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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 New Piece of the Puzzle to Understand Cervical Sagittal Alignment: Utilizing a Novel Angle δ to Describe the Relationship among T1 Vertebral Body Slope, Cervical Lordosis, and Cervical Sagittal Alignment

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

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 Pilot Study on Posterior Polyethylene Tethers to Prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Multilevel Spinal Instrumentation for Adult Spinal Deformity.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

A clinical prediction model for long-term functional outcome after traumatic spinal cord injury based on acute clinical and imaging factors

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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 standardized nomenclature for cervical spine soft-tissue release and osteotomy for deformity correction: clinical article.

scientific article published on 05 July 2013

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

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Adult Spinal Deformity Surgeons Are Unable to Accurately Predict Postoperative Spinal Alignment Using Clinical Judgment Alone

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Age-gender matched comparison of SRS instrument scores between adult deformity and normal adults: are all SRS domains disease specific?

scientific article published in September 2008

Alignment Risk Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and the Effect of Lower Thoracic Junctional Tethers for Adult Spinal Deformity

scientific article published on 11 September 2018

Analysis of Successful vs. Failed Radiographic Outcomes following Cervical Deformity Surgery.

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients

journal article published in 2013

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 Surgical Treatment Strategies for Moderate to Severe Cervical Spinal Deformity Reveals Marked Variation in Approaches, Osteotomies, and Fusion Levels

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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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Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity

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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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Association of myelopathy scores with cervical sagittal balance and normalized spinal cord volume: analysis of 56 preoperative cases from the AOSpine North America Myelopathy study

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Baseline Patient-Reported Outcomes Correlate Weakly With Radiographic Parameters: A Multicenter, Prospective NIH Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis Study of 286 Patients

scientific article published on November 2016

Cell Saver for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Reduces Cost.

scientific article published on July 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 mismatch: the normative value of T1 slope minus cervical lordosis and its ability to predict ideal cervical lordosis

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Cervical sagittal deformity develops after PJK in adult thoracolumbar deformity correction: radiographic analysis utilizing a novel global sagittal angular parameter, the CTPA.

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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 Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes With Primary Treatment Adult Spinal Deformity Surgeries From Two Years to Three- to Five-Years Follow-up ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

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 and radiographic evaluation of the adult spinal deformity patient

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Clinical and radiographic parameters associated with best versus worst clinical outcomes in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery

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

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Comparing Quality of Life in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy with Other Chronic Debilitating Diseases Using the SF-36 Survey

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Comparison of Best Versus Worst Clinical Outcomes for Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery.

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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 patient and surgeon perceptions of adverse events after adult spinal deformity surgery

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Complication rates associated with 3-column osteotomy in 82 adult spinal deformity patients: retrospective review of a prospectively collected multicenter consecutive series 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

Complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: an analysis of minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques

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

Cost-Utility Analysis of rhBMP-2 Use in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Cost-utility of revisions for cervical deformity correction warrants minimization of reoperations

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

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

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Determinants of Patient Satisfaction 2 Years After Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Latent Class Analysis

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

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

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Development of Deployable Predictive Models for Minimal Clinically Important Difference Achievement Across the Commonly Used Health-related Quality of Life Instruments in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

scientific article published on 01 August 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 Modified Cervical Deformity Frailty Index: A Streamlined Clinical Tool for Preoperative Risk Stratification

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

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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Development of a validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for pseudarthrosis with 91% accuracy in 336 adult spinal deformity patients

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

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 Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Posterior Instrumentation Reduce Risk of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? A Propensity-Matched Cohort Analysis.

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Does Patient Frailty Status Influence Recovery Following Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity?: An Analysis of Patients With 3-Year Follow-up

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

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 bone morphogenetic protein increase the incidence of perioperative complications in spinal fusion? A comparison of 55,862 cases of spinal fusion with and without bone morphogenetic protein

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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 treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidence-based medicine study

scientific article published in September 2009

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

scientific article published on 24 December 2010

Dynamic changes of the pelvis and spine are key to predicting postoperative sagittal alignment after pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a critical analysis of preoperative planning techniques

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Early Patient-Reported Outcomes Predict 3-Year Outcomes in Operatively Treated Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity

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Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

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Effect of Antifibrinolytic Therapy on Complications, Thromboembolic Events, Blood Product Utilization, and Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

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Effect of Obesity on Radiographic Alignment and Short-Term Complications After Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformity

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Effect of type II odontoid fracture nonunion on outcome among elderly patients treated without surgery: based on the AOSpine North America geriatric odontoid fracture study ⬇️

journal article published in 2013

Effective Prevention of Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Requires a Combination of Surgical Implant Prophylaxis and Avoidance of Sagittal Alignment Overcorrection

