OBJECTIVES To analyze the occurrence, risk factors, treatment and prognosis of postoperative pleural effusion after spinal deformity correction surgery. METHODS The clinical and imaging data of 3325 patients undergoing spinal deformity correction were collected from the database of our hospital. We analyzed the therapeutic process of the 28 patients who had postoperative pleural effusion, and...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE To determine if patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery with pelvic fixation are at an increased risk of morbidity. METHODS The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is a large multicenter clinical registry that prospectively collects preoperative risk factors, intraoperativ...

that went on to spinal deformity surgery possessed larger curves Study Design. This was a retrospective study of patients with Chiari I (CM I) and Chiari II (CM II) malformations, tethered cord syndrome, and syringomyelia examining the effect of neurosurgery on scoliosis. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting spinal deformity progression in patients with diseas...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE To assess the value of the deformity angular ratio (DAR, maximum Cobb measurement divided by number of vertebrae involved) in evaluating the severity of spinal deformity, and predicting the risk of neurologic deficit in posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although the literature ...

In severe spinal deformity, pain and neurological disorder may be caused by spinal cord compression. Surgery for spinal reconstruction is desirable, but may be difficult in a case with severe deformity. Here, we show the utility of a 3D NaCl (salt) model in preoperative planning of anterior reconstruction using a rib strut in a 49-year-old male patient with cervicothoracic degenerative spondylo...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the postsurgical functional outcomes of adults with spinal deformities, and even fewer have focused on the functional results and complications among older adults who have undergone primary or revision surgery for spinal deformity. Our goal was to compare patient characteristics, surgical characteristics, duration of hospitalization, radiographic results, co...

Background The etiology of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis has been investigated for years. Now that the genetic basis for the disease has been established, the actual mechanism for production of the curve still needs to be discovered. Several have proposed a theory involving balance, with the brain and spinal cord causing spinal curvature related to neurologic signals [1,2]. An opportunity to ...