TY - JOUR
T1 - Minimum five-year follow-up of posterior-only pedicle screw constructs for thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphosis
AU - Hwang, Chang Ju
AU - Lenke, Lawrence G.
AU - Kelly, Michael P.
AU - Sides, Brenda A.
AU - Blanke, Kathy M.
AU - Hershman, Stuart
N1 - Funding Information:
None of the authors received financial support in relation to this manuscript. Washington University Department of Orthopedic Surgery Spine Service receives grant monies from Axial Biotech, the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation and DePuy Spine. Dr. Lenke shares numerous patents with Medtronic (unpaid). He receives substantial royalties from Medtronic and modest royalties from Quality Medical Publishing. Dr. Lenke also receives or has received reimbursement related to meetings/courses from AMCICO, AOSpine, COA, BroadWater, DePuy, Dubai Spine Society, Medtronic, SDSG, SOSORT, The Spinal Research Foundation, SRS, SSF.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To review/report 5-year follow-up data on patients diagnosed with thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphosis (TK/TLK) treated with posterior-only spinal fusion. Summary of background data: TK/TLK was initially treated with combined anterior/posterior spinal fusion, evolving into widespread treatment with posterior-only spinal fusion. Methods: Forty-three patients who underwent a posterior-only spinal fusion for a primary diagnosis of TK/TLK from 1999 to 2009 with > 5-year follow-up were identified. Preoperative/postoperative/final follow-up measurements were recorded from full-length standing radiographs. Prospectively collected outcome scores were reviewed for the same time points, and charts were examined for complications. Results: Patient age averaged 33 years (range 13–77), and follow-up averaged 5.6 years (range 5–12.2). Diagnoses included Scheuermann’s disease (N = 15, 35%), idiopathic (N = 10, 23%), pseudarthrosis (N = 6, 14%), iatrogenic (N = 4, 9%), degenerative (N = 3, 7%), post-traumatic (N = 3, 7%), and congenital kyphosis (N = 2, 5%). Average correction of 44.3° (46%; 92.8° preoperatively vs 48.5° postoperatively) was achieved through posterior-only surgery. Loss of correction averaged only 1° in the instrumented segments at final follow-up. Eleven patients had a complication; proximal junctional kyphosis was the most common (N = 3, 7%). One patient lost intraoperative monitoring and one had temporary neurological deterioration postoperatively, but there was no permanent deficit. No pseudarthroses occurred. ODI scores improved 17.2 points on average (p = 0.01). SRS scores improved in all domains (average 0.79, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Pedicle screw constructs permit effective posterior-only correction of TK/TLK that is maintained at the 5-year follow-up time point. Patients report improvement, via outcome questionnaires, at the same follow-up time points. Graphic abstract: These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
AB - Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To review/report 5-year follow-up data on patients diagnosed with thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphosis (TK/TLK) treated with posterior-only spinal fusion. Summary of background data: TK/TLK was initially treated with combined anterior/posterior spinal fusion, evolving into widespread treatment with posterior-only spinal fusion. Methods: Forty-three patients who underwent a posterior-only spinal fusion for a primary diagnosis of TK/TLK from 1999 to 2009 with > 5-year follow-up were identified. Preoperative/postoperative/final follow-up measurements were recorded from full-length standing radiographs. Prospectively collected outcome scores were reviewed for the same time points, and charts were examined for complications. Results: Patient age averaged 33 years (range 13–77), and follow-up averaged 5.6 years (range 5–12.2). Diagnoses included Scheuermann’s disease (N = 15, 35%), idiopathic (N = 10, 23%), pseudarthrosis (N = 6, 14%), iatrogenic (N = 4, 9%), degenerative (N = 3, 7%), post-traumatic (N = 3, 7%), and congenital kyphosis (N = 2, 5%). Average correction of 44.3° (46%; 92.8° preoperatively vs 48.5° postoperatively) was achieved through posterior-only surgery. Loss of correction averaged only 1° in the instrumented segments at final follow-up. Eleven patients had a complication; proximal junctional kyphosis was the most common (N = 3, 7%). One patient lost intraoperative monitoring and one had temporary neurological deterioration postoperatively, but there was no permanent deficit. No pseudarthroses occurred. ODI scores improved 17.2 points on average (p = 0.01). SRS scores improved in all domains (average 0.79, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Pedicle screw constructs permit effective posterior-only correction of TK/TLK that is maintained at the 5-year follow-up time point. Patients report improvement, via outcome questionnaires, at the same follow-up time points. Graphic abstract: These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
KW - Five-year follow-up
KW - Posterior-only surgery
KW - Thoracic kyphosis
KW - Thoracolumbar kyphosis
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U2 - 10.1007/s00586-019-06076-0
DO - 10.1007/s00586-019-06076-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 31359215
AN - SCOPUS:85069913090
VL - 28
SP - 2609
EP - 2618
JO - European Spine Journal
JF - European Spine Journal
SN - 0940-6719
IS - 11
ER -