Height, Not Weight, is an Independent Predictor of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
Taller height, but not weight, was associated with developing PJK after adult spinal deformity surgery. These findings underscore the importance of considering patient height during surgical planning.
Authors
- Ahmed M Sulieman
- Jay R. Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-6244)
- Breton Line (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-1066)
- Indeevar Beeram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7362-5472)
- J. Joshua Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-5456)
- Richard A. Hostin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-003X)
- V. Lafage
- Neel Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4565-6612)
- S. Hun Lee
- Alex Soroceanu
- Robert K. Eastlack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-1707)
- Maxwell Sahhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7192-2575)
- On behalf of the International Spine Study Group
- Thomas J. Buell
- Shay Bess
- Praveen V. Mummaneni
- David O. Okonkwo
- Gregory M. Mundis
- Khaled M. Kebaish
- D. Kojo Hamilton
- Stephen J. Lewis
- Themistocles S. Protopsaltis
- Christopher P. Ames
- Eric O. Klineberg
- Bassel G. Diebo
- Munish C. Gupta
- Renaud Lafage
- Jeffrey L. Gum
- Christopher I. Shaffrey
- Jeffrey Mullin
- Peter G. Passias
- Frank J. Schwab
- Alan H. Daniels
- Han Jo Kim
- Lawrence G. Lenke
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- University of Virginia Health System (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Lenox Hill Hospital (US)
- Brighton Hospital (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Southwest Scoliosis Institute (US)
- Scripps Clinic (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005686
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00