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 …

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 …

Three-column osteotomy in adult spinal deformity: an analysis of temporal trends in usage and outcomes

PG Passias, O Krol, L Passfall, V Lafage, R Lafage… - JBJS, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Three-column osteotomies (3COs), usually in the form of pedicle subtraction or
vertebral column resection, have become common in adult spinal deformity surgery …

Adult spinal deformity surgery: posterior three-column osteotomies vs anterior lordotic cages with posterior fusion. Complications, clinical and radiological results. A …

E Quarto, A Zanirato, C Ursino, G Traverso… - European Spine …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The aim of our study is to analyse mid-to long-term severe adult spinal deformity
(ASD) surgery outcomes by comparing three-column osteotomies (3CO) and multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Influences of lumbo-sacral transitional vertebrae for anterior lumbar interbody fusion

L Becker, TV Mihalache, H Schmidt, M Putzier… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Lumbo-sacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are frequent congenital variances of the spine
and are associated with increased spinal degeneration. Nevertheless, there is a lack of data …

Impact of postoperative length of stay on patient-reported and clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion

MR Patel, KC Jacob, FA Chavez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background Existing literature has not yet evaluated the impact of postoperative length of
stay (LOS) on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and minimum clinically …

Outcomes and complications of Total Hip Arthroplasty in patients with a pre-existing pathologic spine-hip relation. A systematic review of the literature

A Zanirato, E Quarto, C Ursino, E Ferrari… - International …, 2023 - Springer
Background There has been a growing interest in pathologic spine-hip relations (PSHR) in
current literature, with the aim of reducing the risk of prosthetic impingement, dislocation …

[PDF][PDF] New trends in spinal surgery: less invasive anatomical approach to the spine. The advantages of the anterior approach in lumbar spinal fusion

R Bassani, C Morselli, R Baschiera, S Brock… - Turk …, 2021 - neurosurgery.dergisi.org
ABSTRACT AIM: To describe the history of the anterior approach to the lumbar spine from
the beginning to the minimal invasive techniques that the authors have developed, and to …

Lumbar lordosis correction with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in adult spinal deformity patients with minimum 2-year follow-up

AL Mikula, N Lakomkin, Z Pennington, A Nassr… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the degree of lumbar lordosis (LL) correction possible via
transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in adult spinal deformity patients. Methods A …

Efficacy of Varying Surgical Approaches on Achieving Optimal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

PG Passias, W Ahmad, TK Williamson, J Lebovic… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: The Roussouly, SRS-Schwab, and Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP)
classifications define alignment by spinal shape and deformity severity. The efficacy of …