Incidence and risk factors for the progression of proximal junctional kyphosis in degenerative lumbar scoliosis following long instrumented posterior spinal fusion

H Wang, L Ma, D Yang, T Wang, S Yang, Y Wang… - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Incidence and risk factors for the progression of proximal j... : Medicine Incidence and risk
factors for the progression of proximal junctional kyphosis in degenerative lumbar scoliosis …

Proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis following segmental posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion: minimum 5-year follow-up

YJ Kim, KH Bridwell, LG Lenke, J Kim, SK Cho - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective study. Objective. To analyze the long-term proximal junctional
change in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) following segmental posterior spinal …

Biomechanical risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis: a detailed numerical analysis of surgical instrumentation variables

M Cammarata, CÉ Aubin, X Wang, JM Mac-Thiong - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Biomechanical analysis of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) through
computer simulations and sensitivity analysis. Objective. To gain biomechanical knowledge …

Type of anchor at the proximal fusion level has a significant effect on the incidence of proximal junctional kyphosis and outcome in adults after long posterior spinal …

H Hassanzadeh, S Gupta, A Jain, MH El Dafrawy… - Spine deformity, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Design Retrospective review. Objectives To compare the incidence of
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and the clinical, radiographic, and functional outcomes in …

Rod stiffness as a risk factor of proximal junctional kyphosis after adult spinal deformity surgery: comparative study between cobalt chrome multiple-rod constructs and …

S Han, SJ Hyun, KJ Kim, TA Jahng, S Lee, SC Rhim - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Little is known about the effect of rod stiffness as a risk factor of
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. Purpose The …

Paraspinal muscle size as an independent risk factor for proximal junctional kyphosis in patients undergoing thoracolumbar fusion: Presented at the 2019 AANS/CNS …

Z Pennington, E Cottrill, AK Ahmed, P Passias… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a structural complication of spinal fusion
in 5%–61% of patients treated for adult spinal deformity. In nearly one-third of these cases …