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

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-564

  Ames, Christopher P ^a   Smith, Justin S ^d   Scheer, Justin K ^b   Bess, Shay ^e   Bederman, S Samuel ^c   Deviren, Veda T ^a   Lafage, Virginie ^f   Schwab, Frank ^f   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children   (United States)

^f NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Degenerative disease; Instrumentation; Pedicle subtraction osteotomy; Pelvic incidence; Pelvic tilt; Spinal balance; Spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLIP; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC OBLIQUITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAGITTAL SPINAL MISALIGNMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINOPELVIC ALIGNMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 84861806747     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.2.SPINE11320     Document Type: Review

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