Incidence and Degrees of Neurologic Decline Following Thoracic Costotransversectomy

Thoracic costotransversectomies (TCT) are amongst the most invasive spine procedures performed. Of greatest concern to the patient and surgeon is the risk of iatrogenic neurologic injury associated with these procedures. Most available studies limit their assessment of neurologic function to nonspecific scales such as the broader ASIA scoring system of A to E and have not comprehensively described the rates of iatrogenic injury following these procedures by looking more precisely with ASIA motor scoring (0-100) which allows for more in-depth analysis.

Source: The Spine Journal - January 12, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ashraf N. El Naga, Celeste Tavolaro, Julie Agel, Haitao Zhou, Carlo Bellabarba, Richard J. Bransford Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research