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 …

Treatment of adult thoracolumbar spinal deformity: past, present, and future: JNSPG 75th Anniversary Invited Review Article

JS Smith, CI Shaffrey, CP Ames, LG Lenke - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2019 - thejns.org
Care of the patient with adult spinal deformity (ASD) has evolved from being primarily
supportive to now having the ability to directly treat and correct the spinal pathology. The …

Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery

JS Smith, E Klineberg, V Lafage, CI Shaffrey… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Although multiple reports have documented significant benefit from surgical
treatment of adult spinal deformity (ASD), these procedures can have high complication …

Adult spinal deformity: epidemiology, health impact, evaluation, and management

CP Ames, JK Scheer, V Lafage, JS Smith, S Bess… - Spine deformity, 2016 - Elsevier
Spinal deformity in the adult is a common medical disorder with a significant and
measurable impact on health-related quality of life. The ability to measure and quantify …

Operative versus nonoperative treatment for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis

MP Kelly, JD Lurie, EL Yanik, CI Shaffrey, CR Baldus… - JBJS, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: The effectiveness of operative compared with nonoperative treatment at initial
presentation (no prior fusion) for adult lumbar scoliosis has not, to our knowledge, been …

Artificial intelligence based hierarchical clustering of patient types and intervention categories in adult spinal deformity surgery: towards a new classification scheme …

CP Ames, JS Smith, F Pellisé, M Kelly, A Alanay… - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of prospectively-collected, multicenter adult spinal
deformity (ASD) databases. Objective. To apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based hierarchical …

Recent and emerging advances in spinal deformity

JS Smith, CI Shaffrey, S Bess, MF Shamji… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Over the last several decades, significant advances have occurred in the
assessment and management of spinal deformity. OBJECTIVE: The primary focus of this …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and back pain

F Balagué, F Pellisé - Scoliosis and spinal disorders, 2016 - Springer
This broad narrative review addresses the relationship between adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS) and back pain. AIS can be responsible for low back pain, particularly major …

Epidemiology and socioeconomic trends in adult spinal deformity care

MM Safaee, CP Ames, JS Smith - Neurosurgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Adult spinal deformity (ASD) has gained significant attention over the past decade with
improvements in diagnostic tools, classification schemes, and surgical technique. The …

[HTML][HTML] Are higher global alignment and proportion scores associated with increased risks of mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity surgery? An …

KYH Kwan, LG Lenke, CI Shaffrey… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background The Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) score, based on pelvic incidence-
based proportional parameters, was recently developed to predict mechanical complications …