Risk-benefit assessment of major versus minor osteotomies for flexible and rigid cervical deformity correction

Conclusions: Cervical deformity patients who underwent a major osteotomy had similar clinical outcomes at 3-months but worse outcomes at 1-year as compared to minor osteotomies, likely due to differences in baseline deformity. Patients with rigid deformities who underwent a major osteotomy had higher complication rates and worse clinical improvement despite similar realignment at 1 year.

Source: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine - September 8, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Peter Gust Passias Lara Passfall Samantha R Horn Katherine E Pierce Virginie Lafage Renaud Lafage Justin S Smith Breton G Line Gregory M Mundis Robert Eastlack Bassel G Diebo Themistocles S Protopsaltis Han Jo Kim Justin Scheer Douglas C Burton Robert A H Source Type: research