The International Spine Study Group works to consistently put forward high quality, meaningful research. The findings are shared via podium presentations, posters, and published manuscripts. Explore all publications from the ISSG here.
Mundis GM, Turner JD, Deverin V, et al. A Critical Analysis of Sagittal Plane Deformity Correction With Minimally Invasive Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. Spine Deform 2017;5:265–71 Read more...
Goldschmidt E, Angriman F, Agarwal N, et al. A Novel Tool for Deformity Surgery Planning: Determining the Magnitude of Lordotic Correction Required to Achieve a Desired Sagittal Vertical Axis. World Neurosurg 2017;104:904-908.e1. Read more...
Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Klineberg E, et al. Complication rates associated with 3-column osteotomy in 82 adult spinal deformity patients: Retrospective review of a prospectively collected multicenter consecutive series with 2-year follow-up. J Neurosurg Spine 2017;27:444–57. Read more...
Bakhsheshian J, Scheer JK, Gum JL, et al. Comparison of structural disease burden to healthrelated quality of life scores in 264 adult spinal deformity patients with 2-year follow-up: Novel insights into drivers of disability. Clin Spine Surg 2017;30:E124–31. Read more...
Than KD, Mummaneni PV, Bridges KJ, et al. Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spinal deformity. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.8.FOCUS17479. Read more...
Poorman GW, Passias PG, Horn SR, et al. Despite worse baseline status depressed patients achieved outcomes similar to those in nondepressed patients after surgery for cervical deformity. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.8.FOCUS17486. Read more...
Scheer JK, Smith JS, Schwab F, et al. Development of a preoperative predictive model for major complications following adult spinal deformity surgery. J Neurosurg Spine 2017;26:736–43. Read more...
Buckland AJ, Puvanesarajah V, Vigdorchik J, et al. Dislocation of a primary total hip arthroplasty is more common in patients with a lumbar spinal fusion. Bone Jt J 2017;99B:585–91. Read more...
Uribe JS, Beckman J, Mummaneni PV, et al. Does MIS surgery allow for shorter constructs in the surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity? Neurosurgery 2017;80:489–97. Read more...
Jain A, Kebaish KM, Sciubba DM, et al. Early Patient-Reported Outcomes Predict 3-Year Outcomes in Operatively Treated Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity. World Neurosurg 2017;102:258–62. Read more...
Nunley PD, Mundis GM, Fessler RG, et al. Impact of case type, length of stay, institution type, and comorbidities on Medicare diagnosis-related group reimbursement for adult spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.7.FOCUS17278. Read more...
Gum JL, Hostin R, Robinson C, et al. Impact of cost valuation on cost-effectiveness in adult spine deformity surgery. Spine J 2017;17:96–101. Read more...
Bakhsheshian J, Scheer JK, Gum JL, et al. Impact of poor mental health in adult spinal deformity patients with poor physical function: A retrospective analysis with a 2-year follow-up. J Neurosurg Spine 2017;26:116–24. Read more...
Scheer JK, Keefe M, Lafage V, et al. Importance of patient-reported individualized goals when assessing outcomes for adult spinal deformity (ASD): initial experience with a Patient Generated Index (PGI). Spine J 2017;17:1397–405. Read more...
Gomez JA, Lafage V, Scuibba DM, et al. Adult Scoliosis Deformity Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:992–8. Read more...
Jain A, Hassanzadeh H, Puvanesarajah V, et al. Incidence of perioperative medical complications and mortality among elderly patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity: Analysis of 3519 patients. J Neurosurg Spine 2017;27:534–9. Read more...
Scheer JK, Bakhsheshian J, Keefe MK, et al. Initial Experience with Real-Time Continuous Physical Activity Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery. Clin Spine Surg 2017;30:E1434–43. Read more...
Eastlack RK, Mundis GM, Wang M, et al. Is There a Patient Profile That Characterizes a Patient With Adult Spinal Deformity as a Candidate for Minimally Invasive Surgery? Glob Spine J 2017;7:703–8. Read more...
Theologis AA, Safaee M, Scheer JK, et al. Magnitude, Location, and Factors Related to Regional and Global Sagittal Alignment Change in Long Adult Deformity Constructs. Clin Spine Surg 2017;30:E948–53. Read more...
Bumpass DB, Lenke LG, Gum JL, et al. Male sex may not be associated with worse outcomes in primary all-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: A multicenter analysis. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.9.FOCUS17475. Read more...
Buckland AJ, Poorman G, Freitag R, et al. National Administrative Databases in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:1248–54. Read more...
Protopsaltis TS, Lafage R, Vira S, et al. Novel Angular Measures of Cervical Deformity Account for Upper Cervical Compensation and Sagittal Alignment. Clin Spine Surg 2017;30:E959–67. Read more...
