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A Comprehensive Review of Complication Rates After Surgery for Adult Deformity: A Reference for Informed Consent

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A Multicenter Comparison of Inpatient Resource Use for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

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A Novel Tool for Deformity Surgery Planning: Determining the Magnitude of Lordotic Correction Required to Achieve a Desired Sagittal Vertical Axis

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A comparative analysis of the prevalence and characteristics of cervical malalignment in adults presenting with thoracolumbar spine deformity based on variations in treatment approach over 2 years

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A cost-effectiveness comparisons of adult spinal deformity surgery in the United States and Japan.

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A porcine model for progressive thoracic scoliosis

scientific article published in May 2009

Adult Scoliosis Deformity Surgery: Comparison of Outcomes Between 1 vs. 2 Attending Surgeons

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Adult spinal deformity-postoperative standing imbalance: how much can you tolerate? An overview of key parameters in assessing alignment and planning corrective surgery

scientific article published on December 2010

Antifibrinolytics reduce blood loss in adult spinal deformity surgery: a prospective, randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on April 2015

Assessment of Impact of Long-Cassette Standing X-Rays on Surgical Planning for Cervical Pathology: An International Survey of Spine Surgeons

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Assessment of impact of standing long-cassette radiographs on surgical planning for lumbar pathology: an international survey of spine surgeons

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Association between preoperative cervical sagittal deformity and inferior outcomes at 2-year follow-up in patients with adult thoracolumbar deformity: analysis of 182 patients

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Cervical Alignment Changes in Patients Developing Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Following Surgical Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Cervical compensatory alignment changes following correction of adult thoracic deformity: a multicenter experience in 57 patients with a 2-year follow-up

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Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications: a review.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Change in classification grade by the SRS-Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification predicts impact on health-related quality of life measures: prospective analysis of operative and nonoperative treatment

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Changes in thoracic kyphosis negatively impact sagittal alignment after lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a comprehensive radiographic analysis

scientific article published on February 2012

Characterizing Adult Cervical Deformity and Disability Based on Existing Cervical and Adult Deformity Classification Schemes at Presentation and Following Correction.

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Classifications for adult spinal deformity and use of the Scoliosis Research Society-Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification.

scientific article published on April 2013

Clinical Improvement Through Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity: What Can Be Expected and Who Is Likely to Benefit Most?

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Clinical and radiographic evaluation of the adult spinal deformity patient

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Clinically Significant Thromboembolic Disease in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence and Risk Factors in 737 Patients.

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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

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Comparison of best versus worst clinical outcomes for adult spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of a prospectively collected, multicenter database with 2-year follow-up

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Comparison of complications, costs, and length of stay of three different lumbar interbody fusion techniques: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Complication Rates and Maintenance of Correction After 3-Column Osteotomy in the Elderly: Report of 55 Patients With 2-Year Follow-up

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Complications and intercenter variability of three-column osteotomies for spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of 423 patients

scientific article published on May 2014

Comprehensive study of back and leg pain improvements after adult spinal deformity surgery: analysis of 421 patients with 2-year follow-up and of the impact of the surgery on treatment satisfaction

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Computed tomographic validation of the porcine model for thoracic scoliosis

scientific article published in January 2010

Cost-utility analysis of cervical deformity surgeries using 1-year outcome.

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Dedicated Spine Measurement Software Quantifies Key Spino-Pelvic Parameters More Reliably Than Traditional Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Tools

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Defining Spino-Pelvic Alignment Thresholds: Should Operative Goals in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Account for Age?

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Development and validation of risk stratification models for adult spinal deformity surgery

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Development of Validated Computer-based Preoperative Predictive Model for Proximal Junction Failure (PJF) or Clinically Significant PJK With 86% Accuracy Based on 510 ASD Patients With 2-year Follow-up

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Development of a Preoperative Predictive Model for Reaching the Oswestry Disability Index Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

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Development of a preoperative predictive model for major complications following adult spinal deformity surgery

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Diversity in Surgical Decision Strategies for Adult Spine Deformity Treatment: The Effects of Neurosurgery or Orthopedic Training Background and Surgical Experience

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2) Use in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Increase Complications and Are Complications Associated With Location of rhBMP-2 Use?: A Prospective, Multicenter Study of 279 Consecutive Patients

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Does prior short-segment surgery for adult scoliosis impact perioperative complication rates and clinical outcome among patients undergoing scoliosis correction?

