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The craniocervical angle (CCA) combines the slope of McGregor\u2019s line and the inclination from C7 to the hard palate. The C2-pelvic tilt (CPT) combines C2 tilt and pelvic tilt. Like the T1 pelvic angle, CPT is less affected by lower extremity and pelvic compensation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Novel and existing CD measures were correlated in 781 patients from a thoracolumbar deformity (TLD) database and 61 patients from a prospective CD database. CD patients were subanalyzed by region of deformity driver: cervical or cervico-thoracic junction. TLD patients were substratified according to whether or not they had CD as well, where CD was defined as cSVA>4 cm or T1 slope minus cervical lordosis mismatch (TS-CL) >20.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n TLD cohort: mean cSVA was 31.7\u00b117.8 mm. Subanalysis of TLD patients with CD versus no-CD demonstrated significant differences in CCA (56.2 vs. 60.6, P<\/jats:italic><0.001) and CPT (32.6 vs. 19.3, P<\/jats:italic><0.001). CCA and CPT correlated with cSVA (r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.488\/r<\/jats:italic>=0.418, P<\/jats:italic><0.001) and C0\u2013C2 lordosis (r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.630\/r<\/jats:italic>=0.289,P<\/jats:italic><0.001). CD cohort: mean cSVA was 47.3\u00b132.2 mm. CCA and CPT correlated with cSVA (r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.811\/r<\/jats:italic>=0.657, P<\/jats:italic><0.001) and C0\u2013C2 lordosis (r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.656\/r<\/jats:italic>=0.610, P<\/jats:italic><0.001). CD cohort subanalysis indicated that CT patients were significantly more deformed by cSVA (71.3 vs 24.0 mm, P<\/jats:italic><0.001), CCA (47.1 vs 59.1 degrees, P<\/jats:italic><0.001), and CPT (63.3 vs 43.8 degrees, P<\/jats:italic>=0.002). Using linear regression analysis, cSVA of 4 cm corresponded to CCA of 53.2 degrees (r<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>=0.5) and CPT of 48.5 degrees (r<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>=0.4).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n CCA and CPT account for both cervical sagittal alignment and upper cervical compensation and can be utilized in assessment of cervical alignment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/bsd.0000000000000554","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,30]],"date-time":"2018-03-30T13:09:50Z","timestamp":1522415390000},"page":"E959-E967","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Novel Angular Measures of Cervical Deformity Account for Upper Cervical Compensation and Sagittal Alignment"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Themistocles S.","family":"Protopsaltis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New York University Langone Hospital for Joint 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