Exploring the incidence and risk factors of reoperation for symptomatic adjacent segment disease following cervical decompression and fusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with long-term follow-up after cervical decompression and fusion have often been noted to have development of adjacent segment degeneration with a smaller subset of these patients progressing to adjacent segment disease (ASD), which results in the development of new symptomatic radiculopathy or myelopathy referable to a site either directly above or below a prior fused segment. The cause of ASD is multifactorial often involving natural age-related progression of spondylosis, accelerated progression following cervical decompression and fusion, operative technique, and patient-related factors. The effect of age at the time of index cervical decompression and fusion on the need for reoperation for ASD is not fully understood. This study aims to establish underlying

SUBMITTER: Shahzad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803933 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature