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Virginie Lafage is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily advances the understanding and treatment of spinal deformities, with a focus on surgery and related clinical outcomes.

The scientist's work spans the field of Medicine, specializing in Surgery and extending into Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Research topics frequently addressed by Virginie Lafage include:

  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Spinal fractures and fixation techniques
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Medical imaging and analysis
  • Cervical and thoracic myelopathy
  • Pelvic and acetabular injuries
  • Frailty in older adults

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Lafage include:

  • "Sagittal age-adjusted score (SAAS) for adult spinal deformity (ASD) more effectively predicts surgical outcomes and proximal junctional kyphosis than previous classifications," 2021, Spine Deformity
  • "Preoperative Hounsfield Units at the Planned Upper Instrumented Vertebrae May Predict Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity," 2020, Spine
  • "A cost benefit analysis of increasing surgical technology in lumbar spine fusion," 2020, The Spine Journal
  • "Operative versus nonoperative treatment for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis at 5-year follow-up: durability of outcomes and impact of treatment-related serious adverse events," 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
  • "Multicenter assessment of surgical outcomes in adult spinal deformity patients with severe global coronal malalignment: determination of target coronal realignment threshold," 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Virginie Lafage collaborates extensively with several researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Renaud Lafage
  • Peter G. Passias
  • Shay Bess
  • Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • Justin S. Smith

The scientist has published numerous articles in leading journals related to spinal research. Common publication venues include:

  • The Spine Journal
  • Spine
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
  • Global Spine Journal
  • Spine Deformity

In addition to journal articles, Virginie Lafage has contributed to book literature, including a publication titled Correction Techniques for Spinal Deformity released in 2023 by Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Limited eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Pelvic tilt and truncal inclination: two key radiographic parameters in the setting of adults with spinal deformity.

    Virginie Lafage;Frank Schwab;Ashish Patel;Nicola Hawkinson

  • Adult spinal deformity-postoperative standing imbalance: how much can you tolerate? An overview of key parameters in assessing alignment and planning corrective surgery.

    Frank Schwab;Ashish Patel;Benjamin Ungar;Jean-Pierre Farcy

  • 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 Hostin

  • Sagittal plane considerations and the pelvis in the adult patient.

    Frank Schwab;Virginie Lafage;Ashish Patel;Jean-Pierre Farcy

  • Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications: A review

    Justin K. Scheer;Jessica A. Tang;Justin S. Smith;Frank L. Acosta

  • The Impact of Standing Regional Cervical Sagittal Alignment on Outcomes in Posterior Cervical Fusion Surgery

    Jessica A. Tang;Justin K. Scheer;Justin S. Smith;Vedat Deviren

  • Gravity line analysis in adult volunteers: age-related correlation with spinal parameters, pelvic parameters, and foot position.

    Frank Schwab;Virginie Lafage;Reid Boyce;Wafa Skalli

  • The Comprehensive Anatomical Spinal Osteotomy Classification

    Frank Schwab;Benjamin Blondel;Benjamin Blondel;Edward Chay;Jason Demakakos

  • Cervical radiographical alignment: comprehensive assessment techniques and potential importance in cervical myelopathy.

    Christopher P. Ames;Benjamin Blondel;Justin K. Scheer;Frank J. Schwab

  • Standing balance and sagittal plane spinal deformity: analysis of spinopelvic and gravity line parameters.

    Virginie Lafage;Frank Schwab;Wafa Skalli;Nicola Hawkinson

  • TheT1 pelvic angle, a novel radiographic measure of global sagittal deformity, accounts for both spinal inclination and pelvic tilt and correlates with health-related quality of life

    Themistocles Protopsaltis;Frank Schwab;Nicolas Bronsard;Justin S. Smith

  • The SRS-Schwab adult spinal deformity classification: assessment and clinical correlations based on a prospective operative and nonoperative cohort.

    Jamie Terran;Frank Schwab;Christopher I. Shaffrey;Justin S. Smith

  • Defining Spino-Pelvic Alignment Thresholds: Should Operative Goals in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Account for Age?

    Renaud Lafage;Frank Schwab;Vincent Challier;Jensen K. Henry

  • Change in classification grade by the SRS-Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification predicts impact on health-related quality of life measures: prospective analysis of operative and nonoperative treatment.

    Justin S Smith;Eric Klineberg;Frank Schwab;Christopher I Shaffrey

  • Adult spinal deformity.

    Bassel G Diebo;Neil V Shah;Oheneba Boachie-Adjei;Feng Zhu

  • Impact of spinopelvic alignment on decision making in deformity surgery in adults: A review.

    Christopher P Ames;Justin S Smith;Justin K Scheer;Shay Bess

  • Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery

    Justin S. Smith;Eric Otto Klineberg;Virginie Lafage;Christopher I. Shaffrey

  • Efficacy of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding in spine surgery: a meta-analysis.

    Thomas Cheriyan;Stephen P. Maier;Kristina Bianco;Kseniya Slobodyanyuk

  • Outcomes of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective, Multicenter, Propensity-Matched Cohort Assessment With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up.

    Justin S. Smith;Virginie Lafage;Christopher I. Shaffrey;Frank Schwab

  • Reliability assessment of a novel cervical spine deformity classification system

    Christopher P. Ames;Justin S. Smith;Robert Eastlack;Donald J. Blaskiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Schwab
Frank J. Schwab Hospital for Special Surgery
Christopher P. Ames
Christopher P. Ames University of California, San Francisco
Han Jo Kim
Han Jo Kim Hospital for Special Surgery
Justin S. Smith
Justin S. Smith University of Virginia
Daniel M. Sciubba
Daniel M. Sciubba Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Todd J. Albert
Todd J. Albert Hospital for Special Surgery
Justin D. Smith
Justin D. Smith University of Utah
Lawrence G. Lenke
Lawrence G. Lenke Columbia University
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Weill Cornell Medicine

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