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WORLD NEUROSURGERY
卷 163, 期 -, 页码 E310-E316出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.139
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Anterior bone loss; Cervical arthroplasty; Cervical lordosis; Cobb angle; Stress shielding effect
This study investigated the incidence of anterior bone loss (ABL) and its correlation with cervical alignment post-operation in patients who underwent cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA). The findings revealed that ABL was a common radiologic finding during the mean follow-up of 2 years. Additionally, the changes in cervical lordosis after CDA were associated with the grade of ABL.
OBJECTIVE: Although cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) has reportedly been associated with similarly low incidences of complications to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, the phenomenon of anterior bone loss (ABL) is unique to CDA and has only recently gained notice. This study thus aimed to investigate the incidence of ABL and its correlation with cervical alignment post-operation. METHODS: Consecutive patients who received CDA for herniated disc or spondylosis were retrospectively reviewed. The development and extent of ABL was detected by comparison of preoperative and postoperative serial images for the relative position of the anterior vertebral body with the CDA devices and graded into 3 levels: grade 1 (minor bone loss), grade 2 (anterior portion of the vertebral body without exposure of the artificial disc), and grade 3 (anterior portion of the vertebral body with exposure of the device). RESULTS: A total of 41 patients were analyzed with a mean follow-up of 24.1 months. Under serial radiologic examinations during follow-up, all patients (41 of 41 = 100%) had bone loss of various degrees, with grade 3 ABL the most common (30 of 41 = 73.1%). There were 8 and 3 patients who had grades 2 and 1 ABL, respectively. The changes of the Cobb angle (Delta Cobb) trended towards higher grades of ABL. CONCLUSIONS: During the mean follow-up of 2 years, ABL was a common radiologic finding. More than half of the patients (26 of 41, 63.4%) in the series gained cervical lordosis (Delta Cobb >0) after CDA. These patients with increased cervical lordosis (Delta Cobb >0) after CDA had higher grades of ABL.
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