Study Design. Retrospective study. Objective. To analyze the causes, prevalence of, and risk
factors for sagittal thoracic decompensation in adult lumbar spinal instrumentation and …

Background The various methods of lumbar interbody fusion have been described in the
literature. With the development of the lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) approach, a …

Aim To determine the effect of different cage geometries and posterior instrumentation on
the sagittal spinal profile after monosegmental lumbar interbody fusion. Method The study is …

Study Design. A retrospective study of 101 patients who had undergone posterolateral
lumbar fusion, to analyze the association between adjacent instability and the extent of …

Study Design. Prospective controlled clinical study on low back pain (LBP). Objective. To
investigate the possible effects of radiographic and other related parameters on LBP in …

A substantial proportion of patients develop proximal junctional kyphosis following spinal
surgery. To combat this postoperative change, several techniques have focused on …

Study Design. A retrospective, comparative study. Objective. To assess the effects of soft
stabilization with artificial ligamentous bands placed on the upper segment adjacent to …

Purpose To identify risk factors, in 12 patients with junctional breakdown (JBD) after thoraco-
sacral fusions and to test a software locating maximal bending moment on full spine EOS …

Study Design. Retrospective additional analysis of a prospective follow-up study. Objectives.
We aimed to find out whether poor postoperative sagittal alignment increases revisions for …

Object Many patient complications have been reported after the use of the pedicle
subtraction osteotomy (PSO) technique. To the authors' knowledge, no previous reseachers …