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Publications

 Since the first published paper in 1988, Nick Birch has been author or co-author of 31 peer
reviewed papers, a number of letters to international journals and numerous abstracts
published after major conferences. Copies of the papers that are able to be viewed in the
public domain are listed below.

Multi-Storey Library

Serial Residual Volumes in Men with Prostatic Hypertrophy

British Journal of Urology (1988)

Macroscopic and Histologic Analyses of De Novo Bone in
the Posterior Spine at Time of Spinal Implant Removal

J Spinal Disord Tech (2009)

Cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections for radicular pain

Bone Joint J. (2022)

Abdominal wall pseudohernia - One secondary to a thoracic extraforaminal dis  herniation and other due to thoracic paracentral disc protrusion*

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma (2022)

No need to add fusion to lumbar decompression for stenosis

Bone Joint J. (2022)

Home-Based EEG Neurofeedback Intervention for the Management of Chronic Pain

Frontiers In Pain Research (2022)

OSTEOSYNTHESIS PLATE FOR LUMBOSACRAL JOINT

United States Application Publication (2013)

Should we all go to the PROM? The first two years of the British Spine Registry

Bone Joint J. (2015)

Thoracolumbar spinal treatment without screws

Bone Joint J. (2016)

Magnetically controlled growing rods in the treatment of early-onset scoliosis

Bone Joint J. (2016)

The RAPPER II Trial – functional exercise in the REX powered walking aid in people with spinal cord injury

The 4th European Congress of the ER-WCPT / Physiotherapy 102S (2016)

Results of the first interim analysis of the RAPPER II trial in patients with spinal cord injury: ambulation and functional exercise programs in the REX powered walking aid

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (2017)

Cauda equina syndrome a graphical representation of a time-sensitive condition

Bone Joint J. (2019)

Informed consent in spinal surgery

Bone Joint J. (2019)

The cost of consent: why healthcare providers must be compliant with the Montgomery principles

 Bone Joint J. 2020

Chronic Pain and Litigation

British Journal of Pain (2020)

Surgeon proficiency in robot-assisted spine surgery

Bone Joint J. (2020)

The diagnostic and prognostic value of artificial intelligence and artificial neural networks in spinal surgery

Bone Joint J. (2021)

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG THERAPY AFTER ARTHROSCOPY OF THE KNEE

J Bone Joint Surg (Br] (1993)

Closing the audit circle: effect of continuing audit on arthroscopic practice

Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England (1993)

Current attitudes to cementing techniques in British hip surgery

Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1994)

Knee Replacement in Haemophilia

J Bone Joint Surg (Br] (1993)

The investigation and treatment of disorders of the knee: indications and a cost-comparison of arthroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging

Health Trends (1994)

REAMED OR UNREAMED NAILING FOR CLOSED TIBIAL FRACTURES

J Bone Joint Surg (Br] (1997)

Delayed presentation of septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint after diagnostic facet joint injection

J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003

Knee pain and the infrapatellar branch of the saphenousnerve

J R Soc Med (1998)

Letter Regarding Spinal Services Provision

British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery (2003)

Microscooter injuries in the paediatric population

European Journal of Emergency Medicine (2004)

The Clinical Relevance of Tarlov Cysts

J Spinal Disord Tech (2005)

Synovial Osteochondromatosis and Secondary Chondrosarcoma of the Hip Presenting As an L4 Nerve Root Lesion

Eurorad (2007)

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