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

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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Efficacy and safety of surgical decompression in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the AOSpine North America prospective multi-center study

journal article published in 2013

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

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

Examining the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System versus the Scoliosis Research Society-22r in adult spinal deformity

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

External validation of the adult spinal deformity (ASD) frailty index (ASD-FI)

Fatty infiltration of the cervical extensor musculature, cervical sagittal balance, and clinical outcomes: An analysis of operative adult cervical deformity patients

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Frequency and Acceptability of Adverse Events After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Survey Study From the Cervical Spine Research Society

Functional Limitations Due to Lumbar Stiffness in Adults With and Without Spinal Deformity

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Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in geriatric patients with Type-II dens fracture

journal article published in 2013

Geographic variations in clinical presentation and outcomes of decompressive surgery in patients with symptomatic degenerative cervical myelopathy: analysis of a prospective, international multicenter cohort study of 757 patients

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Global spinal deformity from the upper cervical perspective. What is "Abnormal" in the upper cervical spine?

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Grading of Complications After Cervical Deformity-corrective Surgery: Are Existing Classification Systems Applicable?

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Hospital Readmission Within 2 Years Following Adult Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Surgery: Prevalence, Predictors, and Effect on Patient-derived Outcome Measures

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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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Identification of decision criteria for revision surgery among patients with proximal junctional failure after surgical treatment of spinal deformity

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Identifying Thoracic Compensation and Predicting Reciprocal Thoracic Kyphosis and PJK in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

article published in 2018

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 cost valuation on cost-effectiveness in adult spine deformity surgery.

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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 obesity on complications, infection, and patient-reported outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery

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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

Importance of Spinal Alignment in Primary and Metastatic Spine Tumors

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

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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Incidence of perioperative medical complications and mortality among elderly patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity: analysis of 3519 patients

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Incidence, mode, and location of acute proximal junctional failures after surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity

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Indicators for Nonroutine Discharge Following Cervical Deformity-Corrective Surgery: Radiographic, Surgical, and Patient-Related Factors

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

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

Intraoperative alignment goals for distinctive sagittal morphotypes of severe cervical deformity to achieve optimal improvements in health-related quality of life measures

scientific article published on 21 March 2020

Intrarater and interrater reliability and validity in the assessment of the mechanism of injury and integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex: a novel injury severity scoring system for thoracolumbar injuries

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Letter to the Editor: Lateral mass screw fixation in the cervical spine

scientific article published on 07 March 2014

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Limited morbidity and possible radiographic benefit of C2 vs. subaxial cervical upper-most instrumented vertebrae

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Location of correction within the lumbar spine impacts acute adjacent-segment kyphosis

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

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

Male sex may not be associated with worse outcomes in primary all-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: a multicenter analysis

scientific article published in December 2017

Medical Complications After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Impact

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Mild diabetes is not a contraindication for surgical decompression in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the AOSpine North America multicenter prospective study (CSM)

journal article published in 2014

Minimum Detectable Measurement Difference (MDMD) for Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Measures Varies According Age and Disability in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD): Implications for Calculating Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID).

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

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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Optimal tether configurations and preload tensioning to prevent proximal junctional kyphosis: a finite element analysis

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Outcomes and complications of extension of previous long fusion to the sacro-pelvis: is an anterior approach necessary?

scientific article published on 18 June 2012

Outcomes of Operative Treatment for Adult Cervical Deformity: A Prospective Multicenter Assessment With 1-Year Follow-up

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

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Patient Satisfaction After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Does Not Strongly Correlate With Health-Related Quality of Life Scores, Radiographic Parameters, or Occurrence of Complications.

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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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Perioperative and delayed complications associated with the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on 302 patients from the AOSpine North America Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Study

journal article published in 2012

Poor Nutrition Status and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery in the Elderly: Readmissions, Complications, and Mortality

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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

Predicting extended operative time and length of inpatient stay in cervical deformity corrective surgery

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Predicting the Occurrence of Postoperative Distal Junctional Kyphosis in Cervical Deformity Patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Predicting the combined occurrence of poor clinical and radiographic outcomes following cervical deformity corrective surgery

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

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

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Prevalence and type of cervical deformity among 470 adults with thoracolumbar deformity

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Probability of Severe Frailty Development among Operative and Non-Operative Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: An Actuarial Survivorship Analysis over a 3-year Period

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Prospective Multicenter Assessment of All-Cause Mortality Following Surgery for Adult Cervical Deformity.

