ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE IN THE LONG TERM AFTER ANTERIOR STABILIZATION FOR SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE INJURY
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2014.4.25-28
Abstract
Objective. To estimate degenerative changes at adjacent spinal segments after surgical treatment of unstable uncomplicated injury of subaxial cervical spine in remote period.
Material and Methods. Data from patients operated on for uncomplicated unstable injury of subaxial cervical spine were analyzed. Functional activity of the patients was assessed on the Neck Disability Index, and radiologic degeneration - on Hilibrand and Parks scales.
Results. Fusion of the spinal motion segment of the subaxial cervical spine leads to aggravation of initial degenerative changes at one of adjacent levels in some patients.
Conclusion. Issues of the etiology of the adjacent segment disease are debatable and need further study.
About the Authors
Viktor Viktorovich Rerikh
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan; Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksey Dmitrievich Lastevsky
Novisibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Konstantin Olegovich Borzykh
Novisibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Shukhrat Numonzhonovich Rakhmatillaev
Novisibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Rerikh V.V., Lastevsky A.D., Borzykh K.O., Rakhmatillaev Sh.N. ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE IN THE LONG TERM AFTER ANTERIOR STABILIZATION FOR SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE INJURY. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2014;(4):25-28. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2014.4.25-28
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