TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical sagittal alignment
T2 - Literature review and future directions
AU - Lee, Sang Hun
AU - Hyun, Seung Jae
AU - Jain, Amit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Cervical alignment as a concept has come to the forefront for spine deformity research in the last decade. Studies on cervical sagittal alignment started from normative data, and ex-panded into correlation with global sagittal balance, prognosis of various conditions, outcomes of surgery, definition and classification of cervical deformity, and prediction of tar-gets for ideal cervical reconstruction. Despite the recent robust research efforts, the definition of normal cervical sagittal alignment and cervical spine deformity continues to elude us. Further, many studies continue to view cervical alignment as a continuation of thoraco-lumbar deformity and do not take into account biomechanical features unique to the cervical spine that may influence cervical alignment, such as the importance of musculature con-necting cranium-cervical-thoracic spine and upper extremities. In this article, we aim to summarize the relevant literature on cervical sagittal alignment, discuss key results, and list potential future direction for research using the ‘5W1H’ framework; “WHO” are related?, “WHY” important?, “WHAT” to evaluate and “WHAT” is normal?, “HOW” to evaluate?, “WHEN” to apply sagittal balance?, and “WHERE” to go in the future?.
AB - Cervical alignment as a concept has come to the forefront for spine deformity research in the last decade. Studies on cervical sagittal alignment started from normative data, and ex-panded into correlation with global sagittal balance, prognosis of various conditions, outcomes of surgery, definition and classification of cervical deformity, and prediction of tar-gets for ideal cervical reconstruction. Despite the recent robust research efforts, the definition of normal cervical sagittal alignment and cervical spine deformity continues to elude us. Further, many studies continue to view cervical alignment as a continuation of thoraco-lumbar deformity and do not take into account biomechanical features unique to the cervical spine that may influence cervical alignment, such as the importance of musculature con-necting cranium-cervical-thoracic spine and upper extremities. In this article, we aim to summarize the relevant literature on cervical sagittal alignment, discuss key results, and list potential future direction for research using the ‘5W1H’ framework; “WHO” are related?, “WHY” important?, “WHAT” to evaluate and “WHAT” is normal?, “HOW” to evaluate?, “WHEN” to apply sagittal balance?, and “WHERE” to go in the future?.
KW - Cervical alignment
KW - Cervical de-formity
KW - Cervical kyphosis
KW - Cervical lordosis
KW - Cervical sagittal balance
KW - Neck tilt
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U2 - 10.14245/ns.2040392.196
DO - 10.14245/ns.2040392.196
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33022153
AN - SCOPUS:85091710116
SN - 2586-6583
VL - 17
SP - 478
EP - 496
JO - Neurospine
JF - Neurospine
IS - 3
ER -