Association between sagittal balance and adjacent segment degeneration in anterior cervical surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ASD is a relatively common degenerative alteration after cervical surgery which occurs above or below the fused segment. In addition, some patients may need reoperation to treat severe ASD after the primary surgery. It was considered that sagittal balance is correlated with postoperative clinical outcomes; however, few studies have reported the influence of sagittal balance on ASD. The present study is designed to investigate whether sagittal balance impacts the pathology of adjacent segment disease (ASD) in patients who undergo anterior cervical surgery for degenerative cervical disease.

Methods

Databases including Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane library, and Web of Science were used to search for literature published before June 2018. Review Manager 5.3 was used to per

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature