Objective The causes and epidemiology of traumatic cervical spine fracture have not been
described with sufficient power or recency. Our goal is to describe demographics, incidence, …

Background Context Distal junctional kyphosis (DJK) is a primary concern of surgeons
correcting cervical deformity. Identifying patients and procedures at higher risk of developing this …

Background Context Obesity as a comorbidity in spine pathology may increase the risk of
complications following surgical treatment. The body mass index (BMI) threshold at which …

Background Context With advances in the understanding of adult spinal deformity (ASD),
more complex osteotomy and fusion techniques are being implemented with increasing …

Background: Congenital abnormalities when present, according to VACTERL theory, occur
nonrandomly with other congenital anomalies. This study estimates the prevalence of …

Background: The study aimed to characterize trends in incidence, etiology, fracture types,
surgical procedures, complications, and concurrent injuries associated with traumatic pediatric …

Study Design. A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database, the Nationwide
Inpatient Sample (NIS), years 2003 to 2012. Objectives. The aim of this study was to examine …

Study Design: Retrospective review of prospective database. Objective: Complication rates
for adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery vary widely because there is no accepted system for …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. Determine whether alignment or myelopathy
improvement drives patient outcomes after cervical deformity (CD) corrective surgery. …

Background Diabetes as an independent driver of peri-operative outcomes, and whether its
severity impacts indications is conflicted in the research. The purpose of this study is to …