Surgical Outcomes for Drop Body Syndrome in Adult Spinal Deformity

Spine
Mitsuru YagiKota Watanabe

Abstract

A multicenter retrospective case series of patients treated surgically for adult spinal deformity (ASD). The aim of this study was to compare clinical outcomes between propensity score matched ASD patients with or without drop body syndrome (DBS). DBS is an extreme primary sagittal-plane deformity often seen in Asian countries. Although the importance of sagittal alignment is widely recognized, surgical outcomes for deformities purely in the sagittal plane are poorly understood. This study included 243 consecutive patients (age 66 ± 17 years; range 22-78) who were treated surgically for ASD and were followed at least 2 years (mean follow-up 3.7 ± 2.3 years). DBS was defined as a primary lumbar kyphosis with PI-LL >40°, Cobb angle <30°, and multifidus cross-sectional area <300 mm. DBS patients were matched with non-DBS patients by propensity scores for age, gender, lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) level, and number of levels fused. Demographics, radiographic findings, and clinical outcomes were compared between DBS and non-DBS patients. Of 243 patients with ASD, 34 had DBS (14%); 28 of these were propensity-matched with ASD patients without DBS. Baseline bone mineral density (BMD), body mass index (BMI), and frailty were simil...Continue Reading

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