Surgery for Scheuermann’s Kyphosis Normalizes Lumbar Lordosis but not Cervical Alignment when Compared to Asymptomatic Individuals
Preoperative cervical and lumbar SK parameters were significantly different from asymptomatic volunteers, reflecting compensation for extreme thoracic kyphosis. Postoperatively, SK TK remained significantly higher. Compensatory CSA and T1S remained significantly higher as well, whereas postoperative lumbar parameters normalized and did not differ from asymptomatic patients, suggesting that partial TK improvement can lead to normalization of lumbar hyperlordosis but a remnant high T1 slope continues to require compensatory cervical hyperlordosis.
Authors
- Lawrence G. Lenke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-4958)
- Joseph M. Lombardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0484-3027)
- Justin L. Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-6488)
- Fthimnir M. Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-8972)
- Josephine R. Coury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-4905)
- Riley Sevensky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-6653)
- Zeeshan M. Sardar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-3798)
- Oluwademilade Tega
Institutions
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Groupement d'Intérêt Economique (FR)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005512
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00