Contents

 Editorial

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
Spring Cleaning   
Eeric Truumees, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
An Opportunity to be Better 
Charles L. Branch, Jr, MD

 Current Concepts

n INVITED REVIEW
Blindness Associated with Prone Spinal Surgery: A 2009 Update 
Jeffery Stambough, MD, MBA; Elisha K. Clouse, BSN, RN, CCRP

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
Anterior vs Posterior Approach for Cervical Myelopathy 
Hugh Bassewitz, MD; Jon Kimball, MD; Langston T. Holly, MD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Jeffery Stambough, MD; Debdut Biswas, BA; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD

n RESEARCH NOTES
NASS Recommends Spine Comparative Effectiveness Research
Priorities 
Bill Watters, MD; Charles Mick, MD


 Socioeconomics &  Politics

n ETHICS
NASS Adopts New Disclosure Policy 
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, MD, JD; Laura Wade

n CODING Q & A
Coding Facet Joint Neurotomy or Denervation 
David R. O'Brien, MD
 

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC

• NASS' Legislative Action Center—An Easy Way for Your Voice to be Heard 
  Raj Rao, MD; Nicholas A. Schilligo, MS
• 111th Congress: Committees with Health Care Jurisdiction
• Health Advocacy Digest

 NASS News