Proximal junctional kyphosis and failure after spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review of the literature as a background to classification development

D Lau, AJ Clark, JK Scheer, MD Daubs, JD Coe… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review of literature. Objective. To perform a comprehensive
English language systematic literature review of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and …

Proximal junctional kyphosis as a distinct form of adjacent segment pathology after spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review

HJ Kim, LG Lenke, CI Shaffrey, EM Van Alstyne… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To review the literature on proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) as a specific form for proximal adjacent segment pathology and report on the …

Predictive factors for proximal junctional kyphosis in long fusions to the sacrum in adult spinal deformity

K Maruo, Y Ha, S Inoue, S Samuel, E Okada, SS Hu… - Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective study. Objective. To assess the mechanisms and the
independent risk factors associated with proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in patients …

Biomechanical risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis: a detailed numerical analysis of surgical instrumentation variables

M Cammarata, CÉ Aubin, X Wang, JM Mac-Thiong - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Biomechanical analysis of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) through
computer simulations and sensitivity analysis. Objective. To gain biomechanical knowledge …

Different risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure following long instrumented fusion to the sacrum for adult spinal deformity …

SJ Park, CS Lee, SS Chung, JY Lee, SS Kang… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The failure modes, time to development, and clinical relevance are known
to differ between proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) …

Proximal junctional kyphosis

HJ Kim, S Iyer - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a common complication following adult spinal
deformity surgery. It is defined by two criteria: a proximal junctional sagittal Cobb angle (1)≥ …

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 …

The effect of posterior polyester tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: a finite element analysis

S Bess, JE Harris, AWL Turner, V LaFage… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) remains problematic following multilevel
instrumented spine surgery. Previous biomechanical studies indicate that providing less …

Vertebral bone quality score independently predicts proximal junctional kyphosis and/or failure after adult spinal deformity surgery

CC Kuo, MAR Soliman, AO Aguirre, N Ruggiero… - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF)
can be catastrophic complications associated with adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery …

Incidence and risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis: a meta-analysis

FY Liu, T Wang, SD Yang, H Wang, DL Yang… - European Spine …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To analyse the incidence and risk factors associated with proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) following spinal fusion, we collect relative statistics from the articles on PJK …