Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes According to Compensatory Changes of the Thoracic Spine Among Patients With a T1 Slope More Than 40°

Autor: Sho Kobayashi, Daisuke Togawa, Hiroki Ushirozako, Shin Oe, Go Yoshida, Tatsuya Yasuda, Yuki Mihara, Yu Yamato, Hideyuki Arima, Tomohiro Banno, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Tomohiko Hasegawa
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Spine. 44:579-587
ISSN: 1528-1159
0362-2436
Popis: Retrospective study of postoperative outcomes of adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery.To clarify the differences in postoperative outcomes depending on the presence or absence of thoracic compensatory changes among patients with a T1 slope (TS) more than 40°.Loss correction after ASD surgery is more likely to occur when preoperative TS is more than 40°. When preoperative TS is more than 40°, some cases involve compensatory changes in the thoracic spine and decreased thoracic kyphosis (TK); others involve increased TK without compensatory changes.Seventy-nine patients with TS more than 40° who underwent ASD surgery were enrolled and separated into compensated and noncompensated groups (group C: TK40°; group NC: TK ≥40°). Radiographic parameters obtained by whole-spine standing x-ray, the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire were assessed.There were 41 patients in group C and 38 patients in group NC. Preoperative significant differences in TS did not disappear after surgery (preoperative TS: group C and group NC = 46° and 55°, P 0.001; just after surgery: group C and group NC = 27° and 40°, P 0.001; 2 years later: group C and group NC = 34° and 47°, P 0.001). There were no significant differences in ODI and all domains of the SRS-22 before surgery. However, 2 years after the surgery, ODI (38%), pain (3.5), self-image (3.0), and total (3.2) values of the SRS-22 for group NC were significantly worse than those (28%, 4.0, 3.4, and 3.5, respectively) for group C (P 0.05).Changes in the thoracic spine (TS and TK40°) result in poor postoperative outcomes. Extending the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) to the upper thoracic spine must be considered. Even when TS is more than 40°, TK less than 40°, and upper instrumented vertebra set to the lower thoracic level result in good postoperative outcomes.3.
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