1. Patient Safety in Spinal Deformity Surgery: The Development of Standard Work Protocols, Moral Hazard in Decision Making, and the Need for Prospective Validation and Protocol Adoption

   • Sig Berven

   Editorial 30 December 2019 Pages: 653 - 654

2. Denis Sise Drummond, MD, FRS(C) (1934–2019)

   Obituary 30 December 2019 Pages: 655 - 656

3. State-of-the-Art Reviews: Safety in Complex Spine Surgery

   • Rajiv Sethi
   • Michael Bohl
   • Michael Vitale

   State of Art Review 30 December 2019 Pages: 657 - 668

4. The Role of Potentially Modifiable Factors in a Standard Work Protocol to Decrease Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Systematic Review, Part 1

   • Douglas C. Burton
   • Rajiv K. Sethi
   • Lawrence G. Lenke

   Systematic Review 30 December 2019 Pages: 669 - 683

5. The Role of Potentially Modifiable Factors in a Standard Work Protocol to Decrease Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Systematic Review, Part 2

   • Rajiv K. Sethi
   • Douglas C. Burton
   • ISSG

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 684 - 695

6. Local Application of Vancomycin in Spine Surgery Does Not Result in Increased Vancomycin-Resistant Bacteria—10-Year Data

   • Krishn Khanna
   • Frank Valone III
   • Serena S. Hu

   Case Reports 30 December 2019 Pages: 696 - 701

7. Operating Room Personnel Determine Efficiency of Pediatric Spinal Fusions for Scoliosis

   • Jacob Hartline
   • Vikki Nolan
   • Jeffrey R. Sawyer

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 702 - 708

8. Timing of Complications After Posterior Spinal Fusions in Pediatric Spine Deformity

   • Azeem Tariq Malik
   • Jeffery Kim
   • Safdar N. Khan

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 709 - 719

9. Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis With Vertebral Body Stapling

   • Evan Trupia
   • Anny C. Hsu
   • Michael Vitale

   Case Report 30 December 2019 Pages: 720 - 728

10. A Comparison of Maximal Voluntary Ventilation and Forced Vital Capacity in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients

    • Gabriela A. Villamor
    • Lindsay M. Andras
    • David L. Skaggs

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 729 - 733

11. Pulmonary Function After Convex Thoracoplasty in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Treated by Posteromedial Translation

    • C. Duray
    • E. Ferrero
    • B. Ilharreborde

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 734 - 740

12. Body Image Disturbance Improvement After Operative Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

    • Baron S. Lonner
    • Robert Brochin
    • Yuan Ren

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 741 - 745

13. Bone Remodeling and Disc Morphology in the Distal Unfused Spine After Spinal Fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

    • Saba Pasha
    • Lachlan Smith
    • Wudbhav N. Sankar

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 746 - 753

14. Back Pain and Its Change After Surgery in Adolescents and Young Adults With Idiopathic Scoliosis

    • Tamás F. Fekete
    • Anne F. Mannion
    • Dezső J. Jeszenszky

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 754 - 758

15. The Risk of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Decreases in Patients With Optimal Thoracic Kyphosis

    • Shin Oe
    • Daisuke Togawa
    • Yukihiro Matsuyama

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 759 - 770

16. Spinopelvic Parameters Depending on the Angulation of the Sacral End Plate Are Less Reproducible Than Other Spinopelvic Parameters in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

    • Tanvir Johanning Bari
    • Dennis Winge Hallager
    • Martin Gehrchen

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 771 - 778

17. The Effects of Preoperative Steroid Therapy on Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    • Samuel J. W. White
    • William A. Ranson
    • Samuel K. Cho

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 779 - 787

18. Relationship Between Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Concentration, Perioperative Bleeding, and Transfusions in Elective Adult Spinal Deformity Correction

    • Matthew J. Geck
    • Devender Singh
    • Eeric Truumees

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 788 - 795

19. Short-Term Outcomes of Staged Versus Same-Day Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction

    • Alexander H. Arzeno
    • Jayme Koltsov
    • Serena S. Hu

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 796 - 804

20. Use of an Accelerated Discharge Pathway in Patients With Severe Cerebral Palsy Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis

    • Laura L. Bellaire
    • Robert W. Bruce Jr.
    • Nicholas D. Fletcher

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 804 - 811

21. Scoliosis in Patients With Friedreich Ataxia: Results of a Consecutive Prospective Series

    • Anne Laure Simon
    • Jean Meyblum
    • Brice Ilharreborde

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 812 - 821

22. Distraction-Based Surgeries Increase Spine Length for Patients With Nonidiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis—5-Year Follow-up

    • Yehia ElBromboly
    • Jennifer Hurry
    • Growing Spine Study Group

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 822 - 828

23. Outcomes of Primary and Conversion Magnetically Controlled Growth Rods Are Different at Two-Year Follow-up: Results of North American Release

    • Chun Wai Hung
    • Michael G. Vitale
    • Jeffrey R. Sawyer

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 829 - 835

24. The Effect of Expansion Thoracostomy on Spine Growth in Patients with Spinal Deformity and Fused Ribs Treated with Rib-Based Growing Constructs

    • Fady J. Baky
    • A. Noelle Larson
    • Growing Spine Study Group

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2019 Pages: 836 - 841

25. Letter to the Editor: Celiac Artery Syndrome After Correction of Kyphoscoliosis

    • Devan D. Patel
    • Steven F. DeFroda
    • Alan H. Daniels

    Letters to the Editor 30 December 2019 Pages: 842 - 842

26. Letter to the Editor Concerning: “Celiac Artery Syndrome After Correction of Kyphoscoliosis” by van Urk P.R., Littooij A.S., van Gestel J.P.J., Kruyt M.C., Spine Deformity 7(2019):176–179

    • P. R. van Urk
    • A. S. Littooij
    • M. C. Kruyt

    Letter to the Editor 30 December 2019 Pages: 842 - 843