The value of sitting radiographs: analysis of spine flexibility and its utility in preoperative planning for adult spinal deformity surgery.

Janjua, M Burhan; Tishelman, Jared C; Vasquez-Montes, Dennis; Vaynrub, Max; Errico, Thomas J; Buckland, Aaron J; Protopsaltis, Themistocles · J Neurosurg Spine · 2018

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Abstract

Sitting radiographs are a valuable tool to consider the thoracic compensatory mechanism in patients who are candidates for thoracolumbar correction surgery.

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Anatomy