• Eur Spine J · May 2023

    Adjacent segment mobility after ACDF considering fusion status at the implant insertion site.

    • Bartosz Godlewski, Adam Bebenek, Maciej Dominiak, Marcin Bochniak, Piotr Cieslik, and Tomasz Pawelczyk.
    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, with Spinal Surgery Ward, Scanmed - St. Raphael Hospital in Cracow, ul. Adama Bochenka 12, 30-693, Cracow, Poland. bartoszgodlewski@wp.pl.
    • Eur Spine J. 2023 May 1; 32 (5): 161616231616-1623.

    PurposeThis paper sets out to analyse mobility changes in segments adjacent to the operated segment. Additionally, it investigates the relationship between the degree of fusion in the operated disc space and mobility changes in the adjacent segments.MethodsIn total, 170 disc spaces were operated on in 104 consecutive patients qualified for one- or two-level surgery. The degree of mobility of segments directly above and below the implant insertion site was calculated. Measurements were performed the day before the surgery and 12 months post-surgery. Functional (flexion and extension) radiographs of the cervical spine and CT scans obtained 12 months post-surgery were used to evaluate the fusion status. The results were subjected to statistical analysis.ResultsStatistically significant increase in mobility was recorded for the segments situated immediately below the operative site, with a mean change in mobility of 1.7 mm. Complete fusion was demonstrated in 101 cases (71.1%), and partial fusion in 43 cases (29.9%). In the complete fusion subgroup, the ranges of both flexion and extension in the segments directly below the operative site were significantly greater than those in the partial fusion (pseudoarthrosis) subgroup.ConclusionThe mobility of the adjacent segment below the implant insertion site was significantly increased at 12 months post-ACDF surgery. The range of this compensatory hypermobility was significantly greater in patients with complete fusion at the ACDF site than in cases of pseudoarthrosis. Implant subsidence was not associated with mobility changes in the segments directly above or directly below the site of ACDF surgery.© 2023. The Author(s).

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