Cervical corpectomies: results of a survey and review of the literature on diagnosis, indications, and surgical technique.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
; 158(10): 1859-67, 2016 10.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Cervical corpectomy is an uncommon procedure and there are only limited data on the procedure's indications, surgical approaches, and complications. The diagnosis, indications, surgical planning, and complications of cervical corpectomy were therefore surveyed to clarify the treatment strategies used by spinal surgeons in central Europe, with special attention to preoperative planning and decision-making for additional dorsal approaches in multilevel cases. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
An online survey with 18 questions on the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of cervical corpectomies was conducted. The relevant specialist societies in Germany and Austria provided 1137 contacts for surgeons, and the responses were compared with recent literature reports.RESULTS:
In all, 302 surgeons (27 %) completed the survey, with wide variability in the treatment options offered. Most (51 %) perform fewer than five anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) procedures per year; 35 % do 5-20 per year. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) was preferred by 41 % of the participants to laminoplasty/laminectomy (19 %/16 %) and ACCF (12 %). Most indications for ACCF involved degenerative (27 %), traumatic (17 %), and neoplastic (20 %) conditions. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were mainly associated with hardware failure. One-third of the surgeons tend to use an additional dorsal approach to increase the corpectomy construct's stability for either two-level or three-level corpectomies.CONCLUSIONS:
There is no current consensus in central Europe on the treatment of complex cervical disease and cervical corpectomy. The procedure is still rare, and the need for additional dorsal fixation is unclear. Further studies are needed in order to establish evidence-based standards for patient care.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Fusão Vertebral
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Vértebras Cervicais
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Discotomia
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Laminoplastia
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Laminectomia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Áustria