Be Prepared: Preoperative Coronal Malalignment Often Leads to More Extensive Surgery Than Sagittal Malalignment During Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

Objective To evaluate the effect of coronal alignment on: (1) surgical invasiveness and operative complexity and (2) postoperative complications. Methods A retrospective, cohort study of adult spinal deformity patients was conducted. Alignment groups were: (1) neutral alignment (NA): coronal vertica...

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Published in:	Neurospine
Main Authors:	Scott L. Zuckerman, Christopher S. Lai, Yong Shen, Mena G. Kerolus, Alex S. Ha, Ian A. Buchanan, Nathan J. Lee, Eric Leung, Meghan Cerpa, Ronald A. Lehman, Lawrence G. Lenke
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2021-09-01
Subjects:	adult spine deformity coronal malalignment sagittal malalignment adult spine surgery
Online Access:	http://www.e-neurospine.org/upload/pdf/ns-2142384-192.pdf