Spinal Curvatures

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Pilot Study on Posterior Polyethylene Tethers to Prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Multilevel Spinal Instrumentation for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • A cost-effectiveness comparisons of adult spinal deformity surgery in the United States and Japan. 
  • A novel radiographic classification of severe spinal curvatures exceeding 100°: the Omega (Ω), gamma (γ) and alpha (α) deformities. 
  • A standardized nomenclature for cervical spine soft-tissue release and osteotomy for deformity correction: clinical article. 
  • Adult Spinal Deformity Knowledge in Orthopedic Spine Surgeons: Impact of Fellowship Training, Experience, and Practice Characteristics. 
  • An international consensus on the appropriate evaluation and treatment for adults with spinal deformity. 
  • Analysis of Complications with Staged Surgery for Less Invasive Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Are Higher Global Alignment and Proportion Scores Associated With Increased Risks of Mechanical Complications After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? An External Validation. 
  • Assessment of Surgical Treatment Strategies for Moderate to Severe Cervical Spinal Deformity Reveals Marked Variation in Approaches, Osteotomies, and Fusion Levels. 
  • Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery? 
  • Cervical Versus Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformities: A Comparison of Baseline Quality-of-Life Burden. 
  • Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications: a review. 
  • Characterizing Adult Cervical Deformity and Disability Based on Existing Cervical and Adult Deformity Classification Schemes at Presentation and Following Correction. 
  • Clinical and radiographic parameters associated with best versus worst clinical outcomes in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Comparative analysis of perioperative complications between a multicenter prospective cervical deformity database and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. 
  • Comparison of Structural Disease Burden to Health-related Quality of Life Scores in 264 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients With 2-Year Follow-up: Novel Insights into Drivers of Disability. 
  • Coronal realignment and reduction techniques and complication avoidance. 
  • Cost-Utility Analysis of rhBMP-2 Use in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Cost-utility analysis of cervical deformity surgeries using 1-year outcome. 
  • Counseling Guidelines for Anticipated Postsurgical Improvements in Pain, Function, Mental Health, and Self-image for Different Types of Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Defining Spino-Pelvic Alignment Thresholds: Should Operative Goals in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Account for Age? 
  • Depression as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium in spine deformity patients undergoing elective spine surgery. 
  • Development of a Preoperative Predictive Model for Reaching the Oswestry Disability Index Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Adult Spinal Deformity Patients. 
  • Development of a preoperative predictive model for major complications following adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Development of a validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for pseudarthrosis with 91% accuracy in 336 adult spinal deformity patients. 
  • Does MIS Surgery Allow for Shorter Constructs in the Surgical Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity? 
  • Effect of Obesity on Radiographic Alignment and Short-Term Complications After Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformity. 
  • Ethnic Variations in Radiographic Parameters and SRS-22 Scores in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparison Between North American and Japanese Patients Above 50 Years of Age With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • Evolution in Surgical Approach, Complications, and Outcomes in an Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Multicenter Study Group Patient Population. 
  • Frailty and Health-Related Quality of Life Improvement Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Group-based Trajectory Modeling: A Novel Approach to Classifying Discriminative Functional Status Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Study of a 3-year Follow-up Group. 
  • Growth-Friendly Spine Surgery in Escobar Syndrome. 
  • Impact of Movement Disorders on Management of Spinal Deformity in the Elderly. 
  • Impact of cost valuation on cost-effectiveness in adult spine deformity surgery. 
  • Impact of poor mental health in adult spinal deformity patients with poor physical function: a retrospective analysis with a 2-year follow-up. 
  • Impact of preoperative depression on 2-year clinical outcomes following adult spinal deformity surgery: the importance of risk stratification based on type of psychological distress. 
  • Impact of spinopelvic alignment on decision making in deformity surgery in adults: A review. 
  • Importance of patient-reported individualized goals when assessing outcomes for adult spinal deformity (ASD): initial experience with a Patient Generated Index (PGI). 
  • Incidence and Predictive Factors of Sepsis Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Incidence of Acute, Progressive, and Delayed Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Over an 8-Year Period in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients. 
  • Incidence of perioperative medical complications and mortality among elderly patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity: analysis of 3519 patients. 
  • Lower Extremity Motor Function Following Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Two-Year Follow-up in the Scoli-RISK-1 Prospective, Multicenter, International Study. 
  • Maintenance of radiographic correction at 2 years following lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy is superior with upper thoracic compared with thoracolumbar junction upper instrumented vertebra. 
  • Man-in-the-barrel syndrome after thoracoilium fusion. 
  • Management of iatrogenic flat-back syndrome. 