Lafage R, Line BG, Gupta S, et al. Orientation of the Upper-most Instrumented Segment Influences Proximal Junctional Disease Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:1570–7. Read more...
Lafage R, Schwab F, Glassman S, et al. Age-Adjusted Alignment Goals Have the Potential to Reduce PJK. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:1275–82. Read more...
Passias PG, Poorman GW, Jalai CM, et al. Outcomes of open staged corrective surgery in the setting of adult spinal deformity. Spine J 2017;17:1091–9. Read more...
Hamilton DK, Kong C, Hiratzka J, et al. Patient Satisfaction after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Does Not Strongly Correlate with Health-Related Quality of Life Scores, Radiographic Parameters, or Occurrence of Complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:764–9. Read more...
Kim HJ, Iyer S, Zebala LP, et al. Perioperative neurologic complications in adult spinal deformity surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:420–7. Read more...
Oh T, Scheer JK, Smith JS, et al. Potential of predictive computer models for preoperative patient selection to enhance overall quality-adjusted life years gained at 2-year follow-up: A simulation in 234 patients with adult spinal deformity. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.9.FOCUS17494. Read more...
De la Garza Ramos R, Goodwin CR, Elder BD, et al. Preoperative functional status as a predictor of short-term outcome in adult spinal deformity surgery. J Clin Neurosci 2017;39:118–23. Read more...
Diebo BG, Gammal I, Ha Y, et al. Role of Ethnicity in Alignment Compensation: Propensity Matched Analysis of Differential Compensatory Mechanism Recruitment Patterns for Sagittal Malalignment in 288 ASD Patients from Japan, Korea, and United States. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:E234–40. Read more...
Ferrero E, Liabaud B, Henry JK, et al. Sagittal alignment and complications following lumbar 3- column osteotomy: Does the level of resection matter? J Neurosurg Spine 2017;27:560–9. Read more...
Daniels AH, Koller H, Hiratzka SL, et al. Selecting caudal fusion levels: 2 year functional and stiffness outcomes with matched pairs analysis in multilevel fusion to L5 versus S1. Eur Spine J 2017;26:1645–51. Read more...
Hart RA, Hiratzka J, Kane MS, et al. Stiffness after Pan-Lumbar Arthrodesis for Adult Spinal Deformity Does Not Significantly Impact Patient Functional Status or Satisfaction Irrespective of Proximal Endpoint. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:1151–7. Read more...
Hamilton DK, Buza JA, Passias P, et al. The Fate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Incurring Rod Fracture After Thoracolumbar Fusion. World Neurosurg 2017;106:905–11. Read more...
Miller EK, Neuman BJ, Jain A, et al. An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurg Focus;43. Epub ahead of print 2017. DOI: 10.3171/2017.10.FOCUS17472. Read more...
Smith JS, Line B, Bess S, et al. The health impact of adult cervical deformity in patients presenting for surgical treatment: Comparison to United States population norms and chronic disease states based on the EuroQuol-5 dimensions questionnaire. Clin Neurosurg 2017;80:716–25. Read more...
Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Lafage R, et al. Three-column osteotomy for correction of cervical and cervicothoracic deformities: alignment changes and early complications in a multicenter prospective series of 23 patients. Eur Spine J 2017;26:2128–37. Read more...
Theologis AA, Mundis GM, Nguyen S, et al. Utility of multilevel lateral interbody fusion of the thoracolumbar coronal curve apex in adult deformity surgery in combination with open posterior instrumentation and L5-S1 interbody fusion: A case-matched evaluation of 32 patients. J Neurosurg Spine 2017;26:208–19. Read more...
Lafage R, Bess S, Glassman S, et al. Virtual Modeling of Postoperative Alignment after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Helps Predict Associations between Compensatory Spinopelvic Alignment Changes, Overcorrection, and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:E1119–25. Read more...
Mundis GM, Turner JD, Kabirian N, et al. Anterior Column Realignment has Similar Results to Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in Treating Adults with Sagittal Plane Deformity. World Neurosurg 2017;105:249–56 Read more...
Gum JL, Carreon LY, Kelly MP, et al. Cell Saver for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Reduces Cost. Spine Deform 2017;5:272–6. Read more...
Protopsaltis T, Bronsard N, Soroceanu A, et al. Cervical sagittal deformity develops after PJK in adult thoracolumbar deformity correction: radiographic analysis utilizing a novel global sagittal angular parameter, the CTPA. Eur Spine J 2017;26:1111–20. Read more...
Passias PG, Horn SR, Jalai CM, et al. Comparative analysis of perioperative complications between a multicenter prospective cervical deformity database and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Spine J 2017;17:1633–40. Read more...
Poorman GW, Passias PG, Buckland AJ, et al. Comparative Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes Using Nationally Derived Hospital Discharge Data Relative to a Prospective Multicenter Surgical Database of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42:1165–71. Read more...