A review of cervical spine alignment in the normal and degenerative spine

Parthik D Patel; Grigoriy Arutyunyan; Kyle Plusch; Alexander Vaccaro Jr; Alexander R Vaccaro

doi:10.21037/jss.2020.01.10

A review of cervical spine alignment in the normal and degenerative spine

J Spine Surg. 2020 Mar;6(1):106-123. doi: 10.21037/jss.2020.01.10.

Authors

Parthik D Patel¹, Grigoriy Arutyunyan¹, Kyle Plusch¹, Alexander Vaccaro Jr¹, Alexander R Vaccaro¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Abstract

With recent advancements in surgical spine technology and techniques, the importance of regional and global spine alignment has become an important factor in surgical planning. Our review aims to consolidate the current literature on cervical and global alignment parameters and its relationship to cervical symptomatology, quality of life (QOL), requirements for surgery, potential surgical complications and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes.

Keywords: Quality of life (QOL); cervical; complications; global alignment; spine alignment.

Publication types

Review