Adult spinal deformity

BG Diebo, NV Shah, O Boachie-Adjei, F Zhu… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Adult spinal deformity affects the thoracic or thoracolumbar spine throughout the ageing
process. Although adolescent spinal deformities taken into adulthood are not uncommon …

Is frailty associated with adverse outcomes after orthopaedic surgery?: a systematic review and assessment of definitions

JL Lemos, JM Welch, M Xiao, LM Shapiro, E Adeli… - JBJS …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is increasing evidence supporting the association between frailty and
adverse outcomes after surgery. There is, however, no consensus on how frailty should be …

The 5-item modified frailty index is predictive of severe adverse events in patients undergoing surgery for adult spinal deformity

M Yagi, T Michikawa, N Hosogane, N Fujita, E Okada… - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective review of 281 consecutive cases of adult spine deformity
(ASD) surgery (age 55±19 yrs, 91% female, follow-up 4.3±1.9 yrs) from a multicenter …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of frailty on spine surgery: systematic review on 10 years clinical studies

F Veronesi, V Borsari, L Martini, A Visani… - Aging and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Frailty is a condition characterized by a high vulnerability to low-power stressor. Frailty
increases with age and is associated with higher complications and mortality. Several …

Association between lower Hounsfield units and proximal junctional kyphosis and failure at the upper thoracic spine

AL Mikula, N Lakomkin, Z Pennington… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze risk factors and avoidance techniques for
proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) in the upper thoracic …

Utility of the hospital frailty risk score for predicting adverse outcomes in degenerative spine surgery cohorts

TC Hannah, SN Neifert, JM Caridi, ML Martini… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND As spine surgery becomes increasingly common in the elderly, frailty has
been used to risk stratify these patients. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a novel …

Effective prevention of proximal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity surgery requires a combination of surgical implant prophylaxis and avoidance of sagittal …

BG Line, S Bess, R Lafage, V Lafage, F Schwab… - Spine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Propensity score matched analysis of a multi-center prospective adult spinal
deformity (ASD) database. Objective. Evaluate if surgical implant prophylaxis combined with …

The immense heterogeneity of frailty in neurosurgery: a systematic literature review

J Pazniokas, C Gandhi, B Theriault, M Schmidt… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this study was to review and analyze the neurosurgery body of literature to
document the current knowledge of frailty within neurosurgery, standardizing terminology …

Development and validation of risk stratification models for adult spinal deformity surgery

F Pellisé, M Serra-Burriel, JS Smith, S Haddad… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery has a high rate of major complications
(MCs). Public information about adverse outcomes is currently limited to registry average …

The role of frailty in geriatric cranial neurosurgery for primary central nervous system neoplasms

S Shahrestani, BM Lehrich, AR Tafreshi, NJ Brown… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Frailty is a clinical state of increased vulnerability due to age-associated decline
and has been well established as a perioperative risk factor. Geriatric patients have a higher …