Alignment may be #1 but Bone Health is a close #2 in preventing mechanical failure in patients undergoing adult spinal deformity surgery

This study published by us in JBJS shows the significance of medical treatment of osteoporosis prior to adult spinal deformity surgery.

Next step is to identify the osteopenic patients who will benefit from preop treatment as well.

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https://www.jbjs.org/reader.php?rsuite_id=734f992f-c03d-43e7-9372-0ca7bbfe5c72&source=The_Journal_of_Bone_and_Joint_Surgery/106/3/206&topics=sp#info

Published by Dr. Zeeshan Sardar, MD, MSc, F.R.C.S.C

Dr. Zeeshan Sardar is Co-Chief of Spinal Deformity Surgery, Director of Quality & Patient Safety, and Medical Director of the Spine Unit at Och Spine Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University. Board-certified in orthopaedic surgery, he completed three spine fellowships — combined orthopedic and neurosurgical spine (Cedars-Sinai), artificial disc replacement (Texas Back Institute), and complex spinal deformity (Columbia) — and specializes in scoliosis, kyphosis, complex revision and Harrington rod revision surgery, and motion-preserving and robotic-assisted spine surgery. He is a member of the Scoliosis Research Society. View more posts