What Radiographic and Clinical Factors Ultimately Necessitate a C2-Sacrum Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion?
Justin MathewScott L ZuckermanGerard MarcianoMatthew SimhonHannah LinMeghan CerpaNathan J LeeVenkat BoddapatiRonald A LehmanZeeshan M SardarMarc D DyrszkaJoseph M LombardiLawrence G LenkePublished in: Global spine journal (2022)
91% (21/23) of patients requiring C2-sacrum PSF were treated as revisions of prior fusions, with a mean of 4 prior surgeries over 10 years. Over 80% of these patients underwent C2-sacrum PSF to address kyphosis. 26% had neurologic conditions, and 26% had osteoporosis.