Clinical impact of short limited lumbar fusion for adult spinal deformity with postural and radiological abnormalities.

ABSTRACT: Extensive surgical spinopelvic fusion for patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) to achieve optimal radiological parameters should be avoided. The aim of this study was to review clinical and imaging findings in patients with ASD with postural and radiological abnormalities who underwent a novel three-level limited lumbar fusion as two-stage surgery in an attempt to propose a better tolerated alternative to spinopelvic long fusion to the pelvis. The subjects were 26 patients with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years. Cobb angle, C7 sagittal vertical axis, and pelvic incidence (PI) minus lumbar lordosis (LL) were significantly improved after surgery and maintained at follow-up. Most radiological parameters were corrected with lateral interbody fusion (LIF) as the initial surgery, and f

SUBMITTER: Nakajima H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663600 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature