2026, Number 4 VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL
Contents
Letter to the Editor
Moral architecture in scientific communication: from inverted ethics to aligned ethics
Cortés Sandoval, José Carlos
Editorial
The silent epidemic of literature: prey of predatory publications in spine surgery
Jiménez Ávila, José María
Original articles
Spine surgery in the mexican population: influence of smoking on postoperative pain, functional disability, and quality of life
Mejía Aguilar, Dalia María; Pérez Hernández, Leonardo; Núñez Salazar, Alfonso de Jesús; López Hinojosa, Fabian Catarino; López Cavazos, Catarino; Martínez Trevizo, Arturo
Hemodynamic and ventilatory changes in thoracolumbar surgery. Comparative analysis of two types of intraoperative positioning
Macías Inguanzo, Jesús Alfredo; Lima, Pablo Gerardo; Terreros Sánchez, Omael; Tamayo Gómez, Carlos Damián; Gervacio García, Hugo César; Pavón Flores, Jesús; Jiménez Ferral, Alhelí; Marroquín Herrera, Omar
Comparation of the Hounsfield units versus bone densitometry in the diagnosis of osteoporosis
Bazán, Pedro Luis; Cinalli, Micaela; Sirna, Pablo
Transitioning from microscopic to twodimensional visualization: a technical framework for uniportal endoscopic spine surgery
Gutiérrez-Partida, Carlos Francisco
Dysphagia secondary to anterior cervical osteophytes: report of three cases and review of the literature
Velasco Canziani, Juan Manuel; Otero, Natalia; Galli, Nicolás; Traba, Nicolás; Sapriza, Santiago; Rocchietti, Álvaro; Pereyra Baisón, Leonardo; García, Fernando
Postoperative Horner's syndrome after cervical spine surgery: a single-center case series and clinical considerations
Macías Ávila, Daniel; Grimaldo Urrutia, Ernesto; Castillo Coronado, Víctor Demetrio
A new era in cervical myelopathy: the first microstructural classification impacting early diagnosis, treatment decisionmaking, and an algorithm for therapeutic optimization
Contreras Guerrero, Javier
Review
Postoperative radiculitis following anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF): a systematic review
Valdez-Aguilar, Jesús Ernesto; García-González, Ulises; Taylor-Martínez, Mario Alberto
Clinical cases
Anterolateral corpectomy plus kyphoplasty: case report and literature review
Chávez López, José Antonio; Chávez Cisneros, Reyna Daena; Tzab Chi, Emmanuel Alejandro; Méndez Hernández, Alejandra; Villaseñor Rangel, Samuel
Intramedullary spinal metastasis: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a rare condition. A case report and literature review
De Paz-Jaimes, Omar; Pérez-Carranza, Samuel; Aldape-Ocañas, Francisco Guillermo; Cortés-González, Pedro Tiburcio; González-Gómez, Marco Augusto; Vázquez-Martínez, Benny Rubén
Uniportal endoscopic resection of lumbar facet cyst in a patient with previous surgeries: case report and technical review
Gutiérrez-Partida, Carlos Francisco
Special articles
Systematic review assisted by artificial intelligence: usefulness, challenges and recommendations
Salcido Reyna, Marlene Vanessa
Cirugía de Columna Vol. 4, No. 4, October-Diciembre 2026.