The prevalence of patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) has been reported as high as 68%. ASD often leads to significant pain and disability. Recent emphasis has been placed on sagittal plane balance and restoring normal sagittal alignment with regards to the three dimensional deformity of ASD. Optimal sagittal alignment has been known to increase spinal biomechanical efficiency, reduce en...

BACKGROUND Obesity is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases associated with degenerative spinal disease. There is limited evidence regarding the short-term outcome of patients with elevated BMI following spinopelvic fixation surgery. METHODS We used the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) database from 2013 to 2014. Inclusion criteria in...

conclusions although spinopelvic fracture dislocation injuries are severe high-energy entities, in cases with traumatic spondylolytic spondylolisthesis due to widening of the vertebral canal, neurologic deficit may not be seen at all. case presentation we described a 16-year-old girl with extremely severe axial trauma to the lumbosacral spine who presented with fracture dislocation of the lumbo...

Background: Recently, in approach to spinal pathologies, the whole spine should be considered as a biomechanicalunit. Studies have shown the great importance of sagittal and coronal balance and the relationship between the variousparts of spine together and pelvis. Former studies have shown a close relationship between spinopelvic parametersand sagittal balance. A complete und...

T involving sacral nerve roots and/or bony structures at the lumbosacral junction are challenging to treat surgically due to potential neurological deficits and biomechanical instability following resection (16, 26). However, with the advent of new modern spinal instrumentation, more biomechanically stable lumbosacropelvic constructs can be used. Additionally, with the recent advances in adjuva...

Objective Recent studies have demonstrated sagittal spinal balance was more important than coronal balance in terms of clinical result of surgery for adult spinal deformity. Notably, Schwab reported one of the target spinopelvic parameters for corrective surgery was that lumbar lordosis (LL) should be within +/10 degrees of pelvic incidence (PI). The present study was aimed to investigate wheth...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective comparative study. PURPOSE To describe the changes in the spinopelvic parameters on normal Koreans more than 50 years of age. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There are differing opinions regarding the changes in the thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, C7 plumb with age in the elderly population. METHODS Sagittal standing radiographs of the whole spine including the pelvi...

Background: Sagittal imbalance is known as the main radiographic driver of disability in adult spinal deformity (ASD).In this study, the association of radiological spinopelvic parameters and clinical outcomes was evaluated following thecorrective surgery of sagittal imbalance, in order to explore the predictive ability of each parameter.Methods: A total of 23 patients, who underwent corrective...

AIM We aimed to determine spinopelvic balance in 8-19-year-old-people in order to assess pelvic and spinal parameters in sagittal view. METHODS Ninety-eight healthy students aged 8-19 years, who lived in the central parts of Tehran, were assessed. Demographic data, history of present and past diseases, height (cm), and weight (kg) were collected. Each subject was examined by an orthopedic sur...