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Prospective Multicenter Assessment of Early Complication Rates Associated With Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery in 78 Patients

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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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Prospective multicenter assessment of risk factors for rod fracture following surgery for adult spinal deformity

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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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Radiographical spinopelvic parameters and disability in the setting of adult spinal deformity: a prospective multicenter analysis.

scientific article published in June 2013

Recent and Emerging Advances in Spinal Deformity

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

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Recovery Kinetics: Comparison of Patients undergoing Primary or Revision Procedures for Adult Cervical Deformity Using a Novel Area Under the Curve Methodology

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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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Recovery kinetics following spinal deformity correction: a comparison of isolated cervical, thoracolumbar, and combined deformity morphometries

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Recurrent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Revision Rates, and Outcomes at 2-Year Minimum Follow-up

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Relationship between body mass index and sagittal vertical axis change as well as health-related quality of life in 564 patients after deformity surgery

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

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

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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Safety, Efficacy, and Dosing of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for Posterior Cervical and Cervicothoracic Instrumented Fusion With a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Sagittal realignment failures following pedicle subtraction osteotomy surgery: are we doing enough?

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Sagittal spino-pelvic alignment failures following three column thoracic osteotomy for adult spinal deformity

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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

Should Sagittal Spinal Alignment Targets for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Depend on Pelvic Incidence and Age?

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Similarities and differences in the treatment of spine trauma between surgical specialties and location of practice

scientific article published in March 2004

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

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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

Surgery for the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients After Skeletal Maturity: Early Versus Late Surgery

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

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

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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 AOSpine North America Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Mortality Study: a retrospective review of mortality outcomes for operative versus nonoperative treatment of 322 patients with long-term follow-up

journal article published in 2013

The Fate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Incurring Rod Fracture After Thoracolumbar Fusion

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The Health Impact of Adult Cervical Deformity in Patients Presenting for Surgical Treatment: Comparison to United States Population Norms and Chronic Disease States Based on the EuroQuol-5 Dimensions Questionnaire

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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 Importance of C2 Slope, a Singular Marker of Cervical Deformity, Correlates With Patient-reported Outcomes

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

The Influence of Surgical Intervention and Sagittal Alignment on Frailty in Adult Cervical Deformity

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

The Lumbar Pelvic Angle (LPA), the Lumbar Component of the T1 Pelvic Angle, Correlates with HRQOL, PI-LL Mismatch and it Predicts Global Alignment

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

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The Scoliosis Research Society Health-Related Quality of Life (SRS-30) age-gender normative data: an analysis of 1346 adult subjects unaffected by scoliosis

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The Use of Allograft and Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein for Instrumented Atlantoaxial Fusions ⬇️

scientific article published on January 19, 2013

The clinical impact of global coronal malalignment is underestimated in adult patients with thoracolumbar scoliosis

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification

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The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

The effect of posterior polyester tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: a finite element analysis

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The impact of facet dislocation on clinical outcomes after cervical spinal cord injury: results of a multicenter North American prospective cohort study

scientific article published in January 2013

The impact of osteotomy grade and location on regional and global alignment following cervical deformity surgery

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

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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The morphology of cervical deformities: a two-step cluster analysis to identify cervical deformity patterns

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

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-column osteotomy for correction of cervical and cervicothoracic deformities: alignment changes and early complications in a multicenter prospective series of 23 patients

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Treatment of Axis Body Fractures: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Treatment of isolated cervical facet fractures: a systematic review

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Trends in surgical management for type II odontoid fracture: 20 years of experience at a regional spinal cord injury center

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Under-Correction of Sagittal Deformities Based on Age-Adjusted Alignment Thresholds Leads to Worse HRQOL While Over-Correction Provides No Additional Benefit

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

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

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Upper-thoracic versus lower-thoracic upper instrumented vertebra in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing fusion to the pelvis: surgical decision-making and patient outcomes

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 as an adjunct for instrumented posterior arthrodesis in the occipital cervical region: An analysis of safety, efficacy, and dosing ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

Utilization of Predictive Modeling to Determine Episode of Care Costs and to Accurately Identify Catastrophic Cost Nonwarranty Outlier Patients in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Step Toward Bundled Payments and Risk Sharing

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of SRS-7 as an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Operatively Treated Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity

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Visual loss after corrective surgery for pediatric scoliosis: incidence and risk factors from a nationwide database

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What Factors Predict the Risk of Proximal Junctional Failure in the Long Term, Demographic, Surgical, or Radiographic?: Results From a Time-dependent ROC Curve

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Which daily functions are most affected by stiffness following total lumbar fusion: comparison of upper thoracic and thoracolumbar proximal endpoints

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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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