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Intraoperative versus postoperative radiographic coronal balance for adult spinal deformity surgery.

Alex S HaAlexander TuchmanJustin MatthewNathan LeeMeghan CerpaRonald A LehmanLawrence G Lenke
Published in: Spine deformity (2021)
In adult spinal surgery, the intraoperative coronal alignment measured using the novel C7-CSPL distance correlates well with postoperative C7-CSVL distance. This gives the surgeon an objective measurement of the correction they need after assessing initial intraoperative imaging. Our findings suggest an intraoperative C7-CSPL distance < 5 cm as a threshold value to predict postoperative C7-CSVL < 4 cm in 97% of patients tested.
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