Cervical Deformity Correction Fails to Achieve Age-Adjusted Spinopelvic Alignment Targets

PG Passias, KE Pierce, SR Horn, A Segar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Objective To assess whether surgical cervical deformity (CD) patients meet spinopelvic age-
adjusted alignment targets, reciprocal, and lower limb compensation changes. Study Design …

The importance of incorporating proportional alignment in adult cervical deformity corrections relative to regional and global alignment: steps toward development of a …

PG Passias, TK Williamson, KE Pierce, AJ Schoenfeld… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background. The global alignment and proportion score is widely used in adult spinal
deformity surgery. However, it is not specific to the parameters used in adult cervical …

Predictive model for cervical alignment and malalignment following surgical correction of adult spinal deformity

PG Passias, C Oh, CM Jalai, N Worley, R Lafage… - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of prospective multicenter database. Objective. Use
predictive modeling to identify patient characteristics, radiographic, and surgical variables …

Spinopelvic sagittal compensation in adult cervical deformity

J Ye, SM Rider, R Lafage, S Gupta, AS Farooqi… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate spinopelvic sagittal alignment and
spinal compensatory changes in adult cervical kyphotic deformity. METHODS A database …

At What Point Should the Thoracolumbar Region Be Addressed in Patients Undergoing Corrective Cervical Deformity Surgery?

PG Passias, KE Pierce, S Naessig, W Ahmad… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate
the impact of cervical to thoracolumbar ratios on poor outcomes in cervical deformity (CD) …

Relationship of cervical sagittal vertical alignment after sagittal balance correction in adult spinal deformity: a retrospective radiographic study

SR Manoharan, D Joshi, M Owen… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijssurgery.com
ABSTRACT Study Design Retrospective radiographic study. Purpose Predict the variability
of the center of gravity of head (COG) relative to the global cervical sagittal alignment (SVA) …

When can we expect global sagittal alignment to reach a stable value following cervical deformity surgery?

R Lafage, JS Smith, BS Alshabab, C Ames… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Cervical deformity (CD) is a complex condition with a clear impact on patient
quality of life, which can be improved with surgical treatment. Previous study following …

Novel angular measures of cervical deformity account for upper cervical compensation and sagittal alignment

TS Protopsaltis, R Lafage, S Vira, D Sciubba… - Clinical spine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: This is a retrospective review of a prospective multicenter database.
Objective: This study introduces 2 new cervical alignment measures accounting for both …

4. At what point should the thoracolumbar region be addressed in patients undergoing corrective cervical deformity surgery?

PG Passias, KE Pierce, V Lafage, R Lafage… - The Spine Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Thoracolumbar malalignment is often seen in patients
presenting with cervical deformities. For operative cervical deformity (CD) patients, it is …

Magnitude of preoperative cervical lordotic compensation and C2–T3 angle are correlated to increased risk of postoperative sagittal spinal pelvic malalignment in …

PG Passias, A Soroceanu, J Scheer, S Yang… - The Spine Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Background context Cervical deformity (CD) is prevalent among patients with adult spinal
deformity (ASD). The effect of baseline cervical alignment on achieving optimal …