Is it meaningful and necessary to avoid the seventh cervical vertebra in long level cervical fusion?

• Published in: Turkish neurosurgery Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 678
• Main Authors: Lee, Jung Jae, Park, Jin Hoon, Shin, Hong Kyung, Jung, Sang Ku, Lee, Su Bum, Lee, Tae Kyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Female; Humans; Kyphosis - diagnostic imaging; Kyphosis - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Fusion - methods; Treatment Outcome

To compare the clinical and radiological results of patients who underwent multilevel posterior cervical fusion (PCF) with different end levels (C6 or C7). We collected radiographs and clinical results of all subjects who underwent 3 level or more PCF for degenerative disease from May 2012 to Decemb...