Volume 36 (2014): Issue 5 (May 2014): Adult Spinal Deformity: Pathophysiology and Corrective Measures

in Neurosurgical Focus

Etiology of lumbar lordosis and its pathophysiology: a review of the evolution of lumbar lordosis, and the mechanics and biology of lumbar degeneration

By: Carolyn J. Sparrey, Jeannie F. Bailey, Michael Safaee, Aaron J. Clark, Virginie Lafage, Frank Schwab, Justin S. Smith and Christopher P. Ames

Pages: E1

Publication Date: May 2014

Clinical improvement through nonoperative treatment of adult spinal deformity: who is likely to benefit?

By: Kseniya Slobodyanyuk, Caroline E. Poorman, Justin S. Smith, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Richard Hostin, Shay Bess, Gregory M. Mundis Jr., Frank J. Schwab and Virginie Lafage

Pages: E2

Publication Date: May 2014

Incremental cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery: observed quality-adjusted life years with surgery compared with predicted quality-adjusted life years without surgery

By: Ian McCarthy, Michael O'Brien, Christopher Ames, Chessie Robinson, Thomas Errico, David W. Polly Jr. and Richard Hostin

Pages: E3

Publication Date: May 2014

Editorial: Incremental cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery

By: Christopher I. Shaffrey and Justin S. Smith

Pages: E4

Publication Date: May 2014

An algorithmic strategy for selecting a surgical approach in cervical deformity correction

By: Shannon Hann, Nohra Chalouhi, Ravichandra Madineni, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Todd J. Albert, James Harrop and Joshua E. Heller

Pages: E5

Publication Date: May 2014

The minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery algorithm: a reproducible rational framework for decision making in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery

By: Praveen V. Mummaneni, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Lawrence G. Lenke, Paul Park, Michael Y. Wang, Frank La Marca, Justin S. Smith, Gregory M. Mundis Jr., David O. Okonkwo, Bertrand Moal, Richard G. Fessler, Neel Anand, Juan S. Uribe, Adam S. Kanter, Behrooz Akbarnia and Kai-Ming G. Fu

Pages: E6

Publication Date: May 2014

Minimally invasive spine surgery for adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis

By: Sean Dangelmajer, Patricia L. Zadnik, Samuel T. Rodriguez, Ziya L. Gokaslan and Daniel M. Sciubba

Pages: E7

Publication Date: May 2014

The axial transsacral approach to interbody fusion at L5–S1

By: Paul S. Issack, Suhel Y. Kotwal and Oheneba Boachie-Adjei

Pages: E8

Publication Date: May 2014

Long fusion from sacrum to thoracic spine for adult spinal deformity with sagittal imbalance: upper versus lower thoracic spine as site of upper instrumented vertebra

By: Takahito Fujimori, Shinichi Inoue, Hai Le, William W. Schairer, Sigurd H. Berven, Bobby K. Tay, Vedat Deviren, Shane Burch, Motoki Iwasaki and Serena S. Hu

Pages: E9

Publication Date: May 2014

Unilateral versus bilateral iliac screws for spinopelvic fixation: are two screws better than one?

By: Rajiv Saigal, Darryl Lau, Rishi Wadhwa, Hai Le, Morsi Khashan, Sigurd Berven, Dean Chou and Praveen V. Mummaneni

Pages: E10

Publication Date: May 2014

Radiographic and clinical outcomes following combined lateral lumbar interbody fusion and posterior segmental stabilization in patients with adult degenerative scoliosis

By: Zachary J. Tempel, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, Christopher M. Bonfield, David O. Okonkwo and Adam S. Kanter

Pages: E11

Publication Date: May 2014

Less invasive surgery for treating adult spinal deformities: ceiling effects for deformity correction with 3 different techniques

By: Michael Y. Wang, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Neel Anand, David O. Okonkwo, Adam S. Kanter, Frank La Marca, Richard Fessler, Juan Uribe, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Virginie Lafage, Raqeeb M. Haque, Vedat Deviren and Gregory M. Mundis Jr.

Pages: E12

Publication Date: May 2014

Comparison of radiographic results after minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgery for adult spinal deformity: a multicenter study of 184 patients

Pages: E13

Publication Date: May 2014

Limitations and ceiling effects with circumferential minimally invasive correction techniques for adult scoliosis: analysis of radiological outcomes over a 7-year experience

By: Neel Anand, Eli M. Baron and Babak Khandehroo

Pages: E14

Publication Date: May 2014

Complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: an analysis of minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques

By: Juan S. Uribe, Armen R. Deukmedjian, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Gregory M. Mundis Jr., David O. Okonkwo, Adam S. Kanter, Robert Eastlack, Michael Y. Wang, Neel Anand, Richard G. Fessler, Frank La Marca, Paul Park, Virginie Lafage, Vedat Deviren, Shay Bess and Christopher I. Shaffrey

Pages: E15

Publication Date: May 2014

Editorial: Comparing minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques for adult spinal deformity

By: Alexander Tuchman and Patrick C. Hsieh

Pages: E16

Publication Date: May 2014

Evaluation of complications and neurological deficits with three-column spine reconstructions for complex spinal deformity: a retrospective Scoli-RISK-1 study

By: Michael P. Kelly, Lawrence G. Lenke, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Christopher P. Ames, Leah Y. Carreon, Virginie Lafage, Justin S. Smith and Adam L. Shimer

Pages: E17

Publication Date: May 2014

Complications and intercenter variability of three-column osteotomies for spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of 423 patients

By: Kristina Bianco, Robert Norton, Frank Schwab, Justin S. Smith, Eric Klineberg, Ibrahim Obeid, Gregory Mundis Jr., Christopher I. Shaffrey, Khaled Kebaish, Richard Hostin, Robert Hart, Munish C. Gupta, Douglas Burton, Christopher Ames, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis and Virginie Lafage

Pages: E18

Publication Date: May 2014

Introduction: Adult spinal deformity: pathophysiology and corrective measures

By: Adam S. Kanter, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Praveen Mummaneni, Michael Y. Wang and Juan S. Uribe

Pages: Introduction

Publication Date: May 2014

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