Assessment of the change in alignment of fixed segment after adult spinal deformity surgery
Spine Feb 03, 2018
Banno T, et al. - As a part of this study, researchers investigated the prevalence of loss in fixed segment alignment following the surgical correction of adult spinal deformity (ASD) and determined the related risk factors. Data disclosed that the loss of sagittal fixed segment alignment was considerably high at 27%. As per the outcomes, greater body mass index (BMI), high-grade osteotomies, commercially pure titanium (CP) rod use, and sagittal malalignment exhibited a connection with correction loss following the ASD surgery.
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