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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Can We Rely on Prophylactic Two-Level Vertebral Cement Augmentation in Long-Segment Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery to Reduce the Incidence of Proximal Junctional Complications?

Yoichi Tani, Nobuhiro Naka, Naoto Ono, Koki Kawashima, Masaaki Paku, Masayuki Ishihara, Takashi Adachi, Muneharu Ando, Shinichirou Taniguchi, Takanori Saito

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Proximal and distal junctional failures after a short-segment minimally invasive surgery combination that incorporates anterior column realignment (ACR) for adult spinal deformity.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Yoichi TaniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Nobuhiro NakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Naoto OnoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Koki KawashimaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Masaaki PakuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Masayuki IshiharaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6062-6767
Takashi AdachiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Muneharu AndoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Shinichirou TaniguchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.
Takanori SaitoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata-City 573-1010, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Bone CementsKyphosisPostoperative ComplicationsSpinal FusionAdultAgedFemaleHumansIncidenceLumbar VertebraeMaleMiddle AgedMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresPolymethyl MethacrylateRetrospective StudiesThoracic VertebraeBone CementsPolymethyl Methacrylateadult spinal deformity (ASD)balloon kyphoplasty (BKP)lateral lumbar interbody fusionlong-segment fusionminimally invasive spine surgery (MIS)percutaneous pedicle screwprophylactic PMMA cement augmentationproximal junctional failureproximal junctional kyphosis

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PMID38929477
PMCPMC11205771

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