L5 pedicle subtraction osteotomy maintains good radiological and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with a rigid kyphosis deformity: a more than 2-year follow-up report.
Hiroki UshirozakoTomohiko HasegawaYu YamatoGo YoshidaTatsuya YasudaTomohiro BannoHideyuki ArimaShin OeYuki MiharaTomohiro YamadaKoichiro IdeYuh WatanabeKeichi NakaiYukihiro MatsuyamaPublished 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 (2020)
L5 PSO for L4-5/L5 kyphosis deformities resulted in adequate correction and ODI improvement, which were maintained up to 5 years postoperatively. The surgical invasiveness, complication rates, and long-term prognosis associated with L5 PSO were similar to those of PSOs performed at other levels.