Palliative Posterior Instrumentation versus Corpectomy with Cage Reconstruction Treatment for Thoracolumbar Pathological Fracture
| Autor: | Serkan Bayram, Özcan Kaya, Murat Altan, Mustafa Özdemir, Tuna Pehlivanoglu, Turgut Akgül, Cuneyt Sar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | İstinye Üniversitesi, Hastane, Kaya, Ozcan |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:Medicine Traumatology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Palliative surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Corpectomy Pathological 030222 orthopedics business.industry lcsh:R Pathological fracture Thoracolumbar spine Retrospective cohort study Surgery Expandable cage Spinal metastases Clinical Study Posterior instrumentation business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Asian Spine Journal Asian Spine Journal, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 318-324 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1976-7846 1976-1902 |
| Popis: | Study Design: Single-center, retrospective cohort study. Purpose: We aimed to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes in patients who underwent palliative posterior instrumentation (PPI) versus those who underwent corpectomy with cage reconstruction (CCR) for thoracolumbar pathological fracture. Overview of Literature: The requirement for anterior support after corpectomy has been emphasized in the treatment of pathological fractures of the vertebrae. However, for patients with a relatively short life expectancy, anterior reconstruction may not be required and posterior instrumentation alone may provide adequate stabilization. Methods: A total of 43 patients with metastases of the thoracolumbar spine underwent surgery in the department of orthopaedic and traumatology of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine from 2003 to 2016. Surgical outcomes were assessed on the basis of survival status, pre- and postoperative pain, complication rate, and operation time. Results: PPI was performed for 22 patients and CCR was performed for 21 patients. In the PPI group, the follow-up period of the five surviving patients was 32 months. The remaining 17 patients died with a mean survival duration of 12.3 months postoperatively. In the CCR group, the five surviving patients were followed up for an average of 14.1 months. The remaining 16 patients died with a mean survival duration of 18.7 months postoperatively. No statistically significant difference (p=0.812) was noted in the survival duration. The Visual Analog Scale scores of the patients were significantly reduced after both procedures, with no significant difference noted on the basis of the type of surgical intervention (p>0.05). The complication rate in the CCR group (33.3%) was higher compared with that in the PPI group (22.7%); however, this difference was not noted to be statistically significant (p=0.379). The average operation time in the PPI group (149 minutes) was significantly shorter (p=0.04) than that in the CCR group (192 minutes). Conclusions: The PPI technique can decompress the tumor for functional improvement and can stabilize the spinal structure to provide pain relief. WOS:000462917400019 30481977 |
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