Free-hand technique of C7 pedicle screw insertion using a simply defined entry point without fluoroscopic guidance for cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients with C3 to C6 instrumented by lateral mass screws : a retrospective cohort study

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BACKGROUND: Nowadays, both lateral mass screw (LMS) and pedicle screw were effective instrumentation for posterior stabilization of cervical spine. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a new free-hand technique of C7 pedicle screw insertion without fluoroscopic guidance for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients with C3 to C6 instrumented by lateral mass screws.

METHODS: A total of 53 CSM patients underwent lateral mass screws instrumentation at C3 to C6 levels and pedicle screw instrumentation at C7 level were included. The preoperative 3-dimenional computed tomography (CT) reconstruction images of cervical spine were used to determine 2 different C7 pedicle screw trajectories. Trajectory A passed through the axis of the C7 pedicle while trajectory B selected the midpoint of the base of C7 superior facet as the entry point. All these 53 patients had the C7 pedicle screw inserted through trajectory B by free-hand without fluoroscopic guidance and the postoperative CT images were obtained to evaluate the accuracy of C7 pedicle screw insertion.

RESULTS: Trajectory B had smaller transverse angle, smaller screw length, and smaller screw width but both similar sagittal angle and similar pedicle height when compared with trajectory A. A total of 106 pedicle screws were inserted at C7 through trajectory B and only 8 screws were displaced with the accuracy of screw placement as high as 92.5%.

CONCLUSION: In CSM patients with C3 to C6 instrumented by LMS, using trajectory B for C7 pedicle screw insertion is easy to both identify the entry point and facilitate the rod insertion.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC surgery - 24(2024), 1 vom: 29. Feb., Seite 74

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Song, Chen-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Zheng-Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Zuo-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Han [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ze-Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cervical
Computed tomography
Journal Article
Pedicle screw
Trajectory

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12893-024-02358-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369144406