• Aucun résultat trouvé

Editorial

N/A
N/A
Protected

Academic year: 2021

Partager "Editorial"

Copied!
1
0
0

Texte intégral

(1)

E D I T O R I A L

Editorial

Max Aebi

Received: 10 July 2013 / Published online: 25 July 2013 Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

The two papers of Hanne Albert et al. [1,2] about Modic I changes of the vertebra published in the European Spine Journal of April 2013 have––in spite of a cautious editorial [3]––initiated an extensive discussion about both the value and significance of these research results as well as about conflicts of interests of the authors.

With the invited guest editorial by John O’Dowd and Adrian Casey from the UK and the answers of the authors to letters to the editor, the European Spine Journal tries to put the research results in the right perspectives to meet misunderstandings and too fast interpretations which have little to do with the presented facts.

With a statement as well as an answer to one of the letters to the editors by the principal author (H. A.), the European Spine Journal reacts on numerous accusations mainly from self-nominated moral preachers of the lay press that it has published the two papers without checking the disclosed ‘‘no conflict of interest’’ statement.

As Editor of the journal, my reply is twofold:

1. The quality and the originality of research are not less, even if the author has a so-called ‘‘conflict of interest’’, more so when this ‘‘conflict of interest’’ has nothing to do with the process of research.

2. Every author who wants to publish a paper in the European Spine Journal has to sign a ‘‘no conflict of interest’’ statement before the paper is accepted for publication. The European Spine Journal has neither the capacity nor the size to check the truth of every author’s statement. Here, we have to rely on the

honesty of the authors. If an author is not honest and lies to the journal, then this is his/her own responsi-bility. The journal can only ban such an author from future publishing in the European Spine Journal and in severe cases the journal may publicly announce the withdrawal of the publication in question. However, such a decision has to be proportional and is only justified when the conflict of interest manipulates the methodology and results, in other words, the quality and the honesty of the research data. This is clearly not the case in the two papers of H. Albert et al. It is not up to the lay and public press to make themselves the judges about content, which is geared towards a selective community, in this case the spine research community.

Conflict of interest None.

References

1. Albert HB et al (2013) Does nuclear tissue infected with bacteria following disc herniations lead to Modic changes in the adjacent vertebrae? Eur Spine J 22(4):690–696

2. Albert HB et al (2013) Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized clinical controlled trial of efficacy. Eur Spine J 22(4):697–707

3. Aebi M (2013) Is low back pain after disc herniation with Modic Type 1 changes a low-grade infection? Eur Spine J 22(4):689

M. Aebi (&)

Salem-Spital, Scha¨nzlistrasse 39, 3000 Bern 25, Switzerland e-mail: max.aebi@MEMcenter.unibe.ch

123

Eur Spine J (2013) 22:1693

Références

Documents relatifs

Pourtant je dois bien avouer qu'avec le recul, mémé, c'est comme cela que nous l'appelions ma sœur et moi, faisait tout ce qu'il était possible de faire pour nous donner une

repères spectraux ayant pour but de nous diriger autre part, ne sont que l’intimation du fait que Proust pense qu’il a une vérité à lui à exprimer sur la

A partir de simulations de la zone convective solaire (dans laquelle les contours d’isorotation ne sont pas alignés avec l’axe de rotation mais de direction radiale) (e.g. Miesch et

relationships with journalists – and their relationships with populations – partake in this cybernetic approach 19 to communication: the institution provides

One of the blenniids (Blennius fluviatilis) occurs in European freshwater. They are therefore omitted here. species keying out together are not necessarily related

Indeed, it is thanks to Maria Montessori that the child of today enjoys a pleasant school life..

(for further information please refer to the relevant corresponding tender documents) VI.3.3) Text to be corrected in the original notice. Place of text to

12 The first textual evidence of hunting with cheetahs in India appears in Muslim records of the thirteenth century, where the animal is named yūz, its Persian name.. 13