Risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis following surgical deformity correction in pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis

BJ Toll, SV Gandhi, A Amanullah, AF Samdani… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Single-center retrospective cohort analysis. Objective. The aim of this study
was to evaluate risk factors associated with the development of proximal junctional kyphosis …

Distal junctional kyphosis of adolescent idiopathic thoracic curves following anterior or posterior instrumented fusion: incidence, risk factors, and prevention

TG Lowe, L Lenke, R Betz, P Newton, D Clements… - Spine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. This is a retrospective multicenter analysis of a subset of 375 patients with
thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treated with either anterior (238) or posterior …

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 …

Identifying thoracic compensation and predicting reciprocal thoracic kyphosis and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery

TS Protopsaltis, BG Diebo, R Lafage, JK Henry… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective analysis. Objective. To define thoracic compensation and
investigate its association with postoperative reciprocal thoracic kyphosis and proximal …

Risk Factors of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis—The Spinous Processes and Proximal Rod Contouring

K Boeckenfoerde, A Schulze Boevingloh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK), as one of the most discussed problems after corrective
surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), is still not fully clarified and seems to be …

Preoperative radiographic evaluation of thoracic flexibility and compensation for adult spinal deformity surgery. How to select optimal upper instrumented vertebra to …

T Ohba, F Koji, K Koyama, H Oba, K Oda, N Tanaka… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study of a cohort of consecutive patients. Objective. The aim of
this study was to clarify the usefulness and value of the difference in thoracic kyphosis (ΔTK) …

Does the amount of correction of sagittal deformity really promote proximal junctional kyphosis? Multivariate analyses according to uppermost instrumented vertebra …

SJ Park, CS Lee, JS Park, TS Shin, IS Kim, J Kim… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The present study assumed that the effects of deformity correction amounts on
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) development after long deformity surgery would vary …

Proximal junctional kyphosis as a distinct form of adjacent segment pathology after spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review

HJ Kim, LG Lenke, CI Shaffrey, EM Van Alstyne… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To review the literature on proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) as a specific form for proximal adjacent segment pathology and report on the …

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 …

Patients with proximal junctional kyphosis after stopping at thoracolumbar junction have lower muscularity, fatty degeneration at the thoracolumbar area

SJ Hyun, YJ Kim, SC Rhim - The Spine Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context There are several reports regarding pathogeneses and risk
factors for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adult spinal deformity surgery. However, the …