Does plate profile affect postoperative dysphagia following anterior cervical spine surgery?

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

et al. 2020

Objectives To investigate the effect of the difference in C2–7 angle on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System. Methods A retrospective analysis of 181 patients who underwent ACDF with the Zero-P Implant System and had at least one year of follow-up from January 2011 to November 2018 was performed. All patients were divided into a non-dysphagia group and a dysphagia group to explore the effect of the difference between postoperative and preoperative C2–7 angle (dC2–7A) on postoperative dysphagia. At the same time, other possible related factors including the difference between postoperative and preoperative O-C2 angle (dO-C2A), sex, age, body mass index (BMI), intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevertebral soft-tissue swelling (PSTS), the highest segment involved in the surgery and the levels of surgery segments were analyzed. Results In total, the non-dysphagia group comprised 139 patients and the dysphagia group comprised 42 patients. The single-factor analysis showed that smoking, PSTS and dC2–7A were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.05). Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed no significant correlation between the degree of dysphagia and dC2–7A (P > 0.05). The results of the multiple-factor analysis with an ordinal logistic regression model showed that smoking, PSTS and dC2–7A were significantly associated with the incidence of dysphagia (P < 0.05). Conclusions The postoperative C2–7 angle has an important effect on the occurrence of dysphagia in patients undergoing Zero-P implant system interbody fusion surgery.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The effect of the difference in C2–7 angle on the occurrence of dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with the zero-P implant system

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

et al. 2020

“…Kalb et al reported that possible risk factors included multilevel surgeries, the involvement of C 4-5 and C 5-6 , and age but not operating time in their study [35]. Jang et al concluded that age and sex were not related to postoperative dysphagia [36]. Elderly age, female sex and multilevel surgery were found to be possible risk factors for postoperative dysphagia in the study by Zeng et al [37].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The effect of the difference in the C2-7 angle on the occurrence of dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with the Zero-P Implant System

et al. 2020

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Objectives: To investigate the effect of the difference in C2-7 angle on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System.Methods: A retrospective analysis of 181 patients who underwent ACDF with the Zero-P Implant System and had at least one year of follow-up from January 2011 to November 2018 was performed. All patients were divided into a non-dysphagia group and a dysphagia group to explore the effect of the difference between postoperative and preoperative C2-7 angle (dC2-7A) on postoperative dysphagia. At the same time, other possible related factors including the difference between postoperative and preoperative O-C2 angle (dO-C2A), sex, age, body mass index (BMI), intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevertebral soft-tissue swelling (PSTS), the highest segment involved in the surgery and the levels of surgery segments were analyzed.Results: In total, the non-dysphagia group comprised 139 patients and the dysphagia group comprised 42 patients. The single-factor analysis showed that smoking, PSTS and dC2-7A were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed no significant correlation between the degree of dysphagia and dC2-7A (P>0.05). The results of the multiple-factor analysis with an ordinal logistic regression model showed that smoking, PSTS and dC2-7A were significantly associated with the incidence of dysphagia (P<0.05).Conclusions: The postoperative C2-7 angle has an important effect on the occurrence of dysphagia in patients undergoing Zero-P implant system interbody fusion surgery.

“…Kalb et al reported that possible risk factors included multilevel surgeries, the involvement of C 4 − 5 and C 5 − 6 , and age but not operating time in their study [34]. Jang et al concluded that age and sex were not related to postoperative dysphagia [35]. Elderly age, female sex and multilevel surgery were found to be possible risk factors for postoperative dysphagia in the study by Zeng et al [36].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The Effect of the Difference in the C2-7 Angle on the Occurrence of Dysphagia after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with the Zero-P Implant System

et al. 2020

Preprint

Background: To investigate the effect of the difference in the C2-7 angle (C2-7A) on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System.Methods: A retrospective analysis of 181 patients who underwent ACDF with the Zero-P Implant System and had at least one year of follow-up was performed from January 2011 to November 2018. All patients were divided into a non-dysphagia group and a dysphagia group to explore the effect of the difference between postoperative and preoperative C2-7As (dC2-7A) on postoperative dysphagia. Furthermore, other possible related factors including the difference between postoperative and preoperative O-C2 angles (dO-C2A), sex, age, body mass index (BMI), intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevertebral soft-tissue swelling (PSTS), the highest segment involved in the surgery and the levels of surgical segments were analyzed.Results: One hundred thirty-nine patients were included in the non-dysphagia group, and 42 patients were included in the dysphagia group. Single-factor analysis showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed no significant correlation between the degree of dysphagia and he dC2-7A (P>0.05). The results of multiple-factor analysis with an ordinal logistic regression model showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly associated with the incidence of dysphagia (P<0.05).Conclusions: The postoperative C2-7A has an important effect on the occurrence of dysphagia in patients undergoing interbody fusion surgery with the Zero-P Implant System.