Incidental Durotomies do not Impact Long-term Neurologic Function After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
Incidental durotomy during adult spinal deformity surgery was associated with greater intraoperative complexity and transient sensory symptoms but did not adversely affect long-term motor recovery, neurologic complications, or patient-reported outcomes. These findings suggest durotomy is a manageable complication without lasting functional consequences.
Authors
- Ahmed M Sulieman
- Jay R. Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-6244)
- Breton Line (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-1066)
- Indeevar Beeram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7362-5472)
- Richard A. Hostin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-003X)
- V. Lafage
- Neel Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4565-6612)
- Alex Soroceanu
- Robert K. Eastlack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-1707)
- Maxwell Sahhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7192-2575)
- On behalf of the International Spine Study Group
- Thomas J. Buell
- Shay Bess
- Praveen V. Mummaneni
- Peter G. Passias
- David O. Okonkwo
- Christopher P. Ames
- Gregory M. Mundis
- Sang Hun Lee
- Khaled M. Kebaish
- D. Kojo Hamilton
- Stephen J. Lewis
- Themistocles S. Protopsaltis
- Eric O. Klineberg
- Bassel G. Diebo
- Munish C. Gupta
- Renaud Lafage
- Jeffrey L. Gum
- Jeffrey Mullin
- Christopher I. Shaffrey
- Frank J. Schwab
- Alan H. Daniels
- Justin S. Smith
- Han Jo Kim
- Lawrence G. Lenke
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- University of Virginia Health System (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Lenox Hill Hospital (US)
- Brighton Hospital (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Southwest Scoliosis Institute (US)
- San Diego Spine Institute (US)
- Scripps Clinic (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005689
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00