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 …

[HTML][HTML] Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: An In-depth Review

M Yagi, K Yamanouchi, N Fujita, H Funao, S Ebata - Neurospine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery aims to correct abnormal spinal curvature in adults,
leading to improved functionality and reduced pain. However, this surgery is associated with …

Proximal junction failure in spine surgery: integrating geometrical and biomechanical global descriptors improves GAP score-based assessment

M Rasouligandomani, A Del Arco, F Pellisé… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective observational study. Objective. Biomechanical and geometrical
descriptors are used to improve global alignment and proportion (GAP) prediction accuracy …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the predictive power of the GAP score on mechanical complications: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cho, S Lee, HJ Kim - European Spine Journal, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The prevention of mechanical complications (MC) is a major concern in adult spinal
deformity (ASD) correction surgery; thus, the global alignment and proportion (GAP) score …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive assessment of global spinal sagittal alignment and related normal spinal loads in a healthy population

F Rieger, DA Rothenfluh, SJ Ferguson… - Journal of Biomechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abnormal postoperative global sagittal alignment (GSA) is associated with an increased risk
of mechanical complications after spinal surgery. Typical assessment of sagittal alignment …

Relationship between pelvic incidence-adjusted relative spinopelvic parameters, global sagittal alignment and lower extremity compensations

A Yucekul, A Ozpinar, FDB Kilickan, M Dalla… - European Spine …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose In response to sagittal malalignment, compensatory spinal and lower extremity
mechanisms are recruited. Thoracolumbar realignment surgery has been shown to yield …

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 …, 2024 - 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 …

Characteristics of Spinal Morphology according to the Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) Score in a Diverse, Asymptomatic Cohort: Multi-Ethnic Alignment …

Y Shen, ZM Sardar, M Malka, J Reyes, P Katiyar… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Multi-Ethnic Alignment Normative Study (MEANS) cohort: prospective, cross-
sectional, multi-center. Objective. To analyze the distribution of GAP scores in the MEANS …

Diabetes‐related Screw Loosening: The Distinction of Surgical Sites and the Relationship among Diabetes, Implant Stabilization and Clinical Outcomes

T Wang, J Wang, X Hu, K Hao, G Xiang… - Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Diabetes mellitus (DM) is correlated with poor clinical outcomes in spinal surgery.
However, the effect of it on screw stabilization has not been investigated. The aim of this …

Lordosis distribution index for predicting mechanical complications after long-level fusion surgery: comparison of Global Alignment and Proportion score and …

MH Moon, MH Shin, SC Yoo, DY Choi… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2024 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Both the Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) score and Roussouly
classification account for the lordosis distribution index (LDI), but the LDI of the GAP score (G …