Higher incidence of delayed bone fusion for atlantoaxial fusion versus occipitocervical fusion with navigation system
Approximately 20% of patients undergoing upper cervical spinal fusion surgery experienced delayed bony union. With an odds ratio of 2.6, atlantoaxial fusion was strongly related to this complication.
Authors
- Terue Hatakenaka
- Shota Ikegami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6404-5249)
- Shinji Sasao
- Daisuke Kurogochi
- Jun Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-9653)
- Tetsuhiko Mimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0252-847X)
- Takuma Fukuzawa
- Masashi Uehara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0718-6357)
- Hiroki Oba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-6607)
Institutions
- Shinshu University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-08582-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01