Jani M. Puhakka - Publications

Scientific award winning paper 2025 of the swiss society of spinal surgery: The impact of Modic changes in recurrent lumbar disc herniation: Persistent Modic type 1 changes represent a high-risk phenotype for early re-herniation.

Journal: Brain & spine

Published: April 17, 2026

Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: To Fuse or Not To Fuse: A Single-Center Analysis of Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of 450 Patients.

Journal: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume

Published: April 01, 2026

Outcomes of posterior spinal fusion in AIS: A minimally invasive vs. open technique analysis.

Journal: Brain & spine

Published: November 26, 2025

Feasibility of Smartphone-Derived Short-Interval Walking Tests for Monitoring Functional Recovery After Spine Surgery.

Journal: JOR spine

Published: September 21, 2025

Cervical sagittal alignment after multilevel ACDF: correction goes along with loss of compensation.

Journal: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Published: May 05, 2025

The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) comes of age: 18 years of efficient and effective patient-reported outcome measurement in the field of spinal disorders. Part 2. COMI item-content, scoring, language versions, and applications.

Journal: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Published: December 11, 2024

The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) comes of age: 18 years of efficient and effective patient-reported outcome measurement in the field of spinal disorders. Part 1. Development of the COMI, interpretation of scores, and use in research.

Journal: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Published: December 11, 2024

Enhancing the Reliability of Cartilage Repair Evaluation: A Simplified Volume-Based Approach.

Journal: Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society

Published: December 02, 2024

Platelet-rich plasma does not influence magnetic resonance imaging findings of the gluteus muscles after total hip arthroplasty through the Hardinge approach.

Journal: Skeletal radiology

Published: August 13, 2024

Are large language models valid tools for patient information on lumbar disc herniation? The spine surgeons' perspective.

Journal: Brain & spine

Published: December 27, 2023

Patient-reported outcomes 1 and 2 years after transforaminal thoracic interbody fusion (TTIF).

Journal: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Published: December 30, 2022

Comparison Between Arthroscopic and Histological International Cartilage Repair Society Scoring Systems in Porcine Cartilage Repair Model.

Journal: Cartilage

Published: January 31, 2022