Table Of ContentAOSpine Maste rs Se rie s
Adult Spinal De fo rmitie s
AOSpine Mast e rs Se rie s
Adult Spinal De fo rm itie s
Series Editor:
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD, PhD
Professor of Orthopedics, School of Medicine
Catholic University of Parana State
Spine Unit
Curitiba, Brazil
Guest Editors:
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD
Jerome J. Gilden Distinguished Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Chief of Spinal Surgery
Director of the Advanced Deformity Fellowship
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Kenneth M.C. Cheung, MBBS(UK), MD (HK), FRCS, FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orth)
Head, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Jessie Ho Professor in Spine Surgery
The University of Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
With 92 f gures
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AOSpine masters series. v. 4, Adult spinal deformities / editors, Luiz Roberto Vialle, Lawrence G. Lenke,
Kenneth M.C. Cheung.
p. ; cm.
Adult spinal deformities
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62623-100-9 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-62623-101-6 (eISBN)
I. Vialle, Luiz Roberto, editor. II. Lenke, Lawrence, 1960– , editor. III. Cheung, Kenneth M. C., editor.
IV. Title: Adult spinal deformities.
[DNLM: 1. Spinal Diseases—surgery. 2. Orthopedic Procedures—methods. 3. Spine—surgery. WE 725]
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AOSpine Maste rs Se rie s
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD, PhD
Series Editor
Volume 1 Metastatic Spinal Tumors
Volume 2 Primary Spinal Tumors
Volume 3 Cervical Degenerative Conditions
Volume 4 Adult Spinal Deformities
Volume 5 Cervical Spine Trauma
Volume 6 Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma
Volume 7 SCI and Regeneration
Volume 8 Back Pain
Volume 9 Pediatric Spinal Deformities
Volume 10 Spinal Infection
Co nte nts
Series Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Luiz Roberto Vialle
Guest Editors’ Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Lawrence G. Lenke and Kenneth M.C. Cheung
1 Preoperative Evaluation and Optimization for Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Scott C. Wagner, Daniel G. Kang, Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., and Lawrence G. Lenke
2 Decision Making in Adult Deformity Surgery:
Decompression Versus Short or Long Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Kenneth M.C. Cheung and Jason P.Y. Cheung
3 The Use of Osteotomies for Rigid Spinal Deformities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Stephen J. Lewis and Simon A. Harris
4 Indications and Techniques for Sacral-Pelvic Fixation in Adult Spinal Deformity . . . . . . . . . 45
Kristen E. Jones, Robert A. Morgan, and David W. Polly, Jr.
5 Instrumentation Strategies in Osteoporotic Spine: How to Prevent Failure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ahmet Alanay and Caglar Yilgor
6 The Incidence and Management of Acute Neurologic Complications
Following Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Joseph S. Butler and Law rence G. Lenke
7 Postoperative Coronal Decompensation in Adult Deformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Yong Qiu
8 Measuring Outcome and Value in Adult Deformity Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Robert Waldrop and Sigurd Berven
9 Junctional Issues Following Adult Deformity Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Han Jo Kim, Sravisht Iyer, and Christopher I. Shaf rey, Sr.
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Contents
10 Biomechanics and Material Science for Deformity Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Manabu Ito, Yuichiro Abe, and Remel Alingalan Salmingo
11 Pseudarthrosis and Infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Michael P. Kelly and Sigurd Berven
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
