Risk factors of instrumentation failure after laminectomy and posterior cervical fusions (PCF).

ABSTRACT:

Background

For patients with multilevel degenerative cervical myelopathy, laminectomy and posterior cervical fusions (PCF) with instrumentation are widely accepted techniques for symptom relief. However, hardware failure is not rare and results in neck pain or even permanent neurological lesions. There are no in-depth studies of hardware-related complications following laminectomy and PCF with instrumentation.

Methods

The present study was a retrospective, single centre, observational study. Patients who underwent laminectomy and PCF with instrumentation in a single institution between January 2019 and January 2021 were included. Patients were divided into hardware failure and no hardware failure group according to whether there was a hardware failure. Data, including sex, a

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759594 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature