Patient-specific spinal rods in adult spinal deformity surgery reduce proximal junctional failure: a review of patient outcomes and surgical technique in a prospective observational cohort.

ABSTRACT: Spinal rods used for adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction are usually manufactured straight and bent manually during surgery. Pre-bent patient-specific spinal rods (PSSR) developed with software provide the surgeon with an intraoperative deformity correction consistent with the surgical plan. Our aim was to report clinical and radiological outcomes using PSSR. We investigated rates of junctional complications both proximally [kyphosis (PJK) and failure (PJF)] and distally [failure (DJF)]. Prospective case series of 20 consecutive patients who underwent ≥4 level ASD surgery with PSSR at a single institution between January 2019 and December 2022. Preoperative, 6-week, 6-month, 12-month, 24-month, and final follow-ups assessed patient satisfaction (Ottawa decision regret questionnaire) an

SUBMITTER: Faulks CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature