Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is the uninvited guest who shows up in too many adult spinal deformity surgeries.
Despite surgeons’ best efforts (soft landings, ligament preservation, junctional screws, and all the other tricks up their sleeves), this pesky complication continues to haunt long fusions.
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