Risk factors for subsidence of titanium mesh cage following single-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:To clarify the risk factors for subsidence of titanium mesh cage (TMC) following single-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) to reduce subsidence. METHODS:The present retrospective cohort study included 73 consecutive patients who underwent single-level ACCF. Patients were divided into subsidence (n = 31) and non-subsidence groups (n = 42). Medical records and radiological parameters such as age, sex, operation level, segmental angle (SA), cervical sagittal angle (CSA), height of anterior (HAE) and posterior endplate (HPE), ratio of anterior (RAE) and posterior endplate (RPE), the alignment of TMC, the global cervical Hounsfield Units (HU) were analyzed. Clinical results were evaluated using the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) scoring system and the Visual

SUBMITTER: Ji C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961320 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature