An Algorithmic Posterior Approach to the Treatment of Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease: A Multicenter Prospective Study
Byvaltsev V.A. Kalinin A.A. Belykh E.G. Aliyev M.A. Shepelev V.V. Biryuchkov M.Y. Yusupov B.R. Aglakov B.M. Riew K.D.
1 October 2022ISASS
International Journal of Spine Surgery
2022#16Issue 5890 - 898 pp.
Background: The choice of surgical method for the treatment of multilevel degenerative cervical spine disease is based on the assessment of neurological symptoms and anatomical source of compression. However, such decision-making process remains complex and poorly defined. Purpose: To analyze the effectiveness of an algorithmic posterior approach to the surgical treatment of patients with multilevel degenerative disease of the cervical spine based on the preoperative clinical and imaging parameters. Study Design: Prospective nonrandomized multicenter cohort study. Methods: The study included 338 patients with multilevel degenerative disease of the cervical spine. Two groups of patients were evaluated at 3 neurosurgical centers between 2015 and 2019. The prospective group (Group I, n = 214) consisted of patients who were treated using an algorithm to decide whether they should be treated with an instrumented arthrodesis or a nonfusion procedure. The control group (Group II, n = 124) consisted of patients who underwent posterior decompression with or without stabilization between 2007 and 2014. A total of 192 patients in Group I and 112 in Group II had more than 2 years of follow-up. Visual analog scale (VAS) neck pain, Neck Disability Index (NDI), MacNab and Nurick Scales were collected. Perioperative complications were identified. Results: At 2-year follow-up, Group I had significantly better clinical outcomes based on VAS neck pain score (P = 0.02), NDI score (P = 0.01), satisfaction with surgery on the MacNab Scale (P < 0.001), and outcome of surgery based on the Nurick Scale (P < 0.001). Complication rate was lower in Group I, 5.7% compared with 34.8% in Group II, P = 0.004. Conclusions: The algorithmic posterior approach to the surgical treatment of patients with multilevel degenerative disease of the cervical spine resulted in significant improvement of functional outcomes and a decrease in complications at a minimum 2 years of follow-up.
cervical fusion , cervical spinal stenosis , laminoplasty , posterior cervical decompression , surgical algorithm
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Department of Neurosurgery, Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Department of Neurosurgery, Railway Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Department of traumatology, orthopedics and neurosurgery, Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Department of Neurosurgery, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, New York, United States
Department of Neurosurgery, City Clinical Hospital, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Neurosurgery, 1477 Naval Clinical Hospital, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Department of Neurosurgery, West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, United States
Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, United States
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of traumatology
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery
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