Peter G Passias, Oscar Krol, Tyler K Williamson, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Justin S Smith, Breton Line, Shaleen Vira, Shaina Lipa, Alan Daniels, Bassel Diebo, Andrew Schoenfeld, Jeffrey Gum, Khaled Kebaish, Paul Park, Gregory Mundis, Richard Hostin, Manush Gupta, Robert Eastlack, Neel Anand, Christopher Ames, Robert Hart, Douglas Burton, Frank J Schwab, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric Klineberg, Shay Bess
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: Understand the benefit of addressing malalignment in revision surgery for PJK. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Proximal junctional kyphosis(PJK) is a common cause of revision surgery for ASD patients. During a revision, surgeons may elect to perform a proximal extension of the fusion, or also correct the source of the lumbo-pelvic mismatch. METHODS: Recurrent PJK following revision surgery was the primary outcome...
September 8, 2022: Spine