Relation between laminectomy and development of adjacent segment instability after lumbar fusion with pedicle fixation

PL Lai, LH Chen, CC Niu, TS Fu, WJ Chen - Spine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective study of 101 patients who had undergone posterolateral
lumbar fusion, to analyze the association between adjacent instability and the extent of …

Preventing proximal adjacent level kyphosis with strap stabilization

KM Zaghloul, BJ Matoian, NB Denardin, VV Patel - Orthopedics, 2016 - journals.healio.com
A substantial proportion of patients develop proximal junctional kyphosis following spinal
surgery. To combat this postoperative change, several techniques have focused on …

Effect of sagittal spinal balance, levels of posterior instrumentation, and length of follow-up on low back pain in patients undergoing posterior decompression and …

P Korovessis, T Repantis, Z Papazisis, P Iliopoulos - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective controlled clinical study on low back pain (LBP). Objective. To
investigate the possible effects of radiographic and other related parameters on LBP in …

Preventive effect of artificial ligamentous stabilization on the upper adjacent segment impairment following posterior lumbar interbody fusion

S Imagama, N Kawakami, Y Matsubara, T Kanemura… - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective, comparative study. Objective. To assess the effects of soft
stabilization with artificial ligamentous bands placed on the upper segment adjacent to …

The mechanism in junctional failure of thoraco-lumbar fusions. Part II: analysis of a series of PJK after thoraco-lumbar fusion to determine parameters allowing to …

AA Faundez, J Richards, P Maxy, R Price… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To identify risk factors, in 12 patients with junctional breakdown (JBD) after thoraco-
sacral fusions and to test a software locating maximal bending moment on full spine EOS …

Postoperative sagittal balance has only a limited role in the development of adjacent segment disease after lumbar spine fusion for degenerative lumbar spine …

LA Toivonen, H Mäntymäki, A Häkkinen, H Kautiainen… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective additional analysis of a prospective follow-up study. Objectives.
We aimed to find out whether poor postoperative sagittal alignment increases revisions for …

Clinical outcomes and complications after pedicle subtraction osteotomy for correction of thoracolumbar kyphosis

M Ikenaga, J Shikata, M Takemoto… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2007 - thejns.org
Object Many patient complications have been reported after the use of the pedicle
subtraction osteotomy (PSO) technique. To the authors' knowledge, no previous reseachers …

Correlation between postoperative distribution of lordosis and reciprocal progression of thoracic kyphosis and occurrence of proximal junctional kyphosis following …

T Ohba, S Ebata, H Oba, K Koyama… - Clinical spine surgery, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study using consecutive patients. Objectives:
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of lumbar lordosis (LL) construction …

Sagittal alignment after lumbar interbody fusion: comparing anterior, lateral, and transforaminal approaches

RG Watkins IV, R Hanna, D Chang… - Clinical Spine …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective radiographic analysis. Objective: To determine which lumbar
interbody technique is most effective for restoring lordosis, increasing disk height, and …

Techniques for operative correction of proximal junctional kyphosis of the upper thoracic spine

J McClendon Jr, BA O'Shaughnessy, PA Sugrue… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study of a consecutive series of patients treated for proximal
junctional kyphosis (PJK) of the upper thoracic and cervicothoracic spine. Objective. To …