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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2026

Impact of adjunctive spine surgery on multilevel spinal fusion in the management of adult spinal deformity: A single centre propensity score-matched analysis.

Kwadwo Darko, Sruja Arya, Bernice Limann, Prince Agyapong, Joseph Zakaria, Mina Guirgius, Pooja Venkatesh, Bradley Guidry, Omar Akbik, Kristen Hall and 3 more

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Article in 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. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kwadwo DarkoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. darkobhp@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-195X
Sruja AryaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Bernice LimannDepartment of Neurosurgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3985-7445
Prince AgyapongStatistical Consulting, Pentara (United States), Millcreek, USA.
Joseph ZakariaEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, USA.
Mina GuirgiusDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Pooja VenkateshDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-5590
Bradley GuidryDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Omar AkbikDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Catholic Health Initiatives, Omaha, USA.
Kristen HallDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Umaru BarrieDepartment of Neurological Surgery, New York University, New York, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0365-7070
Salah AounDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-7569
Carlos BagleyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, Kansas City, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Adjunctive surgeryAdult spinal deformityLaminectomySpinal surgery

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PMID41680315

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