Level Selection in Posterior Cervical Fusion
OJX patients had greater rates of reoperation than BJX and NJX patients, as well as greater rates of hardware failure than NJX patients. Surgeons may consider constructs with a UIV that crosses C2-C3 and LIV that crosses the CTJ, or a construct that crosses neither.
Authors
- Julian G. Lugo-Pico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5024-1206)
- Scott L. Zuckerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-2942)
- Omar Zakieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-3480)
- Raymond Joseph Gardocki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-4411)
- Byron F. Stephens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5397-5344)
- Amir Mohamad Abtahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-7421)
- Mason Shing Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7795-6061)
- Mitchell Bowers
- Benjamin CY Wong
- Curtis Bakle
- Ryan Seltzer
Institutions
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001849
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01