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GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 2285-2295Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/21925682221079791
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radiology; sagittal alignment; TK mismatch; predictive model; proximal junctional kyphosis; adult degenerative scoliosis
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This retrospective cohort study analyzed long-term follow-up data of 113 patients with adult degenerative scoliosis who underwent posterior corrective surgery. The study identified age over 55 years old and higher postoperative thoracic kyphosis as important risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Additionally, postoperative thoracic kyphosis mismatch was found to be an independent risk factor for developing PJK. Three predictive models were effective in indicating the occurrence of PJK.
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To identify risk factors and predictive models for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in a long-term follow-up of patients with adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS) following posterior corrective surgeries. Materials and Methods: A consecutive 113 ADS patients undergoing posterior corrective surgery between January 2008 and April 2019 with minimum 2-year follow-up were included. All patients underwent preoperative, postoperative, and final follow-up by X-ray imaging. Multivariate logistic analysis was performed on various risk factors and radiological predictor models. Results: PJK was identified radiographically in 46.9% of patients. Potential risk factors for PJK included postoperative thoracic kyphosis (TK) (P < .05), final follow-up Pelvic Tilt (PT) (P < .05), PT changes at final follow-up (P < .05), age over 55 years old at the surgery (P < .05), theoretical thoracic kyphosis-actual thoracic kyphosis mismatch (TK mismatch) (P < .05) and theoretical lumbar lordosis-acutal lumbar lordosis mismatch (LL mismatch) (P < .05). As for the predictive models, PJK was predictive by the following indicators: preoperative global sagittal alignment >= 45 degrees (Model I ), postoperative pelvic incidence-lumbar lordosis mismatch (PI-LL)<= 10 degrees and postoperative PI-LL overcorrection (Model 2), and TK+LL >= 0 degrees (Model 3) (P < .05). Postoperative TK mismatch (OR = 1.064) was independent as risk factors for PJK, with the cut-off values respectively set at -28.56 degrees to predict occurrence of PJK. Conclusion: The risk of radiographic PJK increases with an age over 55 years old and higher postoperative TK. In addition, postoperative TK mismatch is an independent risk factor for developing PJK. All three predictive models could effectively indicate the occurrence of PJK.
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