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WORLD NEUROSURGERY
Volume 85, Issue -, Pages 177-184Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.08.069
Keywords
Coflex; Disc height; Erosion; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Range of motion
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- faculty research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine [6-2014-0189, 6-2015-0043]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant - Korea government [NRF-2014M3A7B4051596]
- Yonsei University Yonsei-SNU Collaborative Research Fund
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OBJECTIVES: Studies have yet to investigate long-term radiologic changes in lumbar spinal stenosis patients treated with interspinous device (Coflex). This study aimed to evaluate which radiologic parameters change significantly after surgery with Coflex and identify which parameter most affects the radiologic outcome. METHODS: Of 101 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis treated by Coflex insertion on L4-5, the radiologic parameters of 30 patients were measured before and at least 2 years after surgery. On the basis of the development of bony erosion around Coflex, patients were divided into the erosion group (n = 14) or the nonerosion group (n = 16). RESULTS: The mean anterior disc height (ADH) and range of motion (ROM) were significantly decreased after surgery (15.161 mm vs. 13.788 mm and 9.63 degrees vs. 7.13 degrees). The erosion group showed substantially higher values in pre-operative ADH, postoperative posterior disc height (PDH), and intervertebral foramen height (6.52 mm vs. 8.05 mm; 5.80 mm vs. 8.03 mm; 19.20 mm vs. 21.06 mm). Postoperative ROM and ROM ratio were higher in the erosion group (5.95 degrees vs. 8.47 degrees and 0.659 vs. 0.938). However, only ADH showed a significant change in the erosion group after surgery (15.86 mm vs. 14.29 mm). On the contrary, ADH and PDH, as well as ROM, were significantly decreased in the nonerosion group (14.55 mm vs. 13.34 mm; 6.52 mm vs. 5.82 mm; 9.46 degrees vs. 5.95 degrees). CONCLUSION: The preoperative state including relatively higher ADH, PDH, and larger ROM could induce erosion. The long-term preservation of disc height and ROM may also induce erosion. That reduction of most radiologic parameters seems to be natural after surgery, and insufficient reduction of disc height and ROM may induce adverse effects, which can increase the possibility of spinous process fracture or device malposition.
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