BACKGROUND CONTEXT: PJK is a well-known complication occurring in patients (pts) who
undergo surgical adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction. Acute PJK (aPJK) occurs within the …

Abstract Study Design Case-control study. Objectives To analyse global sagittal alignment
including the cranial center of mass (CCOM) and proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in …

Background context. Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) following surgical treatment of
lumbar degenerative kyphosis (LDK) is one of the critical complications leading to the failure …

BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have reported on the prevalence of proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) following spinal deformity surgery; however, none have demonstrated its …

Purpose Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) has been reported to occur at a rate of about
30% in traditional growing rods (GR) and magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) …

To investigate the factors associated with proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). A systematic
search was performed. The weighted mean difference (WMD) was pooled for continuous …

The purpose of this review is the current understanding of proximal junctional kyphosis
(PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) following adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery …

Study Design. A retrospective study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after lumbosacral long fusion according to preoperative …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients. Objective. To investigate
the clinical value of thoracic tilt (TT) in characterizing thoracic compensation and predicting …

Introduction Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a relatively common complication
following spinal deformity surgery that may require reoperation. Although isolating the …