Under Correction of Sagittal Deformities Based on Age-adjusted Alignment Thresholds Leads to Worse Health-related Quality of Life Whereas Over Correction Provides No Additional Benefit.

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Scheer, Justin K

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Lafage, Renaud

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Schwab, Frank J

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Liabaud, Barthelemy

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Smith, Justin S

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Mundis, Gregory M

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Hostin, Richard

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Shaffrey, Christopher I

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Burton, Douglas C

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Hart, Robert A

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Kim, Han J

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Bess, Shay

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Gupta, Munish

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Lafage, Virginie

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Ames, Christopher P

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International Spine Study Group

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2023-07-08T12:54:09Z

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2023-07-08T12:54:09Z

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2018-03

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2023-07-08T12:54:08Z

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Study design

Retrospective review of prospectively-collected database.

Objective

This study aims to compare 2-year clinical outcomes of patients who underwent surgical reconstructions based on their achievement to age-adjusted alignment ideals.

Summary of background data

Recent research in sagittal plane has proposed age-adjusted alignment thresholds. However, the impact of these thresholds on postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is yet to be investigated.

Methods

Patients were included if they were more than 18-years old and underwent surgical correction of adult spinal deformity with a complete 2-year follow-up. Patients were stratified into three groups based on achievement of age-adjusted thresholds in pelvic tilt (PT), pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis (PI-LL), and sagittal vertical axis (SVA). First group included patients who reached the exact age-adjusted threshold ± 10 years (MATCHED), other two groups included patients who were over corrected (OVER), and under corrected (UNDER). Clinical outcomes including actual value and offset from age-adjusted Oswestry Disability Index, Short-Form-36 (SF-36) -physical component summary, and Scoliosis Research Society-22r (SRS-22r) were compared between groups at 2 years follow-up.

Results

A total of 343 patients (mean, 57 yrs and 83% females) were included. Sagittal profile of the population was: PT = 23.6°, SVA = 65.8 mm, and PI-LL = 15.6°. At 2-year follow-up, there was significant improvement in all sagittal modifiers with 25.7%, 24.3%, and 33.1% of the patients matching their age alignment targets in terms of PT, PI-LL, and SVA, respectively. For PT and PI-LL, the three groups (MATCHED, OVER, and UNDER) had comparable values and offsets from age-adjusted patient reported outcome. However, for SVA groups, patients in UNDER had significantly worse HRQOL than the two other groups. Patients in PT, PI-LL, and SVA UNDER groups were significantly younger than the other groups, P < 0.05.

Conclusion

At 2 years after adult spinal deformity surgical treatment, only 24.3% to 33.1% of the patients reached age-adjusted alignment thresholds. Those under corrected in SVA demonstrated worse clinical outcomes. No significant improvements were found between matched and overcorrected patients, with overcorrection being an established risk for proximal junctional kyphosis. These results further emphasize the need for patient specific operative planning.

Level of evidence

3.
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00007632-201803150-00008

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0362-2436

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1528-1159

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/28336

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eng

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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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Spine

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10.1097/brs.0000000000002435

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International Spine Study Group

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Humans

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Lordosis

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Scoliosis

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Postoperative Period

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Risk

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Retrospective Studies

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Age Factors

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Quality of Life

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Adult

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Aged

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Middle Aged

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Female

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Male

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Patient Reported Outcome Measures

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Under Correction of Sagittal Deformities Based on Age-adjusted Alignment Thresholds Leads to Worse Health-related Quality of Life Whereas Over Correction Provides No Additional Benefit.

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Journal article

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Shaffrey, Christopher I|0000-0001-9760-8386

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388

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393

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6

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Duke

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School of Medicine

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Clinical Science Departments

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Orthopaedic Surgery

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Neurosurgery

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Published

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43

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