Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications: a review

…, JA Tang, JS Smith, FL Acosta, TS Protopsaltis… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013 - thejns.org
This paper is a narrative review of normal cervical alignment, methods for quantifying
alignment, and how alignment is associated with cervical deformity, myelopathy, and adjacent-…

Volar approach to distal radius fractures

TS Protopsaltis, DS Ruch - The Journal of hand surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
The volar approach to the distal radius fracture is an important exposure in the treatment of
these fractures, particularly with the growing enthusiasm for fixed-angle volar plating. With …

Clinical and radiographic evaluation of adult spinal deformity

S Bess, TS Protopsaltis, V Lafage, R Lafage… - Clinical Spine …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Protopsaltis et al 37 reported that if the difference between T1 slope and cervical lordosis
(… In addition, because C2 slope and C2 tilt are essentially interchangeable, Protopsaltis et al …

The T1 pelvic angle, a novel radiographic measure of global sagittal deformity, accounts for both spinal inclination and pelvic tilt and correlates with health-related …

T Protopsaltis, F Schwab, N Bronsard, JS Smith… - JBJS, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adult spinal deformity is a prevalent cause of pain and disability. Established
measures of sagittal spinopelvic alignment such as sagittal vertical axis and pelvic tilt can be …

Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery

…, GM Mundis, TJ Errico, HJ Kim, TS Protopsaltis… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
Protopsaltis reports being a consultant for Medicrea International and for receiving non–study-related
support from Zimmer Spine and the Cervical Spine Research Society for clinical or …

Reliability assessment of a novel cervical spine deformity classification system

…, R Hostin, JK Scheer, TS Protopsaltis… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2015 - thejns.org
… apex, with Type C for apex in the cervical spine, Type CT for apex at the cervicothoracic
junction, and Type T for apex in the thoracic spine (Fig. 2A–C). Primary coronal deformities are …

Prospective multicenter assessment of risk factors for rod fracture following surgery for adult spinal deformity

…, V Lafage, FJ Schwab, T Protopsaltis… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2014 - thejns.org
… of T-4 and the inferior endplate of T-12), LL (Cobb angle between the superior endplate of
L-1 and the superior endplate of S-1), SVA (C-7 plumb line relative to S-1), PT, and mismatch …

Outcomes of operative and nonoperative treatment for adult spinal deformity: a prospective, multicenter, propensity-matched cohort assessment with minimum 2-year …

…, GM Mundis, T Errico, HJ Kim, TS Protopsaltis… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
t tests were used to assess differences in the distributions between subsets of patients classified
by categorical data, and paired t … Dr Protopsaltis has been a consultant for Medicrea and …

Postischemic cerebrovascular E-selectin expression mediates tissue injury in murine stroke

…, S Kiss, J Mocco, LJ Kim, TS Protopsaltis… - Stroke, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Although the deleterious role of several proinflammatory mediators,
including P-selectin, in reperfused stroke is well established, the role of E-selectin has …

Role of pelvic translation and lower-extremity compensation to maintain gravity line position in spinal deformity

…, S Liu, JM Vital, B Ilharreborde, TS Protopsaltis… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
T-1 vertebral body and the center of the bicoxofemoral axis), T-9 spinopelvic inclination (T9SPi;
the angle formed by the vertical reference line and the line between the center of the T-9 …