The clinical impact of failing to achieve ideal proportional realignment in adult spinal deformity patients

…, S Owusu-Sarpong, E Dhillon, O Krol, NA Kummer… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To identify the clinical impact of failing to achieve GAP proportionality in ASD
surgery. Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Methods. Operative ASD patients with fusion to S1/…

Comparing and Contrasting the Clinical Utility of Sagittal Spine Alignment Classification Frameworks: Roussouly: Versus: SRS-Schwab

PG Passias, C Bortz, KE Pierce, L Passfall, NA Kummer… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study of a prospectively collected database. Objective.
To compare clinical utility of two common classification systems for adult spinal deformity (ASD…

Frequency and implications of concurrent complications following adult spinal deformity corrective surgery

…, A Brown, H Alas, L Passfall, O Krol, NA Kummer… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. Identify co-occurring perioperative
complications and associated predictors in a population of patients undergoing surgery for adult …

The additional economic burden of frailty in adult cervical deformity patients undergoing surgical intervention

PG Passias, NA Kummer, TK Williamson, W Ahmad… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To assess the influence of baseline frailty status on the economic burden of CD
surgery Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Materials and Methods. CD patients with frailty …

Not frail and elderly: how invasive can we go in this different type of adult spinal deformity patient?

…, S Naessig, W Ahmad, O Krol, NA Kummer… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of a single-center spine database. Objective. Investigate
the intersections of chronological age and physiological age via frailty to determine the …

Appropriate risk stratification and accounting for age-adjusted reciprocal changes in the thoracolumbar spine reduces the incidence and magnitude of distal junctional …

PG Passias, C Bortz, KE Pierce, NA Kummer, R Lafage… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study of a prospective cervical deformity (CD) database.
Objective. Identify factors associated with distal junctional kyphosis (DJK); assess …

Establishing the minimal clinically important difference for the PROMIS Physical domains in cervical deformity patients

…, W Ahmad, L Passfall, O Krol, NA Kummer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) instruments
have been shown to correlate with established patient outcome metrics. The aim of this …

Does matching Roussouly spinal shape and improvement in SRS-Schwab modifier contribute to improved patient-reported outcomes?

…, W Ahmad, S Naessig, O Krol, L Passfall, NA Kummer… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes
of matching Roussouly and improving in Schwab modifier following adult spinal deformity …

Cd4+ T-cell epitope prediction by combined analysis of antigen conformational flexibility and peptide-Mhcii binding affinity

…, DL Moss, P Bhat, PW Moore, NA Kummer… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antigen processing in the class II MHC pathway depends on conventional proteolytic
enzymes, potentially acting on antigens in native-like conformational states. CD4+ epitope …

Health-related quality of life measures in adult spinal deformity: can we replace the SRS-22 with PROMIS?

…, S Owusu-Sarpong, K Moattari, NA Kummer… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To determine the validity and responsiveness of PROMIS metrics versus the SRS-22r
questionnaire in adult spinal deformity (ASD). Methods Surgical ASD patients undergoing …