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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 144-148 |
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Factors affecting functional outcome after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A multicenter study
Alba Scerrati1, Antonino Germano'2, Nicola Montano3, Jacopo Visani1, Fabio Cacciola2, Giovanni Raffa2, Ilaria Ghetti2, Fabrizio Pignotti3, Michele Alessandro Cavallo1, Alessandro Olivi3, Pasquale de Bonis1
1 Department of Translational Medicine, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy
2 Department of Neurosciences, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
3 Department of Ageing, Neurosciences, Head-Neck and Orthopaedics Sciences, Institute of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Correspondence Address:
Pasquale de Bonis
Department of Translational Medicine, Ferrara University, Ferrara
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_1_21
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Background: Although anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) represents a standardized procedure for surgical treatment of a cervical herniated disc, several variables could affect patients' clinical and radiological outcome. We evaluated the impact of sex, age, body mass index (BMI), myelopathy, one- or two-level ACDF, and the use of postoperative collars on functional and radiological outcomes in a large series of patients operated for ACDF.
Materials and Methods: Databases of three institutions were searched, resulting in the enrollment of 234 patients submitted to one- or two-level ACDF from January 2013 to December 2017 and followed as outpatients at 6- and 12-month follow-up. The impact of variables on functional and radiological outcomes was evaluated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results: At univariate analysis, female sex, higher BMI, two-level ACDF, and postoperative collar correlated with a significantly worse early and late Neck Disability Index (NDI). Multivariate analysis showed that male patients had a lower risk of worse early (P = 0.01) and late NDIs (P = 0.009). Patients with myelopathy showed better early NDI (P = 0.004). Cervical collar negatively influenced both early and late NDIs (P < 0.0001), with a higher risk of early nonfusion (P = 0.001) but a lower risk of late nonfusion (P = 0.01). Patients operated for two-level ACDF have a worse early NDI (P = 0.005), a worse late NDI (P = 0.01), and a higher risk of early nonfusion (P = 0.048). BMI and age did not influence outcome.
Conclusions: Female sex, two-level surgery, and the use of postoperative collars significantly correlate with worse functional outcomes after one- or two-level ACDF.
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