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ArticleSurgical neurology international2020

Utilizing vertebral body autograft for anterior cervical corpectomy/fusion.

Haydn Hoffman, Carlos R Goulart, Michael A Galgano

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haydn HoffmanDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States.
Carlos R GoulartDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States.
Michael A GalganoDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States.
SUNY Upstate Medical University · USWinthrop-University Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are numerous ways to reconstruct cervical vertebral bodies and achieve arthrodesis following anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACF). However, device and donor site complications abound. Here, we describe a novel technique for performing ACF using the vertebral body itself as a structural autograft.

methodsThe anterior cervical spine was accessed and discectomies were performed rostral and caudal to the corpectomy. Five millimeter troughs were drilled on the lateral borders of the vertebral body, and it was removed

resultsThis corpectomy reconstructive technique was successfully applied in a 57-year-old female with cervical myelopathy due to a C5-C6 disc herniation with caudal migration. The C6 vertebral body was used as a structural autograft. Postoperatively, the patient experienced satisfactory improvement in her myelopathy, and the construct appeared stable 8 months later.

conclusionThis corpectomy reconstructive technique takes advantage of the favorable osteogenic properties of autograft, while avoiding donor site morbidity as well as the cost and complications of other devices, such as cages. Further cases are required to verify the safety, efficacy, and biomechanical stability of this technique.

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AutograftCervical spineCorpectomy

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PMID32123612
PMCPMC7049885
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