Surgical Treatment of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) Involving the Cervical Spine: Technical Nuances and Outcome of a Multicenter Experience.

Giorgio LofreseAlba ScerratiMassimo BalsanoRoberto BassaniMichele CappuccioMichele A CavalloFabio CofanoFrancesco CultreraFederico De IureFrancesco Di BiaseRoberto DonatiDiego GarbossaMarta MenegattiAlessandro OliviPalandri GiorgioAntonino RacoLuca RicciardiGiannantonio SpenaLuigino TosattoJacopo VisaniMassimiliano VisocchiGianluigi ZonaPasquale De Bonis

Published in: Global spine journal (2021)

The "age of DISH" counts more than patients' age with timeliness of decompression being crucial in determining clinical outcome even with a preoperative mild dysphagia. Targeted bone resections could be reasonable in elderly patients, while in younger ones more extended decompressions should be preferred.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
bone mineral density
clinical trial
low grade
patient reported outcomes
body composition
patient reported