Proximal junctional kyphosis and clinical outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery with fusion from the thoracic spine to the sacrum: A comparison of proximal and distal upper instrumented vertebrae Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-369

  Ha, Yoon ^a,b   Maruo, Keishi ^c   Racine, Linda ^c   Schairer, William W ^c   Hu, Serena S ^c   Deviren, Vedat ^c   Burch, Shane ^c   Tay, Bobby ^c   Chou, Dean ^b   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^b   Ames, Christopher P ^b   Berven, Sigurd H ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult spinal deformity; Proximal junctional kyphosis; Upper instrumented vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROXIMAL JUNCTIONAL KYPHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SUBLUXATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884469621     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.SPINE12737     Document Type: Article

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