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Frank J. Schwab
Researcher at Hospital for Special Surgery
Publications - 864
Citations - 34938
Frank J. Schwab is an academic researcher from Hospital for Special Surgery. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Sagittal plane. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 749 publications receiving 27961 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank J. Schwab include Free University of Berlin & New York University.
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The Impact of Positive Sagittal Balance in Adult Spinal Deformity
Steven D. Glassman,Keith H. Bridwell,John R. Dimar,William C. Horton,Sigurd Berven,Frank J. Schwab +5 more
TL;DR: This study shows that although even mildly positive sagittal balance is somewhat detrimental, severity of symptoms increases in a linear fashion with progressive sagittal imbalance, and shows that kyphosis is more favorable in the upper thoracic region but very poorly tolerated in the lumbar spine.
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Pelvic tilt and truncal inclination: two key radiographic parameters in the setting of adults with spinal deformity.
TL;DR: This study confirms that pelvic position measured via PT correlates withHRQOL in the setting of adult deformity and demonstrates significant T1–SPI correlation with HRQOL measures and outperforms SVA.
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Scoliosis Research Society-Schwab adult spinal deformity classification: a validation study.
Frank J. Schwab,Benjamin Ungar,Benjamin Blondel,Jacob M. Buchowski,Jeffrey A. Coe,Donald Deinlein,Christopher J. DeWald,Hossein Mehdian,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Clifford B. Tribus,Virginie Lafage +10 more
TL;DR: Data from this study show that there is excellent inter- and intra- rater reliability and inter-rater agreement for curve type and each modifier and the high degree of reliability demonstrates that applying the classification system is easy and consistent.
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Adult spinal deformity-postoperative standing imbalance: how much can you tolerate? An overview of key parameters in assessing alignment and planning corrective surgery.
TL;DR: Good clinical outcome requires achieving proper spinopelvic alignment in the treatment of adult spinal deformity, and restoring low sagittal vertical axis and pelvic tilt values are critical goals, and should be combined with proportional lumbar lordosis to pelvic incidence.
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Radiographical spinopelvic parameters and disability in the setting of adult spinal deformity: a prospective multicenter analysis.
Frank J. Schwab,Benjamin Blondel,Benjamin Blondel,Shay Bess,Richard A. Hostin,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Justin S. Smith,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei,Douglas C. Burton,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Gregory M. Mundis,Christopher P. Ames,Khaled M. Kebaish,Robert A. Hart,J.-P. Farcy,Virginie Lafage +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated correlations between spinopelvic parameters and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores in patients with spinal deformity and found that spinopels can provide a more complete assessment of the sagittal plane.