Crossing the Cervicothoracic Junction
This biomechanical investigation demonstrates that constructs that cross the cervicothoracic junction experience less overall spinal motion in flexion-extension compared with those that terminate at C7. However, contrary to prior studies, there is no difference in cranial and caudal adjacent segment motion. Surgeons should make clinical decisions regarding the caudal extent of fusion in multilevel posterior cervical fusions without major concerns about adjacent segment motion.
Authors
- Christopher L. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9633-5336)
- Mohammad Daher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-9952)
- Joseph J. Crisco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-0905)
- Eren O. Kuris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-7610)
- Bassel Georges Diebo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7835-2263)
- Daniel Alsoof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8754-7070)
- Alan H. Daniels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-4139)
- Rohit Badida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5166-8308)
- Peter T. Wronski
- Alex Homer
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Rhode Island Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005129
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57