An Innovative Prone Position Using a Body-Shape Plaster Bed and Skull Traction for Posterior Cervical Spine Fracture Surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An innovative prone cervical spine surgical position using a body-shape plaster bed with skull traction (BSPST) was compared with the traditional prone surgical position with horseshoe headrests.

Methods

A total of 47 patients, undergoing posterior cervical spine surgery for cervical spine fracture, were retrospectively classified into two groups, the BSPST group (n = 24) and the traditional group (n = 23), and underwent a posterior instrumented fusion with or without decompression. Multiple indicators were used to evaluate the advantages of the BSPST compared with the traditional position.

Results

All the operations went smoothly. The mean recovery rate was 56.30% in the BSPST group and 48.55% in the traditional group (p = 0.454), with

SUBMITTER: Ding Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960061 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature