Risk Factors and Radiologic Changes in Subsidence after Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy: A Minimum Follow-Up of 2 Yearsopen access
- Authors
- An, T.Y.; Kim, J.-Y.; Lee, Y.-S.
- Issue Date
- Aug-2021
- Publisher
- Korean Neurotraumatology Society
- Keywords
- Cervical vertebrae; Compressive myelopathy; Reconstruction; Subsidence; Surgical decompression; Titanium mesh
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Neurotrauma, v.17
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Neurotrauma
- Volume
- 17
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/71731
- DOI
- 10.13004/KJNT.2021.17.E23
- ISSN
- 2234-8999
2288-2243
- Abstract
- Objective: Anterior cervical corpectomy using a titanium mesh cage may result in delayed nonunion and thus a change in cervical alignment, and patients may require revision surger We investigated the radiologic and clinical outcomes of cervical corpectomy and the risk factors for subsidence. Methods: We studied 74 patients who underwent single-level anterior cervical corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with or without ossification of the posterior longitudin ligament between 2007 and 2014. Graft subsidence was considered present when there was a reduction in the anterior and posterior heights by an average of 4 mm or more 2 years afte the operation. We measured cervical parameters before surgery, immediately after surgery, and 6, 12, and 24 months after surgery. The clinical outcomes were the neck and arm visual analog scale scores and reoperation rate. Results: In the subsidence group, these values gradually decreased over the 24 months. The radiologic parameters did not differ between the 2 groups for 24 months after the onset of subsidence. There were no differences in clinical outcome or reoperation rate. In the analys of the risk factors, subsidence occurred with a large T1 slope and a large change in the C27 Cobb angle (p=0.020 and p=0.026, respectively). Conclusion: Subsidence gradually occurred after single-level anterior cervical corpectomy for up to 24 months. However, the presence of subsidence did not affect the radiologic and clinical outcomes. When the T1 slope was large and the C27 Cobb angle change was severe, more subsidence occurred. Provisional Copyright © 2021 Korean Neurotraumatology Society
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