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 …

Correlation between preoperative spinopelvic alignment and risk of proximal junctional kyphosis after posterior-only surgical correction of Scheuermann kyphosis

LA Nasto, AB Perez-Romera, ST Shalabi, NA Quraishi… - The Spine Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Surgical correction of Scheuermann kyphosis (SK) is
challenging and plagued by relatively high rates of proximal junctional kyphosis and failure …

[HTML][HTML] The standing T1–L1 pelvic angle: a useful radiographic predictor of proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity

E Takasawa, N Kawamura, Y Iizuka, J Ohya… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK), which can worsen a patient's quality of life,
is a common complication following the surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity (ASD) …

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

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 …

Evaluation of proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis following pedicle screw, hook, or hybrid instrumentation

MD Helgeson, SA Shah, PO Newton, DH Clements III… - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. To compare the incidence of and risk factors
for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) following …

Optimizing the definition of proximal junctional kyphosis: a sensitivity analysis

F Lovecchio, R Lafage, B Line, S Bess, C Shaffrey… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Diagnostic binary threshold analysis. Objective.(1) Perform a sensitivity
analysis demonstrating the test performance metrics for any combination of proximal …

Recurrent proximal junctional kyphosis: incidence, risk factors, revision rates, and outcomes at 2-year minimum follow-up

HJ Kim, SJ Wang, R Lafage, S Iyer, C Shaffrey… - Spine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective comparative cohort study. Objective. Assess the incidence, risk
factors, and outcomes of recurrent proximal junctional kyphosis (r-PJK) in PJK revision …

Proximal junctional kyphosis: inter-and intraobserver reliability of radiographic measurements in adult spinal deformity

F Rastegar, A Contag, A Daniels, J Hiratzka, C Lin… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Reliability study of radiographic measures of proximal junctional kyphosis
(PJK) in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). Objective. To assess impacts of level of …

Effect of overcorrection on proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity: analysis by age-adjusted ideal sagittal alignment

CW Byun, JH Cho, CS Lee, DH Lee, CJ Hwang - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The effect of the degree of lumbar lordosis (LL) correction on
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) has not been analyzed in context of the age-adjusted …

Alignment risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis and the effect of lower thoracic junctional tethers for adult spinal deformity

TJ Buell, CJ Chen, JC Quinn, AL Buchholz… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The aims of this retrospective cohort study were to 1) identify new alignment risk
factors for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients with …