Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) Score

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Authors

Çağlar Yılgör · Acıbadem University

Nuray Söğünmez · Acıbadem University

Louis Boissière

Yasemin Yavuz · Ankara University

Ibrahim Obeid

Frank Kleinstück · Schulthess-Klinik

Francisco Javier Sánchez Pérez-Grueso · Hospital Universitario La Paz

Emre Acaroğlu

Abstract

The GAP score is a new pelvic-incidence-based proportional method of analyzing the sagittal plane that predicts mechanical complications in patients undergoing surgery for adult spinal deformity. Setting surgical goals according to the GAP score may decrease the prevalence of mechanical complications.

Topics & Keywords

Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volume 99, Issue 19, pp. 1661-1672

DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.16.01594

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