Risk Factors for Axial Symptoms After Anterior Surgery Treating for Multilevel Cervical Disorder with kyphosis

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors associated with axial symptoms (AS) after anterior surgery in treatment of multilevel cervical disorder with kyphosis based on subgroup of follow-up time. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although many scholars reported on AS after cervical surgery, the risk factors associated with AS are controversial. Few studies have investigated the risk factors of AS after anterior cervical surgery treating multilevel cervical disorder with kyphosis. METHODS Totally, 103 patients who suffered from multilevel cervical disorder with kyphosis receiving anterior surgery from July 2015 to June 2017 were reviewed for clinical and radiological outcomes. These data were collected at the time of before surgery, 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after surgery. Data were performed to compare between the patients with and without AS. RESULTS In our study, the occurrence of AS was 46.6%, 34.0%, 20.4%, 12.6%, and 10.7% at the time of 1 week, 3 months, 6 months,1 year, and 2 years after surgery, respectively. Our findings showed that patients with smoking, disease duration, preoperative Modic changes (Mcs), post-operative Cobb angle of C2-7, cervical range of motion (ROM) and T1 slope, and change of Cobb angle of C2-7, cervical ROM and T1 slope were associated with AS within 1 year after surgery. However, patients with smoking and preoperative Mcs were found to be risk factors associated with AS at at any follow-up. CONCLUSION In the present study, many factors were related to AS during 1-year after surgery. What's more, patients with smoking and preoperative Mcs were associated with AS at any follow-up. We hope this article can provide a reference for spinal surgeons to predict which patients were susceptible to suffer from AS after anterior surgery in treatment of multilevel cervical disorder with kyphosis.Level of Evidence: 3.

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