Evaluation of the efficacy of posterior hemivertebrectomy combined with two or more segments fusion

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 646 - 9
• Main Authors: Guo, Shangyu, Zheng, Yiming, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Fu, Dong, Wang, Junfeng, Li, Haodong, Qian, Chuang, Wang, Dahui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.08.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Back surgery; Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Congenital scoliosis; Diagnosis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Genetic aspects; Genetic disorders; Health aspects; Humans; Intervention; Kyphosis; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Osteotomy; Patient outcomes; Patients; Posterior hemivertebrectomy; Retrospective Studies; Scoliosis; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - surgery; Segments fusion; Spinal fusion; Spinal Fusion - methods; Statistical analysis; Surgeons; Surgical outcomes; Surgical techniques; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery; Thorax; Tomography; Treatment Outcome; Vertebrae; China; Segments fusion; Congenital scoliosis; Children; Posterior hemivertebrectomy
• ISSN: 1471-2474; 1471-2474
• DOI: 10.1186/s12891-024-07764-9

Although early hemivertebra (HV) resection and short fusion (within 4 segments) have been successful in treating congenital HV, there is limited research comparing the outcomes of the shortest-segment fusion (2 segments) versus 3 or 4 segments, particularly in young children. To evaluate the efficacy of posterior hemivertebrectomy combined with two or more segments fusion in children under the age of 10 years with a solitary simple lower thoracic or lumbar HV (T8-L5). This retrospective study included patients under the age of 10 with lower thoracic or lumbar solitary simple HV who underwent hemivertebra resection (HVR) and transpedicular short fusion and were divided into HV ± 1 group (2 segment fusion) and HV ± 2 group (3 or 4-segment fusion). The study recorded preoperative, postoperative (1 week), and the latest follow-up radiographic parameters and complications. The results of the coronal and sagittal planes were analyzed, and the main curve, segmental scoliosis curve, compensatory scoliosis curve, segmental kyphosis curve, and trunk shift were compared. The study included 35 patients (15 in the HV ± 1 group and 20 in the HV ± 2 group) with a mean age of 5.26 ± 2.31 years and a mean follow-up of 22.54 months (12-68). The mean preoperative Cobb angle was 32.66° ± 7.339° (HV ± 1) and 29.31°±6.642° (HV ± 2). The final Cobb angle was 10.99°± 7.837° (HV ± 1) and 8.22° ± 4.295° (HV ± 2). The main curve corrected by 72% (HV ± 1), 75% (HV ± 2) postoperatively and 67% (HV ± 1), 72% (HV ± 2) at the final follow-up (P > 0.05). There were no significant differences in the correction of the segmental scoliosis curve, compensatory scoliosis curve, segmental kyphosis curve, and trunk shift between the HV ± 1 and HV ± 2 groups (P > 0.05). The unplanned reoperation rate for HV in the thoracolumbar region (T11-L2) is significantly higher (P = 0.038). In the context of solitary simple lower thoracic or lumbar HV (T8-L5), HV ± 1 segment fusion suffices and yields comparable correction outcomes in the midterm period when compared to HV ± 2. The reoperation rate exhibited a statistically significant increase in the thoracolumbar region.