictors Of Paralysis And Recovery	182	3
69	Murrey et al.⁸¹	Results Of The Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Food And Drug Administration Investigational, Device Exemption Study Of The Prodisc-C Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Discectomy And Fusion For The Treatment Of 1-Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease	181	2
70	Hosono et al.⁸²	Neck And Shoulder Pain After Laminoplasty - A Noticeable Complication	181	3
71	Bazaz et al.⁸³	Incidence Of Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery - A Prospective Study	180	3
72	Vasavada et al.⁸⁴	Influence Of Muscle Morphometry And Moment Arms On The Moment-Generating Capacity Of Human Neck Muscles	179	N/A
73	Dickman et al.⁸⁵	The Interspinal Method Of Posterior Atlantoaxial Arthrodesis	178	4
74	Panjabi et al.⁸⁶	Mechanical Properties Of The Human Cervical Spine As Shown By Three-Dimensional Load-Displacement Curves	176	N/A
75	Aker et al.⁸⁷	Conservative Management Of Mechanical Neck Pain: Systematic Overview And Meta-Analysis	175	1
76	Bishop et al.²⁰	Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion Using Autogeneic And Allogeneic Bone Graft Substrate: A Prospective Comparative Analysis	175	2
77	Itoh et al.⁸⁸	Technical Improvements And Results Of Laminoplasty For Compressive Myelopathy In The Cervical-Spine	175	3
78	Pellicci et al.⁸⁹	A Prospective-Study Of The Progression Of Rheumatoid-Arthritis Of The Cervical-Spine	173	2
79	Abumi et al.⁹⁰	Posterior Occipitocervical Reconstruction Using Cervical Pedicle Screws And Plate-Rod Systems	172	3
80	Heller et al.⁹¹	Comparison Of Bryan Cervical Disc Arthroplasty With Anterior Cervical Decompression And Fusion Clinical And Radiographic Results Of A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial	171	2
81	Abumi et al.⁹²	Pedicle Screw Fixation For Nontraumatic Lesions Of The Cervical Spine	171	3
82	Melcher et al.⁹³	Biomechanical Testing Of Posterior Atlantoaxial Fixation Techniques	170	N/A
83	Katsuura et al.⁹⁴	Kyphotic Malalignment After Anterior Cervical Fusion Is One Of The Factors Promoting The Degenerative Process In Adjacent Intervertebral Levels	170	3
84	Perry et al.⁹⁵	Total Cervical-Spine Fusion For Neck Paralysis	170	3
85	Matsumoto et al.⁹⁶	Mri Of Cervical Intervertebral Discs In Asymptomatic Subjects	169	3
86	Johnson et al.⁹⁷	Cervical Orthoses - Study Comparing Their Effectiveness In Restricting Cervical Motion In Normal Subjects	167	N/A
87	Richter et al.⁹⁸	Posterior Atlantoaxial Fixation - Biomechanical In Vitro Comparison Of Six Different Techniques	166	N/A
88	Bogduk et al.⁹⁹	Biomechanics Of The Cervical Spine. I: Normal Kinematics	166	N/A
89	Gore et al.¹⁰⁰	Neck Pain - A Long-Term Follow-Up Of 205 Patients	166	3
90	Torg et al.¹⁰¹	Neurapraxia Of The Cervical Spinal-Cord With Transient Quadriplegia	166	3
91	Sakaura et al.¹⁰²	C5 Palsy After Decompression Surgery For Cervical Myelopathy - Review Of The Literature	165	3
92	Wang et al.¹⁰³	Increased Fusion Rates With Cervical Plating For Two-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion	165	3
93	Matsunaga et al.¹⁰⁴	Strain On Intervertebral Discs After Anterior Cervical Decompression And Fusion	165	N/A
94	Wainner et al.¹⁰⁵	Reliability And Diagnostic Accuracy Of The Clinical Examination And Patient Self-Report Measures For Cervical Radiculopathy	163	3
95	Coe et al.¹⁰⁶	Biomechanical Evaluation Of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Methods In A Human Cadaveric Model	162	N/A
96	Tan et al.¹⁰⁷	Morphometric Evaluation Of Screw Fixation In Atlas Via Posterior Arch And Lateral Mass	161	N/A
97	Resnick et al.¹⁰⁸	Anatomic Suitability Of The C1-C2 Complex For Pedicle Screw Fixation	161	4
98	Bailey⁵	The Normal Cervical Spine In Infants And Children	161	3
99	Resnick et al.¹⁰⁹	C1-C2 Pedicle Screw Fixation With Rigid Cantilever Beam Construct: Case Report And Technical Note	160	4
100	Hacker et al.¹¹⁰	A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Clinical Evaluation Of An Anterior Cervical Fusion Cage	160	2