Update on Imaging of Spinal Fixation Hardware.

This article discusses instrumented spinal surgeries, the radiologic assessment of spinal fixation hardware, and the potential complications of spinal hardware. Radiography is the standard for the postoperative assessment of spinal hardware. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging play a valuable role in the detection of hardware and postsurgical-related complications such as infection, pseudarthrosis, and malpositioned instrumentation.

Clinical Evaluation, Imaging, and Management of Adolescent Idiopathic and Adult Degenerative Scoliosis.

We provide a comprehensive review of the clinical presentation, imaging evaluation, classification, and management of adolescent idiopathic and adult degenerative scoliosis.

Incomplete Follow-up After Growth Modulation Surgery: Incidence and Associated Complications.

Background: Extraperiosteal tension plates have become the predominant method for angular deformity correction in skeletally immature patients, with some surgeons using them in very young children with the intent of removing the implants once the correction is complete. The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of incomplete follow-up and to assess the outcomes of children who were lost to follow-up with retained implants.

Methods: A quality initiative survey was performed at 2 institutions on children treated with extraperiosteal tension plates around the knee because of sentinel events that occurred at each institution.

Cervical total disc arthroplasty.

Symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration of the cervical spine remains problematic for patients and surgeons alike. Despite advances in surgical techniques and instrumentation, the solution remains elusive. Spurred by the success of total joint arthroplasty in hips and knees, surgeons and industry have turned to motion preservation devices in the cervical spine.