Prospective Radiographic and Clinical Evaluation of Surgical Treatment for Cervical Deformity: A Multi-Center Study 2.0
International Spine Study Group Foundation
Summary
Multi-center, prospective, non-randomized study to evaluate outcomes of surgically treated patients with adult cervical spinal deformity.
Description
Adult cervical deformity (ACD) is an uncommon but potentially severely debilitating condition with a broad range of causes that include but are not limited to spondylosis, inflammatory arthropathy, trauma, infection, iatrogenic, neoplastic, congenital, and neuromuscular processes. In general, sagittal plane deformities typically produce kyphosis, and coronal plane deformities result in scoliosis. Cervical kyphotic deformities are most commonly encountered in the setting of prior surgical destabilization, while cervical scoliosis is most commonly associated with congenital and neuromuscular con…