Sreenath Jakinapally1, Yu Yamato2,3, Tomohiko Hasegawa1, Daisuke Togawa4, Go Yoshida1, Tomohiro Banno1, Hideyuki Arima1, Shin Oe1,5, Tatsuya Yasuda1, Hiroki Ushirozako1, Tomohiro Yamada1, Koichirou Ide1, Yuh Watanabe1, Yukihiro Matsuyama1. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. yamato@hama-med.ac.jp. 3. Division of Geriatric Musculoskeletal Health, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. yamato@hama-med.ac.jp. 4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kindai Nara Hospital, 1248-1, Otodacho, Ikoma, Japan. 5. Division of Geriatric Musculoskeletal Health, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected consecutive case series of patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the geometrical sagittal shape of the corrected spine on the development of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Several studies have documented risk factors for PJK in ASD surgery. Geometrical assessment is vital for evaluating sagittal spinal deformity. It is essential to assess the postoperative geometrical shape of the spine and the location of the correction in the spine to decrease postoperative junctional stress and PJK. METHODS: Consecutive patients with ASD who underwent corrective fusion with long constructs to the pelvis were included. Patients with neuromuscular disease, congenital and adolescent scoliosis, infection, and spinal tumor were excluded. We investigated the spinopelvic and geometrical parameters of the whole spine. The locations of the thoracic and lumbar apical vertebrae and the inflection vertebrae (IV), where the curvature of the associated adjacent vertebral bodies changes from kyphosis to lordosis, were investigated. The subjects were divided into PJK included patients who underwent revision surgery for junctional failure or with a change in proximal junctional angle ≥ 20°, and non-PJK groups. RESULTS: A total of 139 patients (mean age, 69.6 years; range 18-82 years) were included. There were 47 and 92 patients in the PJK and non-PJK groups, respectively. The IV were located significantly cranial and posterior, the lumbar apex were located significantly posterior in the PJK group at the immediate postoperative time points. The significant risk factors for PJK on binary logistic regression were cranial IV and posterior lumbar apical vertebrae. The incidence of PJK in patients with IV at T12 or cranial tends PJK significantly higher (69%) than at L1 or caudal (26%). CONCLUSIONS: Geometrical spinal shape should be taken into account to reduce the rate of postoperative mechanical complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level of evidence III.
STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected consecutive case series of patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the geometrical sagittal shape of the corrected spine on the development of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Several studies have documented risk factors for PJK in ASD surgery. Geometrical assessment is vital for evaluating sagittal spinal deformity. It is essential to assess the postoperative geometrical shape of the spine and the location of the correction in the spine to decrease postoperative junctional stress and PJK. METHODS: Consecutive patients with ASD who underwent corrective fusion with long constructs to the pelvis were included. Patients with neuromuscular disease, congenital and adolescent scoliosis, infection, and spinal tumor were excluded. We investigated the spinopelvic and geometrical parameters of the whole spine. The locations of the thoracic and lumbar apical vertebrae and the inflection vertebrae (IV), where the curvature of the associated adjacent vertebral bodies changes from kyphosis to lordosis, were investigated. The subjects were divided into PJK included patients who underwent revision surgery for junctional failure or with a change in proximal junctional angle ≥ 20°, and non-PJK groups. RESULTS: A total of 139 patients (mean age, 69.6 years; range 18-82 years) were included. There were 47 and 92 patients in the PJK and non-PJK groups, respectively. The IV were located significantly cranial and posterior, the lumbar apex were located significantly posterior in the PJK group at the immediate postoperative time points. The significant risk factors for PJK on binary logistic regression were cranial IV and posterior lumbar apical vertebrae. The incidence of PJK in patients with IV at T12 or cranial tends PJK significantly higher (69%) than at L1 or caudal (26%). CONCLUSIONS: Geometrical spinal shape should be taken into account to reduce the rate of postoperative mechanical complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level of evidence III.
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