The natural course of prevertebral soft tissue swelling after anterior cervical spine surgery: how long will it last?

The Spine Journal : Official Journal of the North American Spine Society
Seok Woo KimJi Hyo Hwang

Abstract

Prevertebral soft tissue swelling (PSTS) after anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS) has been regarded as one of the critical complications that cause airway obstruction. Still, however, no research has dealt with how PSTS returns to presurgery status after ACSS; most recommendations are being performed without information about its natural course, focusing on acute-phase swelling after surgery. The study aimed to examine how long postsurgery PSTS lasts and when it returns to its presurgery state, and to analyze the actual influence of a number of factors to observe the natural progress of postsurgery PSTS. This is a prospective observational study. The sample included a total of 160 patients who underwent ACSS, including anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and cervical total disc replacement (TDR). The diameter of PSTS measured at each set time point after surgeries was compared with PSTS measurements before surgery, and analyzed with factors influencing PSTS. Anterior and posterior diameters of the anterior soft tissue of C3 (pharyngeal airway) and C6 (laryngeal airway) were measured using simple lateral radiography before surgery, immediately after surgery, at 2 weeks, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery. The pr...Continue Reading

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