Risk and Predictive Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Patients Treated by Lenke Type 5 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Correction

Abstract

The results of the present study have shown that the postoperative PJA and postoperative TK can be used to effectively predict for the occurrence of PJK in patients with Lenke type 5 AIS after corrective surgery, with a threshold of 9.45° and 25.25°, respectively.