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Rigid cervical deformities are difficult problems to treat. The goals of surgical treatment include deformity correction, achieving a rigid fusion, and performing a thorough neural decompression. In stiff and ankylosed...
Objective: It remains unclear whether cervical sagittal deformity (CSD) should be defined by radiographic parameters alone versus both clinical and radiographic factors, and whether radiographic malalignment by itself warrants a...
The correction of rigid spinal deformities in adult patients can require a three-column osteotomy (pedicle subtraction osteotomy [PSO] or vertebral column resection [VCR]) to obtain spinal balance. Unfortunately, the existing...
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of cervical radiculopathy requiring operative intervention by level and to report on the methods of treatment.
OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Cervical radiculopathy is...