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Anatomical Variations That Can Lead to Spine Surgery at the Wrong Level: Part I, Cervical Spine.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Reclaiming Anatomy as Method: From Morphological Reasoning to Clinical Relevance.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
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- From error to prevention of wrong-level spine surgery: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2025Review
- External validation of an algorithm to detect vertebral level mislabeling and autocontouring errors.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Challenges in Contemporary Spine Surgery: A Comprehensive Review of Surgical, Technological, and Patient-Specific Issues.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- A Self-Developed Mobility Augmented Reality System Versus Conventional X-rays for Spine Positioning in Intraspinal Tumor Surgery: A Case-Control Study.Neurospine · 2024Article
- A Semi-quantitative Evaluation of Out-to-Out Agenesis of Posterior Wall in a Dry Human Sacrum in Bangladesh.Cureus · 2022Article
- Clinical Anatomy and Medical Malpractice-A Narrative Review with Methodological Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- The craniovertebral junction, between osseous variants and abnormalities: insight from a paleo-osteological study.Anatomical science international · 2022Review
- Vertebral Formulae and Congenital Vertebral Anomalies in Guinea Pigs: A Retrospective Radiographic Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- A perspective on wrong level, wrong side, and wrong site spine surgery.Surgical neurology international · 2021Review
- Anatomical Variations That Can Lead to Spine Surgery at the Wrong Level: Part III Lumbosacral Spine.Cureus · 2020Review
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Abstract
Spine surgery at the wrong level is an adversity that many spine surgeons will encounter in their career, and it falls under the wrong-site surgery sentinel events reporting system. The cervical spine is the second most common location in the spine at which surgery is performed at the wrong level. Anatomical variations of the cervical spine are one of the most important incriminating risk factors. These anomalies include craniocervical junction abnormalities, cervical ribs, hemivertebrae, and block/fused vertebrae. In addition, patient characteristics, such as tumors, infection, previous cervical spine surgery, obesity, and osteoporosis, play an important role in the development of cervical surgery at the wrong level. These were described, and several effective techniques to prevent this error were provided. A thorough review of the English-language literature was performed in the database PubMed between 1981 and 2019 to review and summarize these risk factors. Compulsive attention to these factors is essential to ensure patient safety. Therefore, the surgeon must carefully review the patient's anatomy and characteristics through imaging and collaborate with radiologists to reduce the likelihood of performing cervical spine surgery at the wrong level.
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