Surgical restoration of sagittal alignment of the spine: correlation with improved patient-reported outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AEA Ochtman, MC Kruyt, WCH Jacobs, R Kersten… - JBJS …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: The sagittal-plane curvatures of the human spine are the consequence of
evolution from quadrupedalism to bipedalism and are needed to maintain the center of mass …

Cost-utility analysis of neoadjuvant teriparatide therapy in osteopenic patients undergoing adult spinal deformity surgery

M Raad, C Ortiz-Babilonia, H Hassanzadeh… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A cost-utility analysis study. Objective. This study aims to evaluate the cost-
utility of neoadjuvant teriparatide therapy in osteopenic patients undergoing adult spinal …

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 …

Prophylactic vertebral cement augmentation at the uppermost instrumented vertebra and rostral adjacent vertebra for the prevention of proximal junctional kyphosis …

GM Ghobrial, DG Eichberg, JPG Kolcun, K Madhavan… - The spine journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional
failure (PJF) are common problems after long-segment (> 5 levels) thoracolumbar …

What factors predict the risk of proximal junctional failure in the long term, demographic, surgical, or radiographic?: results from a time-dependent ROC curve

J Yang, M Khalifé, R Lafage, HJ Kim, J Smith… - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of prospective multicenter database. Objective. To
identify an optimal set of factors predicting the risk of proximal junctional failure (PJF) while …

The benefit of addressing malalignment in revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis following ASD surgery

PG Passias, O Krol, TK Williamson, V Lafage, R Lafage… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. Understand the benefit of addressing
malalignment in revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Summary of …

Semitendinosus tendon augmentation for prevention of proximal junctional failure

R Alluri, A Kim, A Ton, H Kang, F Acosta, R Hah - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to compare
the incidence of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK), proximal junctional failure (PJF), and …

Patterns of lumbar spine malalignment leading to revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis: a cluster analysis of over-versus under-correction

R Lafage, P Passias, B Sheikh Alshabab… - Global spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Objective Investigate the patterns of fused lumbar
alignment in patients requiring revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) …

Selective versus hyperselective posterior fusions in Lenke 5 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: comparison of radiological and clinical outcomes

B Ilharreborde, E Ferrero, A Angelliaume… - European Spine …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Recent literature has reported that the] progression risk of Lenke 5 adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) during adulthood had been underestimated. Surgery is, therefore …

Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic as site of upper instrumented vertebrae for long fusion surgery in adult spinal deformity: a meta-analysis of proximal junctional …

M Luo, P Wang, W Wang, M Shen, G Xu, L Xia - World Neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective A meta-analysis was performed to compare incidence rates of radiographic and
surgical proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) between upper thoracic (UT) and lower thoracic …