  • Natural history of spinopelvic alignment differs from symptomatic deformity of the spine. 
  • Neuroanesthesia Guidelines for Optimizing Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Neuromonitoring During Deformity and Complex Spinal Surgery: A Delphi Consensus Study. 
  • Neutral upright sagittal spinal alignment from the occiput to the pelvis in asymptomatic adults: a review and resynthesis of the literature. 
  • Non-neurologic adverse events after complex adult spinal deformity surgery: results from the prospective, multicenter Scoli-RISK-1 study. 
  • Outcomes of Operative Treatment for Adult Cervical Deformity: A Prospective Multicenter Assessment With 1-Year Follow-up. 
  • Patients with High Pelvic Tilt Achieve the Same Clinical Success as Those with Low Pelvic Tilt After Minimally Invasive Adult Deformity Surgery. 
  • Pediatric spinal deformities. 
  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in the Revision Versus Primary Adult Spinal Deformity Patient: Is There a Difference in Correction and Complications? 
  • Posterior global malalignment after osteotomy for sagittal plane deformity: it happens and here is why. 
  • Predicting extended operative time and length of inpatient stay in cervical deformity corrective surgery. 
  • Predicting the Occurrence of Postoperative Distal Junctional Kyphosis in Cervical Deformity Patients. 
  • Preoperative functional status as a predictor of short-term outcome in adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Primary Drivers of Adult Cervical Deformity: Prevalence, Variations in Presentation, and Effect of Surgical Treatment Strategies on Early Postoperative Alignment. 
  • Prophylactic use of intraoperative vancomycin powder and postoperative infection: an analysis of microbiological patterns in 1200 consecutive surgical cases. 
  • Prospective Multicenter Assessment of All-Cause Mortality Following Surgery for Adult Cervical Deformity. 
  • Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Pseudarthrosis in adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of incidence, characteristics, and risk factors. 
  • Re-operation After Long-Segment Fusions for Adult Spinal Deformity: The Impact of Extending the Construct Below the Lumbar Spine. 
  • Recent and Emerging Advances in Spinal Deformity. 
  • Recovery Kinetics: Comparison of Patients Undergoing Primary or Revision Procedures for Adult Cervical Deformity Using a Novel Area Under the Curve Methodology. 
  • Recovery following adult spinal deformity surgery: the effect of complications and reoperation in 149 patients with 2-year follow-up. 
  • Reduced Impact of Smoking Status on 30-Day Complication and Readmission Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) for Adult Spine Deformity: A Single Institutional Study of 839 Patients. 
  • Reliability assessment of a novel cervical spine deformity classification system. 
  • Reoperation rates and impact on outcome in a large, prospective, multicenter, adult spinal deformity database: clinical article. 
  • Reoperation rates in minimally invasive, hybrid and open surgical treatment for adult spinal deformity with minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Retrospective analysis underestimates neurological deficits in complex spinal deformity surgery: a Scoli-RISK-1 Study. 
  • Sagittal spino-pelvic alignment failures following three column thoracic osteotomy for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Sexual function in older adults following thoracolumbar to pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity. 
  • Spinal deformity and mobility self-confidence among women with osteoporosis and vertebral fractures. 
  • Spinopelvic parameters in postfusion flatback deformity patients. 
  • Spontaneous improvement of cervical alignment after correction of global sagittal balance following pedicle subtraction osteotomy. 
  • Surgical considerations for major deformity correction spine surgery. 
  • Surgical treatment of pathological loss of lumbar lordosis (flatback) in patients with normal sagittal vertical axis achieves similar clinical improvement as surgical treatment of elevated sagittal vertical axis: clinical article. 
  • The Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Adverse Events Following Adult Complex Deformity Surgery: Analysis of 270 Patients From the Prospective, Multicenter Scoli-RISK-1 Study. 
  • The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression and Fusion. 
  • The Importance of C2 Slope, a Singular Marker of Cervical Deformity, Correlates With Patient-reported Outcomes. 
  • TheT1 pelvic angle, a novel radiographic measure of global sagittal deformity, accounts for both spinal inclination and pelvic tilt and correlates with health-related quality of life. 
  • Thoracolumbar spinal deformity. 
  • Treatment of adult thoracolumbar spinal deformity: past, present, and future. 
  • Utility of multilevel lateral interbody fusion of the thoracolumbar coronal curve apex in adult deformity surgery in combination with open posterior instrumentation and L5-S1 interbody fusion: a case-matched evaluation of 32 patients. 
  • Xipho-pubic angle (XPA) correlates with patient's reported outcomes in a population of adult spinal deformity: results from a multi-center cohort study.