Cervical spine alignment in the sagittal axis: a review of the best validated measures in clinical practice

ML Martini, SN Neifert, EK Chapman… - Global Spine …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Review of the best-validated measures of cervical spine alignment in the
sagittal axis. Objective: Describe the C2-C7 Cobb Angle, C2-C7 sagittal vertical axis, chin …

Osteotomies in ankylosing spondylitis: where, how many, and how much?

H Koller, J Koller, M Mayer, A Hempfing, W Hitzl - European Spine Journal, 2018 - Springer
Introduction This article presents the current concepts of correction of spinal deformity in
ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Untreated AS can be a debilitating disease. In a few …

Optimizing the application of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 10]

R Rodrigues-Pinto, TS Montenegro… - Global spine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Literature Review (Narrative). Objective To introduce the number 10 research
priority for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Individualizing Surgery. Methods This article …

Age-related changes in cervical sagittal alignment: a radiographic analysis

R Tang, BY Ivan, ZB Cheung, JS Kim, SKW Cho - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To identify age-related changes in
cervical sagittal parameters using standard radiographs. Summary of Background Data …

Paraspinal sarcopenia is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes following laminoplasty for degenerative cervical myelopathy

ZW Pinter, R Reed, SE Townsley, AL Mikula… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The present study is the first to assess
the impact of paraspinal sarcopenia on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) …

Multifidus sarcopenia is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes following posterior cervical decompression and fusion

ZW Pinter, HI Salmons IV, S Townsley, A Omar… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The present study is the first to assess
the impact of paraspinal sarcopenia on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcomes and revision rates following four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

A Charalampidis, N Hejrati, H Ramakonar, PS Kalsi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Studies on outcomes after four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) are
limited in the literature. The purpose of this study was to report on clinical outcomes and …

[HTML][HTML] The association of cervical sagittal alignment with adjacent segment degeneration

X Yang, RHMA Bartels, R Donk, MP Arts… - European Spine …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Cervical spine surgery may affect sagittal alignment parameters and induce
accelerated degeneration of the cervical spine. Cervical sagittal alignment parameters of …

[HTML][HTML] Sagittal alignment of the cervical spine: do we know enough for successful surgery?

AQA Teo, AC Thomas, HWD Hey - Journal of Spine Surgery, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the sagittal alignment of the
cervical spine and its correlation to clinical outcomes. It is now known that cervical lordosis is …

Differences in spinal cord biomechanics after laminectomy, laminoplasty, and laminectomy with fusion for degenerative cervical myelopathy

A Vedantam, B Harinathan, A Warraich… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Spinal cord stress/strain during neck motion contributes to spinal cord
dysfunction in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), yet the effect of surgery on spinal …