Background Proximal junctional failure (PJF) following multilevel thoracolumbar
instrumented to the pelvis for adult spinal deformity (ASD) is relatively uncommon but …

Background This is the first case series to describe adjacent segment infection (ASI) after
surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis (SD). Materials and methods Patients with SD …

Three-column resection osteotomies of the spine are burdened with several major
complications [1–4]. We report an unusual and unreported complication after pedicle …

Study Type Retrospective cohort study. Introduction Acute proximal junctional failure (APJF)
was recently defined by the International Spine Study Group as: postoperative fracture of the …

Methods Multicenter, case-control analysis of consecutive PJF patients following ASD
surgery. PJF patients were matched to patients without PJF (NOPJF) from a prospective ASD …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Postoperative wound infection is a well-recognized
complication of spinal surgery. The infection occurs usually at the posterior wound after …

Deep wound infection is a serious surgical complication. The majority of patients with
pyogenic spondylodiscitis can be treated non-surgically with antibiotics and immobilization …

I read with interest the case of proximal junctional spondylodiscitis presented by Formica et
al.[1]. Although I agree with the authors, that this complication is an uncommon and a …

Introduction Adjacent level spondylodiscitis (ALS) after primary surgery for thoracic
spondylodiscitis is a very rare condition. Case report We report the case of a 76-year-old …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper was to analyze the incidence and risk factors of proximal
junctional kyphosis (PJK) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who underwent …