Different risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure following long instrumented fusion to the sacrum for adult spinal deformity …

SJ Park, CS Lee, SS Chung, JY Lee, SS Kang… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The failure modes, time to development, and clinical relevance are known
to differ between proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) …

The importance of thoracolumbar junctional orientation, change in thoracolumbar angle, and overcorrection of lumbar lordosis in development of proximal junctional …

DW Ham, HJ Kim, SM Park, SJ Park, J Park… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Changes in the thoracolumbar angle (TLA) would play a pivotal role in the
reciprocal changes following spine realignment surgery, thereby leading to the development …

Prospective assessment of the safety and early outcomes of sublaminar band placement for the prevention of proximal junctional kyphosis

VK Viswanathan, S Kukreja, AJ Minnema… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) can progress to proximal junctional failure
(PJF), a widely recognized early and serious complication of multisegment spinal …

Does minimally invasive percutaneous posterior instrumentation reduce risk of proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery? A propensity-matched …

PV Mummaneni, P Park, KM Fu, MY Wang… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a known complication after spinal
deformity surgery. One potential cause is disruption of posterior muscular tension band …

Posterior polyethylene tethers reduce occurrence of proximal junctional kyphosis after multilevel spinal instrumentation for adult spinal deformity: a retrospective …

EP Rabinovich, MH Snyder, JJ McClure, TJ Buell… - …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a common postoperative complication
after adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery and may manifest with neurological decline …

[HTML][HTML] Proximal junctional kyphosis: diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment

J Lee, YS Park - Asian spine journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a common radiographic finding after long spinal
fusion. A number of studies on the causes, risk factors, prevention, and treatment of PJK …

[HTML][HTML] Proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity with long spinal fusion from T9/T10 to the ilium

T Yasuda, T Hasegawa, Y Yamato… - Journal of Spine …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a common complication after corrective
long spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity. Although some reports evaluated PJK after …

Analysis of the incidence and risk factors for the progression of proximal junctional kyphosis following surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative kyphosis: minimum 2 …

JH Lee, JU Kim, JS Jang, SH Lee - British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background context. Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) following surgical treatment of
lumbar degenerative kyphosis (LDK) is one of the critical complications leading to the failure …

Use of global sagittal flexibility to predict proximal junctional kyphosis after spinal deformity surgery

RG Eaton, JL Wang, V Munjal, J Dhaliwal… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Sagittal alignment is an important predictor of functional outcomes after surgery
for adult spinal deformity (ASD). A rigid spinal column may create a large lever arm that may …

The risk of proximal junctional kyphosis decreases in patients with optimal thoracic kyphosis

S Oe, D Togawa, T Hasegawa, Y Yamato, G Yoshida… - Spine Deformity, 2019 - Springer
Study Design A retrospective study of surgical outcomes. Objective This study aimed to
investigate the preoperative risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adult spinal …