The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 662-669

  Tang, Jessica A ^a   Scheer, Justin K ^b   Smith, Justin S ^g   Deviren, Vedat ^c   Bess, Shay ^d   Hart, Robert A ^e   Lafage, Virginie ^f   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^g   Schwab, Frank ^f   Ames, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rocky Mountain Scoliosis and Spine Center   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical spine; HRQOL; Radiographic parameters; Sagittal alignment; Spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION SURGERY; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STANDING REGIONAL CERVICAL SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84923416451     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31826100c9     Document Type: Article

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