Low back pain (LBP) is one of the major disabling health conditions among older adults
aged 60 years or older. While most causes of LBP among older adults are non-specific and …

Background Spinal fusion surgery is currently recommended when curve magnitude
exceeds 40–45 degrees. Early attempts at spinal fusion surgery which were aimed to leave …

Study Design. Inter-and intra-rater variability study. Objective. On the basis of a Scoliosis
Research Society effort, this study seeks to determine whether the new adult spinal …

OBJECTIVE Although multiple reports have documented significant benefit from surgical
treatment of adult spinal deformity (ASD), these procedures can have high complication …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective multicenter database evaluating
surgical adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients. Objective. This study aims to identify risk …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective, multicenter database. Objective. The
purpose of this study was to assess whether elderly patients undergoing scoliosis surgery …

BACKGROUND: High-quality studies that compare operative and nonoperative treatment for
adult spinal deformity (ASD) are needed. OBJECTIVE: To compare outcomes of operative …

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to analyze the value of an adult spinal deformity
frailty index (ASD-FI) in preoperative risk stratification. Preoperative risk assessment is …

Study Design. A multicentric retrospective study on primary adult scoliosis patients operated
on between 2002 and 2007. A 3-step statistical analysis was performed to describe the …

Study Design. Prospective observational cohort study with matched and unmatched
comparisons. Level II evidence. Objective. The purpose of this study is to compare results of …