Usefulness of the preoperative thoracic inlet angle in comparison to the T1 slope for predicting cervical kyphosis after laminoplasty.
Kenta TakakuraEiji TakasawaTokue MiedaToshiki TsukuiKazuhiro InomataYusuke TomomatsuAkira HondaHirotaka ChikudaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
This study demonstrated the clinical utility of the preoperative TIA for predicting the risk of postoperative kyphotic deformity after cervical laminoplasty. These findings suggest the importance of the preoperative assessment of thoracic inlet alignment in cervical spine surgery.