Sagittal alignment, often misrepresented as sagittal balance, describes the ideal and “normal”
alignment in the sagittal plane, resulting from the interplay between various organic factors…

… Bassel G Diebo, MD Bassel G Diebo … Correspondence to: Dr Bassel G Diebo, Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate …

Study Design. Retrospective review, full-body radiographical analysis of adult patients with
sagittal spinal malalignment (SSM). Objective. To investigate the compensatory mechanisms …

Degenerative changes have the potential to greatly disrupt the normal curvature of the spine,
leading to sagittal malalignment. This phenomenon is often treated with operative …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the
cervical alignment necessary for the maintenance of horizontal gaze that depends on …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database. Objective. This
study compares patient demographics, incidence of comorbidities, procedure-related …

Study Design. A multicenter, prospective review of surgical patients with adult spine deformity.
Objective. Assessment of the incidence, risk factor, and impact of radiographical and …

OBJECTIVE Sagittal malalignment requires higher energy expenditure to maintain an erect
posture. Because the clinical impact of sagittal alignment is affected by both the severity of …

Study Design: This is a epidemiological database analysis. Objectives: The objectives of
this article are to assess the following characteristics of vertebral osteomyelitis (VO):(1) …

OBJECT Previous forceplate studies analyzing the impact of sagittal-plane spinal deformity
on pelvic parameters have demonstrated the compensatory mechanisms of pelvis translation …