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- Title
To Cross the Cervicothoracic Junction? Terminating Posterior Cervical Fusion Constructs Proximal to the Cervicothoracic Junction Does Not Impart Increased Risk of Reoperation in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
- Authors
Couch, Brandon K.; Patel, Stuti S.; Talentino, Spencer E.; Buldo-Licciardi, Michael; Evashwick-Rogler, Thomas W.; Oyekan, Anthony A.; Gannon, Emmett J.; Shaw, Jeremy D.; Donaldson, William F.; Lee, Joon Y.
- Abstract
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study Objectives: To evaluate the effect of caudal instrumentation level on revision rates following posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion. Methods: A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database was performed. Minimum follow-up was one year. Patients were divided into two groups based on the caudal level of their index fusion construct (Group 1-cervical and Group 2- thoracic). Reoperation rates were compared between the two groups, and preoperative demographics and radiographic parameters were compared between patients who required revision and those who did not. Multivariate binomial regression analysis was performed to determine independent risk factors for revision surgery. Results: One hundred thirty-seven (137/204) patients received fusion constructs that terminated at C7 (Group 1), while 67 (67/204) received fusion constructs that terminated at T1 or T2 (Group 2). The revision rate was 8.33% in the combined cohort, 7.3% in Group 1, and 10.4% in Group 2. There was no significant difference in revision rates between the 2 groups (P =.43). Multivariate regression analysis did not identify any independent risk factors for revision surgery. Conclusion: This study shows no evidence of increased risk of revision in patients with fusion constructs terminating in the cervical spine when compared to patients with constructs crossing the cervicothoracic junction. These findings support terminating the fusion construct proximal to the cervicothoracic junction when indicated. Level of Evidence: III
- Subjects
LAMINECTOMY; CERVICAL spondylotic myelopathy; REOPERATION; CERVICAL vertebrae; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Global Spine Journal, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 8, p2379
- ISSN
2192-5682
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/21925682221083926