Excessive posterior placement of upper instrumented vertebra relative to lower instrumented vertebra as a predictor of proximal junction kyphosis after selective spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Lenke type 5C curves.
Hiroki ObaTomohiro BannoTetsuro OhbaShota IkegamiMasashi UeharaTetsuhiko MimuraMichihiko KosekiTerue HatakenakaYoshinari MiyaokaDaisuke KurogochiTakuma FukuzawaShinji SasaoYukihiro MatsuyamaHirotaka HaroJun TakahashiPublished 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)
In selective lumbar fusion for AIS Lenke type 5C curves, preoperative SSLT was significantly correlated with PJA change from preoperative to 2 years postoperative. SSLT was a predictor of PJK occurrence, with a cut-off value of 18°.