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An extension-distraction injury of the thoracic spine with traumatic partial correction of thoracic kyphosis.

ABSTRACT: Study Design The study is a case report. Objective The authors aim to report an unusual injury pattern in a patient previously treated for thoracic kyphoscoliosis. Methods A postoperative (computed tomography) CT of a healthy 24-year-old man who underwent posterior instrumentation and fusion for a kyphoscoliosis deformity was compared with a CT performed after a motor vehicle accident (MVA) 1 year later, which resulted in an extension-distraction injury of T8 with no neurologic deficit. Cobb angles of the thoracic sagittal images of both CTs were measured using a digital measuring device and the values were recorded. Results Initial postoperative sagittal CT images demonstrate a 67-degree residual thoracic kyphosis compared with the post-MVA sagittal CT images, which reveal a 54-degree thoracic kyphosis, a 13-degree improvement in sagittal alignment. Conclusion It is unusual for a patient with long posterior instrumentation of the spine to sustain a spinal fracture without breakage of the rods, which were 6-mm nickel-titanium alloy with two crosslinks. Although sustaining plastic deformation, the rods maintained their integrity to the degree that the patient required no subsequent treatment to his spine at 12 months follow-up. It is rare to sustain a vertebral fracture without implant failure, which occurred in this case.

SUBMITTER: Culotta BA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3836883 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:ObjectiveJunctional kyphosis is a common complication after corrective long spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity. Whereas there is still a paucity of data on junctional kyphosis, specifically among late posttraumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis (LPTK) patients. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics and risk factors of junctional kyphosis in LPTK patients receiving long segmental instrumented fusion.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed a cohort of LPTK patients who had received long segmental instrumented fusion (>4 segments) in our center between January 2012 and January 2019. Radiographic assessments included the sagittal alignment, pelvic parameters, bone quality on CT images, and measurements of the cross-sectional area (CSA, cross-sectional area of muscle-vertebral body ratio × 100) and fat saturation fraction (FSF, cross-sectional area of fat-muscle body ratio × 100) of paraspinal muscles. Patients in this study were divided into those with junctional kyphosis or failure (Group J) and those without (Group NJ) during follow-up. Group J included patients with junctional kyphosis (Group JK) and patients with junctional failure (Group JF).ResultsA total of 65 patients (16 males and 49 females, average age 56.5 ± 23.4 years) were enrolled in this study. After (32.7 ± 8.5) months follow-up, 15 patients (23.1%) experienced junctional kyphosis, and four of them deteriorated into junctional failure. Eighty percent (12/15) of junctional kyphosis was identified within 6 months after surgery. In comparison with Group NJ, Group J were older (P = 0.026), longer fusion levels (P < 0.001), greater thoracic kyphosis (P = 0.01), greater global kyphosis (P = 0.023), lower bone quality (P < 0.001), less CSA (P = 0.005) and higher FSF (P <0.001) of paraspinal muscles. Preoperative global kyphosis more than 48.5° (P = 0.001, odds ratio 1.793) and FSF more than 48.4 (P = 0.010, odds ratio 2.916) were identified as independent risk factors of junctional kyphosis. Based on the statistical differences among Group NJ, Group JK and Group JF (P < 0.001), Group JF had lower bone quality than Group NJ (P < 0.001) and Group JK (P = 0.015). In terms of patient-reported outcomes, patients in Group JF had worse outcomes in ODI and VAS scores, and PCS and MCS of SF-36 than Group NJ and group JK CONCLUSION: The prevalence of junctional kyphosis was 23.1% in LPTK patients after long segmental instrumented fusion. Preoperative hyperkyphosis and advanced fatty degeneration of paraspinal muscles were independent risk factors of junctional kyphosis. Patients with lower bone quality were more likely to develop junctional failure.

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