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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2023

Residual motion of different posterior instrumentation and interbody fusion constructs.

Marco D Burkhard, José M Spirig, Florian Wanivenhaus, Frédéric Cornaz, Marie-Rosa Fasser, Jonas Widmer, Mazda Farshad

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marco D BurkhardDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland. marco.burkhard@balgrist.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-1501-1952
José M SpirigDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5470-284X
Florian WanivenhausDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1735-4951
Frédéric CornazDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7911-0445
Marie-Rosa FasserInstitute for Biomechanics, Balgrist Campus, ETH Zurich, Lengghalde 5, CH-8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4984-4127
Jonas WidmerInstitute for Biomechanics, Balgrist Campus, ETH Zurich, Lengghalde 5, CH-8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3676-008X
Mazda FarshadDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7190-1127
University of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo elucidate residual motion of cortical screw (CS) and pedicle screw (PS) constructs with unilateral posterior lumbar interbody fusion (ul-PLIF), bilateral PLIF (bl-PLIF), facet-sparing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (fs-TLIF), and facet-resecting TLIF (fr-TLIF).

methodsA total of 35 human cadaver lumbar segments were instrumented with PS (n = 18) and CS (n = 17). Range of motion (ROM) and relative ROM changes were recorded in flexion/extension (FE), lateral bending (LB), axial rotation (AR), lateral shear (LS), anterior shear (AS), and axial compression (AC) in five instrumentational states: without interbody fusion (wo-IF), ul-PLIF, bl-PLIF, fs-TLIF, and fr-TLIF.

resultsWhereas FE, LB, AR, and AC noticeably differed between the instrumentational states, AS and LS were less prominently affected. Compared to wo-IF, ul-PLIF caused a significant increase in ROM with PS (FE + 42%, LB + 24%, AR + 34%, and AC + 77%), however, such changes were non-significant with CS. ROM was similar between wo-IF and all other interbody fusion techniques. Insertion of a second PLIF (bl-PLIF) significantly decreased ROM with CS (FE -17%, LB -26%, AR -20%, AC -51%) and PS (FE - 23%, LB - 14%, AR - 20%, AC - 45%,). Facet removal in TLIF significantly increased ROM with CS (FE + 6%, LB + 9%, AR + 17%, AC of + 23%) and PS (FE + 7%, AR + 12%, AC + 13%).

conclusionbl-PLIF and TLIF show similarly low residual motion in both PS and CS constructs, but ul-PLIF results in increased motion. The fs-TLIF technique is able to further decrease motion compared to fr-TLIF in both the CS and PS constructs.

Indexed as

Pedicle ScrewsSpinal FusionBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansInternal FixatorsLumbar VertebraeRange of Motion, ArticularFacet-sparingInterbody fusionPLIFTLIFUnilateral

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PMID36820922
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