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Article Abstract
Study Design: Retrospective study.
Objective: Proximal junctional failure (PJF) commonly occurs as a recognized potential outcome of fusion surgery. Here we describe a unique series of patients with multilevel spine fusion including the cervical spine, who developed PJF as an odontoid fracture.
Methods: We performed a single site retrospective review of patients with prior fusion that included a cervical component, who presented with an odontoid fracture between 2012 and 2019. Radiographic measurements included C2-C7 SVA, C2-C7 lordosis, T1 slope, Occiput-C2 angle, proximal junctional kyphosis, and cervical mismatch. Associated fractures, medical comorbidities, and treatments were determined via chart review after IRB approval.
Results: Nine patients met inclusion criteria. 5 reported trauma with subsequent onset of pain. All patients sustained a Type II odontoid fracture. 5 with associated C1/Jefferson fractures. In all patients, pre-injury Occiput-C2 angle was outside normative range; C2-C7 SVA was greater than 4 cm in 6 patients; T1-slope minus cervical lordosis was greater than 18.5 degrees in 6 patients. 7 patients were treated operatively with extension of fusion to C1 and 2 patients declined operative treatment.
Conclusion: In this series of 9 patients with multilevel fusion with type II odontoid fractures, all patients demonstrated abnormal pre-fracture sagittal alignment parameters and a greater than normal association of C1 fractures was noted. Further study is needed to establish the role of poor sagittal alignment with compensatory occiput-C2 angulation as a predisposing factor for odontoid fracture as a proximal junctional failure mechanism.
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