Poor visualization limits diagnosis of proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Basques BA, Long WD, Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Poor visualization limits diagnosis of proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The Spine Journal 2015, 17: 784-789. PMID: 26523958, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.10.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal junctional kyphosisProximal junctional angleAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisUpper instrumented vertebraIntra-class correlation coefficientJunctional kyphosisInter-rater reliabilityIdiopathic scoliosisRetrospective cohort studyPosterior instrumented fusionExclusion of patientsSagittal Cobb anglePosterior spinal fusionIntra-rater reliabilityCohort studyInstrumented fusionAIS patientsSingle institutionPostoperative filmsSpinal fusionCobb angleUpright filmsPoor visualizationPatientsDiagnosis