Study Design. Retrospective radiographic outcomes analysis. Objective. We had 3 hypotheses:
1) a longer fusion; 2) a more proximal instrumented vertebra, and 3) circumferential …

… D, Approximately 1 month postoperative, she fell getting off the commode, complaining of
increasing back pain and some motor weakness in her legs. She had a fracture subluxation at …

Study Design. Systematic review of literature. Objective. To perform a comprehensive English
language systematic literature review of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal …

Study Design. Cervical pedicle morphology was investigated using manual and computed
tomography measurements. Objectives. Normal anatomic variations of the cervical pedicles …

Spinal deformity in the adult is a common medical disorder with a significant and measurable
impact on health-related quality of life. The ability to measure and quantify patient self-…

Background context There is a lack of agreement among spine surgeons as to the best
surgical treatment modality for many degenerative lumbar diseases. Although there are many …

Study Design. Retrospective case series. Objective. To evaluate the use of titanium mesh
cages in the reconstruction of the cervical spine following corpectomy. Summary of …

Study Design. Retrospective study with prospectively collected outcomes data. Objective.
Determine the significance of coronal balance on spinal deformity surgery outcomes. Summary …

Background context Proximal junctional failure (PJF) is a recognized complication of spinal
deformity surgery. Acute PJF (APJF) has recently been demonstrated to be 5.6% in the adult …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Fixed sagittal imbalance (FSI) may result from loss of adequate
lumbar lordosis (LL) after spinal fusion. Pelvic incidence (PI) is a fixed anatomical parameter …