The Outcomes of Posterior Arthrodesis for Atlantoaxial Subluxation in Down Syndrome Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Clinical Spine Surgery : a Spine Publication
Joseph P ScollanCarl B Paulino

Abstract

This is a meta-analysis. To establish rates of (1) neurological complications, (2) bony-related complications, (3) complications delaying recovery, (4) reoperation, and (5) fatalities following posterior cervical arthrodesis in Down syndrome (DS) patients with atlantoaxial subluxation. To determine if presenting symptoms had any relationship to postoperative complications. Posterior arthrodesis is commonly utilized to correct cervical instability secondary to atlantoaxial instability in DS patients. However, there has never been a global evaluation of postoperative complications associated with posterior cervical spinal arthrodesis in DS patients. A comprehensive search of Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, and Ovid databases between January 1980 and July 2017 was utilized to identify DS patients with atlantoaxial subluxation who underwent posterior cervical arthrodesis. Data were sorted by neurological complications, complications delaying recovery, bony-related complications, reoperations, and fatalities. Patients were sorted into 2 groups based on presentation with or without neurological deficits. Twelve studies met inclusion criteria, including 128 DS patients. Mean age was 13.8 years (range: 6.7-32.7 y; 47.8% male). Mean follow-up w...Continue Reading

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