Sagittal balance of the spine

JC Le Huec, W Thompson, Y Mohsinaly, C Barrey… - European spine …, 2019 - Springer
The static sagittal balance of the normal spine is a physiological alignment of the spine in
the most efficient manner by the muscular forces. During gait, this balance is constantly …

Instrumentation techniques to prevent proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity correction—a systematic review of …

RJP Doodkorte, TFG Vercoulen, AK Roth, RA de Bie… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Background context Correction of adult spinal deformity (ASD) by long segment
instrumented spinal fusion is an increasingly common surgical intervention. However, it is …

GAP score potential in predicting post-operative spinal mechanical complications: a systematic review of the literature

E Quarto, A Zanirato, M Pellegrini, S Vaggi… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose In 2017, the GAP score was proposed as a tool to reduce mechanical
complications (MC) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery: the reported MC rate for the GAP …

Sagittal Alignment of the Lumbar Spine.

S Berven, R Wadhwa - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2018 - europepmc.org
Alignment of the lumbar spine has an important impact on the segmental motion,
degenerative pathology, and health-related quality of life. The relationship between lumbar …

Instrumentation techniques to prevent proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity correction: a systematic review of clinical …

TFG Vercoulen, RJP Doodkorte, A Roth… - Global Spine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Systematic review. Objectives: To summarize the results of clinical studies
investigating spinal instrumentation techniques aiming to reduce the postoperative …

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 …

Correction of marked sagittal deformity with circumferential minimally invasive surgery using oblique lateral interbody fusion in adult spinal deformity

SW Park, MJ Ko, YB Kim, JC Le Huec - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery …, 2020 - Springer
Background Spinal surgery performed entirely with minimally invasive surgery is referred to
as circumferential MIS (cMIS). However, cMIS still has a limited sagittal correction capability …

Evolution of proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure rates over 10 years of enrollment in a prospective multicenter adult spinal deformity database

BS Alshabab, R Lafage, JS Smith, HJ Kim, G Mundis… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate
the evolution of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) rate over 10-year enrollment period …

Adult spinal deformity correction surgery using age-adjusted alignment thresholds: clinical outcomes and mechanical complication rates. A systematic review of the …

E Quarto, A Zanirato, F Vitali, M Spatuzzi… - European Spine …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery gives good clinical outcomes but has a high
rate of mechanical complications (MC). In 2016, Lafage described the age-adjusted …