Carbon fiber–reinforced PEEK implants in oncologic spine surgery: a multicenter experience on implications for postoperative patient management
Low overall complication and low surgical revision rates were reported. Because of the possibility of higher quality MRI follow-up due to CFRP implants, complications or relevant tumor recurrence during follow-up were detected safely and at a high rate in cases where MRI was performed. However, consequent MRI follow-up was not homogeneously performed, and adjuvant radiotherapy was handled rather heterogeneously. These findings lead to the conclusion that until homogeneous adjuvant follow-up and treatment standards are established, the potential benefits available through the use of CFRP implants are not exhausted, and the decision for the use of CFRP implants in comparison to standard titanium implants remains case-to-case based.
Authors
- Peter Vajkoczy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-392X)
- Carolin Albrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8148-1033)
- Bernhard Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-7955)
- Vanessa Hubertus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-5818)
- Sara Lener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5644-2399)
- Stephanie Elisabeth Combs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2864)
- Mehmet Turgut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-2530)
- Arthur Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-2240)
- R Gmeiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3872-9805)
- Dragan Janković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3451-9751)
- Julia Onken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-4395)
- Nils Hecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-649X)
- Darius Kalasauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-3949)
- Claudius Thomé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-9756)
- Florian Ringel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-7543)
- Güliz Acker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-6426)
- Melanie Brüßeler
- H. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-9384)
Institutions
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- TUM Klinikum (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.10.spine24753
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.04