Sagittal spinal alignment in adult spinal deformity: an overview of current concepts and a critical analysis review

S Iyer, E Sheha, MC Fu, J Varghese… - JBJS …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Sagittal Spinal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Over... : JBJS Reviews Sagittal Spinal
Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Overview of Current Concepts and a Critical Analysis …

Instrumentation techniques to prevent proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity correction: a systematic review of clinical …

TFG Vercoulen, RJP Doodkorte, A Roth… - Global Spine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Systematic review. Objectives: To summarize the results of clinical studies
investigating spinal instrumentation techniques aiming to reduce the postoperative …

Incidence of osteoporosis-related complications following posterior lumbar fusion

BT Bjerke, M Zarrabian, IS Aleem… - Global spine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective review. Objectives: This study investigates the prevalence of
adverse postsurgical events, or osteoporosis-related complications (ORCs), following spinal …

[HTML][HTML] Protective Factors of Preventing Proximal Junctional Kyphosis as the Most Common Complication of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

M Nabiuni, J Hatam, S Haghbin - Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023 - irjns.org
3. Results Fifteen consecutive patients who had previous ASD surgery and needed revision
surgery were included in this research. The average age ranged from 41 to 65 and the mean …

Proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity: definition, classification, risk factors, and prevention strategies

HJ Kim, JH Yang, DG Chang, SI Suk… - Asian Spine …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Proximal junctional problems are among the potential complications of surgery for adult
spinal deformity (ASD) and are associated with higher morbidity and increased rates of …

Vertebral bone quality score independently predicts proximal junctional kyphosis and/or failure after adult spinal deformity surgery

CC Kuo, MAR Soliman, AO Aguirre, N Ruggiero… - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF)
can be catastrophic complications associated with adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery …

Predictive model for distal junctional kyphosis after cervical deformity surgery

PG Passias, D Vasquez-Montes, GW Poorman… - The Spine Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Distal junctional kyphosis (DJK) is a primary concern of
surgeons correcting cervical deformity. Identifying patients and procedures at higher risk of …

Preoperative Hounsfield units at the planned upper instrumented vertebrae may predict proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity

YC Yao, J Elysee, R Lafage, M McCarthy, PK Louie… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To investigate the association between
Hounsfield units (HU) measured at the planned upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) and UIV+ …

Degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients with proximal junctional kyphosis have lower muscularity, fatty degeneration at the lumbar area

L Yuan, Y Zeng, Z Chen, W Li, X Zhang, S Mai - European Spine Journal, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To assess the lumbar muscle conditions on the incidence of proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) after long-level correction and instrumentation surgery for degenerative …

Relationship between Hounsfield units of upper instrumented vertebrae, proximal junctional failure, and global alignment and proportion score in female patients with …

A Hiyama, D Sakai, H Katoh, M Sato, M Watanabe - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Study Design This was a retrospective observational study. Objectives The purpose of this
study was to evaluate bone mineral density using Hounsfield unit (HU) values at the upper …