Affiliation:
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, The Brigham and Women's Hospital; and
2. The Boston Spine Group at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract
Object
In this paper, the authors compare the long-term outcomes of translaminar facet screw fixation (TFSF) and pedicle screw fixation (PSF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbosacral disease.
Methods
This prospective analytical study was performed to compare the long-term outcomes of TFSF and PSF for degenerative lumbosacral disease. Outcomes were defined as the need for reoperation for the development of a nonunion, end-fusion degeneration, or for explantation of hardware.
Results
A total of 77 patients were analyzed. Thirty-seven patients underwent PSF and 40 received TFSF. Twenty-three of the 77 patients required a reoperation: 13 (32.5%) of the 40 patients in the TFSF group and 10 (27%) of the 37 the patients in the PSF group. The overall mean time to reoperation (regardless of outcome) was 4.05 years. For patients in the TFSF group the mean time to reoperation was 2.94 years, whereas it was 4.35 years in the PSF group (p = 0.34). Nonunion was noted in seven of the 40 patients in the TFSF group and one of 37 in the PSF group. The mean time to surgery for nonunion for patients in the TFSF group was 3.46 years and for those in the PSF group it was 6.27 years (p = 0.04). Surgery for end-fusion degeneration was performed in two patients in the TFSF group and five in the PSF group (p = 0.43). Explantation of hardware was performed in two patients with TFSF and four patients with PSF.
Multivariable analysis revealed a statistically significant difference in the time to surgery for nonunion between PSF and TFSF (p = 0.048), with a hazard ratio of 0.097 (95% confidence interval 0.01–0.98).
Conclusions
Findings from the current prospective study suggest that there is an increased risk of requirement for a reoperation for nonunion among TFSF cases compared with PSF cases.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
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