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

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2224-2231

  Schwab, Frank ^a   Patel, Ashish ^a   Ungar, Benjamin ^a   Farcy, Jean Pierre ^a   Lafage, Virginie ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

adult spinal deformity; alignment; lumbar lordosis; pelvic tilt; realignment surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; HARRINGTON ROD; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; PAIN; PARAMETER; PELVIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STANDING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650538978     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ee6bd4     Document Type: Article

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