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Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction?

scientific article published on 24 December 2010

Effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donation for protection against allogeneic blood exposure in adult spinal deformity surgeries: a propensity-matched cohort analysis

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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.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Etiology of lumbar lordosis and its pathophysiology: a review of the evolution of lumbar lordosis, and the mechanics and biology of lumbar degeneration

scientific article published on May 2014

Evolution in Surgical Approach, Complications, and Outcomes in an Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Multicenter Study Group Patient Population

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Factors Predicting Cost-effectiveness of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery at 2 Years

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Gravity line analysis in adult volunteers: age-related correlation with spinal parameters, pelvic parameters, and foot position

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How the neck affects the back: changes in regional cervical sagittal alignment correlate to HRQOL improvement in adult thoracolumbar deformity patients at 2-year follow-up

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Impact of Smoking on 30-day Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

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Impact of age on the likelihood of reaching a minimum clinically important difference in 374 three-column spinal osteotomies: clinical article

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

Impact of magnitude and percentage of global sagittal plane correction on health-related quality of life at 2-years follow-up

scientific article published in August 2012

Impact of poor mental health in adult spinal deformity patients with poor physical function: a retrospective analysis with a 2-year follow-up

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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

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Impact of spinopelvic alignment on decision making in deformity surgery in adults: A review.

scientific article published on 23 March 2012

Impact of unilateral corrective tethering on the histology of the growth plate in an established porcine model for thoracic scoliosis

scientific article published in July 2012

Importance of patient-reported individualized goals when assessing outcomes for adult spinal deformity (ASD): initial experience with a Patient Generated Index (PGI).

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Improving Complex Pediatric and Adult Spine Care While Embracing the Value Equation

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality of Reintubation in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Initial Experience With Real-Time Continuous Physical Activity Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery

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Inter- and Intra-rater Reliability of the Hart-ISSG Proximal Junctional Failure Severity Scale

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Lumbosacral stress and age may contribute to increased pelvic incidence: an analysis of 1625 adults

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Magnitude of preoperative cervical lordotic compensation and C2-T3 angle are correlated to increased risk of postoperative sagittal spinal pelvic malalignment in adult thoracolumbar deformity patients at 2-year follow-up

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Magnitude, Location, and Factors Related to Regional and Global Sagittal Alignment Change in Long Adult Deformity Constructs: Report of 183 Patients With 2-Year Follow-up

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Maintenance of radiographic correction at 2 years following lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy is superior with upper thoracic compared with thoracolumbar junction upper instrumented vertebra.

scientific article published in June 2014

Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Substantial Clinical Benefit Using PROMIS CAT in Cervical Spine Surgery

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Multicenter validation of a formula predicting postoperative spinopelvic alignment

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Novel Angular Measures of Cervical Deformity Account for Upper Cervical Compensation and Sagittal Alignment

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Novel Method Using Baseline Normalization and Area Under the Curve to Evaluate Differences in Outcome Between Treatment Groups and Application to Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Undergoing Anterior Versus Posterior Surgery

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Operative Management of Adult Spinal Deformity Results in Significant Increases in QALYs Gained Compared to Non-operative Management: Analysis of 479 patients with Minimum 2-year Follow-up.

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Orientation of the Upper-Most Instrumented Segment Influences Proximal Junctional Disease Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

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Osteotomies in the treatment of spinal deformities: indications, classification, and surgical planning.

scientific article published on 11 May 2014

Outcomes of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective, Multicenter, Propensity-Matched Cohort Assessment With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up

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Outcomes of open staged corrective surgery in the setting of adult spinal deformity

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Patient Factors That Influence Decision Making: Randomization Versus Observational Nonoperative Versus Observational Operative Treatment for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis.

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Patient profiling can identify patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) at risk for conversion from non-operative to surgical treatment: initial steps to reduce ineffective ASD management

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Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity with Previous Fusions Have an Equal Chance of Reaching Substantial Clinical Benefit Thresholds in Health-Related Quality of Life Measures but Do Not Reach the Same Absolute Level of Improvement

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Patients with adult spinal deformity treated operatively report greater baseline pain and disability than patients treated nonoperatively; however, deformities differ between age groups

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Patients with spinal deformity over the age of 75: a retrospective analysis of operative versus non-operative management

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Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in the Revision Versus Primary Adult Spinal Deformity Patient: Is There a Difference in Correction and Complications?

