Ronald A. Lehman

The association between preoperative cervical degeneration in adult patients with spinal deformity and poor postoperative cervical sagittal alignment after thoracolumbar deformity correction

OBJECTIVE Thoracolumbar (TL) deformity correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has been shown to promote favorable compensatory cervical alignment changes, often restoring cervical lordosis. However, the influence of cervical degeneration on postoperative cervical alignment...