Risk factors for the development of DJK in AIS patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion

i) Low risk of DJK progression when stable sagittal vertebrae (SSV) was proximal to the lowest touched vertebra (LTV)
ii) High risk of DJK progression when SSV was distal to LTV
iii) DJK occurred almost exclusively in patients with LIV at the thoracolumbar junction
iv) Having a distal junctional angle ≥5° increased the risk of DJK by roughly 16-fold

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