The association between lower Hounsfield units of the upper instrumented vertebra and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery with a minimum …

PG Duan, PV Mummaneni, J Rivera, JMV Guinn… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Patients undergoing long-segment fusions from the lower thoracic (LT) spine to
the sacrum for adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction are at risk for proximal junctional …

[HTML][HTML] Proximal junctional kyphosis in adult reconstructive spine surgery results from incomplete restoration of the lumbar lordosis relative to the magnitude of the …

S Mendoza-Lattes, Z Ries, Y Gao… - The Iowa orthopaedic …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is defined as: 1) Proximal junction sagittal
Cobb angle>≥ 10, and 2) Proximal junction sagittal Cobb angle of at least 10 greater than …

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 …

Risk factor analysis for proximal junctional kyphosis after adult spinal deformity surgery: a new simple scoring system to identify high-risk patients

R Lafage, G Beyer, F Schwab, E Klineberg… - Global spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Develop a simple scoring system to
estimate proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) risk. Methods: A total of 417 adult spinal …

Patients with proximal junctional kyphosis requiring revision surgery have higher postoperative lumbar lordosis and larger sagittal balance corrections

HJ Kim, KH Bridwell, LG Lenke, MS Park, KS Song… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Case control study. Objective. To evaluate risk factors in patients in 3 groups:
those without proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK)(N), with PJK but not requiring revision (P) …

Incidence and risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis: results of a multicentric study of adult scoliosis

A Sebaaly, C Sylvestre, Y El Quehtani… - Clinical spine …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: This was a retrospective multicentric study. Objective: The objective of this
study was to determine the different risk factors for development of proximal junctional …

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 …

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 …

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 results in inferior SRS pain subscores in adult deformity patients

HJ Kim, KH Bridwell, LG Lenke, MS Park, A Ahmad… - Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective comparative study. Objective. We aimed to examine the
difference in clinical outcomes in proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Summary of …