The impact of global alignment and proportion score and bracing on proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity

EL Lord, E Ayres, D Woo… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective chart review. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the
relationship between global alignment and proportion (GAP) score and postoperative …

Orientation of the upper-most instrumented segment influences proximal junctional disease following adult spinal deformity surgery

R Lafage, BG Line, S Gupta, B Liabaud, F Schwab… - Spine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective database. Objective. The aim of this
study was to define the role of sagittal orientation of the construct at the upper instrumented …

The association between bone mineral density and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JW Chen, MG McCandless, AR Bhandarkar… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a complication of surgical management
for adult spinal deformity (ASD) with a multifactorial etiology. Many risk factors are …

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 …

Rod contour and overcorrection are risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis after adult spinal deformity correction surgery

M Ishihara, S Taniguchi, T Adachi, T Kushida… - European Spine …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To examine the risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after surgery for
adult spinal deformity (ASD) focusing on rod contour. Methods Sixty-three patients with ASD …

Posterior ligamentous reinforcement of the upper instrumented vertebrae+ 1 does not decrease proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity

S Iyer, F Lovecchio, JC Elysée, R Lafage… - Global spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Violation of the posterior soft tissues is
believed to contribute to the development of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) …

Low bone-mineral density is a significant risk for proximal junctional failure after surgical correction of adult spinal deformity: a propensity score-matched analysis

M Yagi, N Fujita, O Tsuji, N Nagoshi, T Asazuma, K Ishii… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A propensity-matched comparison of risk factors for proximal junctional failure
(PJF), which is a symptomatic proximal junctional kyphosis developing after corrective …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis after multilevel fusion surgery: more than 2 years follow-up data

DK Kim, JY Kim, SC Rhim… - Journal of Korean …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objective Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is radiologic finding, and is defined as
kyphosis of> 10 at the proximal end of a construct. The aim of this study is to identify factors …

Proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after 3 different types of posterior segmental spinal instrumentation and fusions: incidence and risk …

YJ Kim, LG Lenke, KH Bridwell, J Kim, SK Cho, G Cheh… - Spine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study. Objective. Determine proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK)
prevalence and analyze risk factors associated with PJK in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis …

Proximal junctional kyphosis following spinal deformity surgery in the pediatric patient

SK Cho, YJ Kim, LG Lenke - … -Journal of the American Academy of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Proper understanding and restoration of sagittal balance is critical in spinal deformity
surgery, including conditions such as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and Scheuermann …