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Pelvic Incidence: The Great Biomechanical Effort

scientific article published in April 2016

Pelvic tilt and truncal inclination: two key radiographic parameters in the setting of adults with spinal deformity

scientific article published in August 2009

Perioperative complications and mortality after spinal fusions: analysis of trends and risk factors.

scientific article published on October 2013

Posterior global malalignment after osteotomy for sagittal plane deformity: it happens and here is why.

scientific article published in April 2013

Postoperative Recovery After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Comparative Analysis of Age in 149 Patients During 2-year Follow-up

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Postoperative cervical deformity in 215 thoracolumbar patients with adult spinal deformity: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on patient-reported outcome and satisfaction at 2-year follow-up

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Potential of predictive computer models for preoperative patient selection to enhance overall quality-adjusted life years gained at 2-year follow-up: a simulation in 234 patients with adult spinal deformity.

scientific article published in December 2017

Predictive modeling of length of hospital stay following adult spinal deformity correction: Analysis of 653 patients with an accuracy of 75% within 2 days.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Predictors of Revision Surgical Procedure Excluding Wound Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity and Impact on Patient-Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction: A Two-Year Follow-up

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Preoperative Planning for Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: Does Pelvic Tilt Matter?

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Preoperative functional status as a predictor of short-term outcome in adult spinal deformity surgery

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Prevalence and type of cervical deformities among adults with Parkinson's disease: a cross-sectional study

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Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery

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Radiographic Fusion Grade Does Not Impact Health-Related Quality of Life in the Absence of Instrumentation Failure for Patients Undergoing Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity

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Radiographic Outcomes of Adult Spinal Deformity Correction: A Critical Analysis of Variability and Failures Across Deformity Patterns

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Radiographical and Implant-Related Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence, Patient Risk Factors, and Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life

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Reciprocal changes in cervical spine alignment after corrective thoracolumbar deformity surgery.

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Recovery following adult spinal deformity surgery: the effect of complications and reoperation in 149 patients with 2-year follow-up

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Reliability assessment of a novel cervical spine deformity classification system

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Reoperation rates and impact on outcome in a large, prospective, multicenter, adult spinal deformity database: clinical article

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Results of the 2015 Scoliosis Research Society Survey on Single Versus Dual Attending Surgeon Approach for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

scientific article published on June 2017

Revision Surgery After Three-Column Osteotomy in 335 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Inter-Center Variability and Risk Factors

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Revision extension to the pelvis versus primary spinopelvic instrumentation in adult deformity: comparison of clinical outcomes and complications

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Rod Fracture After Apparently Solid Radiographic Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

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Role of Ethnicity in Alignment Compensation: Propensity Matched Analysis of Differential Compensatory Mechanism Recruitment Patterns for Sagittal Malalignment in 288 ASD Patients from Japan, Korea and United States

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Sacro-femoral-pubic angle: a coronal parameter to estimate pelvic tilt

scientific article published on 24 November 2011

Sagittal spinal pelvic alignment

scientific article published on April 2013

Sagittal spinopelvic malalignment in Parkinson disease: prevalence and associations with disease severity

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Scoliosis Research Society-Schwab adult spinal deformity classification: a validation study

scientific article published in May 2012

Spino-Pelvic Parameters After Surgery Can be Predicted

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Spino-femoral muscles affect sagittal alignment and compensatory recruitment: a new look into soft tissues in adult spinal deformity

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

Spontaneous improvement of cervical alignment after correction of global sagittal balance following pedicle subtraction osteotomy

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Standing Balance and Sagittal Plane Spinal Deformity

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Stiffness After Pan-Lumbar Arthrodesis for Adult Spinal Deformity Does Not Significantly Impact Patient Functional Status or Satisfaction Irrespective of Proximal Endpoint

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

Surgical Rates and Operative Outcome Analysis in Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Major Adult Scoliosis

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

T1 Slope Minus Cervical Lordosis (TS-CL), the Cervical Answer to PI-LL, Defines Cervical Sagittal Deformity in Patients Undergoing Thoracolumbar Osteotomy

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

The Health Impact of Symptomatic Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison of Deformity Types to United States Population Norms and Chronic Diseases.

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The Impact of Standing Regional Cervical Sagittal Alignment on Outcomes in Posterior Cervical Fusion Surgery

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

The SRS-Schwab adult spinal deformity classification: assessment and clinical correlations based on a prospective operative and nonoperative cohort

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The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification

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The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery

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The likelihood of reaching minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit at 2 years following a 3-column osteotomy: analysis of 140 patients

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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

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Three types of sagittal alignment regarding compensation in asymptomatic adults: the contribution of the spine and lower limbs

scientific article published on 6 June 2017

Timing of Complications Occurring Within 30 Days After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.

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Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic upper instrumented vertebrae endpoints have similar outcomes and complications in adult scoliosis

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Use of Surgimap Spine in sagittal plane analysis, osteotomy planning, and correction calculation

scientific article published on April 2013

Volume and fat infiltration of spino-pelvic musculature in adults with spinal deformity.

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Younger Patients Are Differentially Affected by Stiffness-Related Disability Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

scientific article published on 31 August 2019

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