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Strategies to Avoid Distal Junctional Pathology.
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 2023 October
Distal junctional pathology remains an unsolved issue in spine surgery. Distal junctional pathology can occur on a spectrum from asymptomatic radiographic finding to catastrophic distal construct failure. It is significant to address as postoperative sagittal balance has been shown to be correlated with patient-reported outcomes. Current literature and clinical experience suggest there are techniques that can be implemented regardless of setting to avoid distal junctional pathology. Much of the avoidant strategy relies on understanding the deformity pathology, selection of the lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV), health of the segments caudal to the LIV, and methods of fixation.
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