• Adjacent Disc Degeneration After Lumbar Total Disc Replacement or Non-operative Treatment: A Randomized Study With Eight-year Follow-up. 

      Furunes, Håvard; Hellum, Christian; Espeland, Ansgar; Brox, Jens Ivar; Småstuen, Milada C; Berg, Linda; Storheim, Kjersti (Spine;Volume 43, Number 24, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-01)
      Study design: Randomized controlled multicenter trial with eight-year follow-up. Objective; To assess the long-term development of adjacent disc degeneration (ADD) after lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) or non-operative ...
    • Apparent diffusion coefficient values in Modic changes – interobserver reproducibility and relation to Modic type 

      Dagestad, Magnhild Hammersland; Vetti, Nils; Kristoffersen, Per M; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Storheim, Kjersti; Bakland, Gunnstein; Brox, Jens Ivar; Grøvle, Lars; Marchand, Gunn Hege; Andersen, Erling; Assmus, Jörg; Espeland, Ansgar (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders;23, Article number: 695 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-22)
      Background: Modic Changes (MCs) in the vertebral bone marrow were related to back pain in some studies but have uncertain clinical relevance. Difusion weighted MRI with apparent difusion coefcient (ADC)-measurements can ...
    • Lumbar total disc replacement: predictors for long-term outcome 

      Furunes, Håvard; Hellum, Christian; Brox, Jens Ivar; Rossvoll, Ivar; Espeland, Ansgar; Berg, Linda; Brøgger, Helga Maria; Småstuen, Milada C; Storheim, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose We aimed to identify patient characteristics associated with favourable long-term outcomes after lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). Methods We analysed a cohort of 82 patients with degenerative disc and ...