Short-Segment versus Long-Segment Spinal Fusion Constructs for the Treatment of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes
World neurosurgery(2023)
Abstract
-OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical outcomes of patients diagnosed with degenerative scoliosis undergoing short-segment versus long-segment spinal fusion. -METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients with degenerative thoracolumbar scoliosis un-dergoing elective spinal fusion at a single academic medical center. Cohorts were divided into short-segment (<3) or long-segment (double dagger 3) groups. -RESULTS: A total of 197 patients (122 short, 75 long) were included. Patients undergoing short-segment fusion more frequently presented with radiculopathy (P< 0.001) and had greater baseline visual analog scale (VAS) leg scores (P< 0.001). Patients with long-segment fusions had longer hospital length of stay (short, 3.82 + 2.98 vs. long, 7.40 + 6.85 days; P < 0.001), lower home discharge rates (short, 80.3% vs. long, 51.8; P = 0.003), higher revision surgery rates (short, 10.77% vs. long, 25.3%; P = 0.012), and greater percentage curve correction (short, 37.3% + 25.9% vs. long, 45.1% + 23.9%; P = 0.048). No significant differences were noted in postoperative complication rates (short, 1.64% vs. long, 5.33%; P = 0.143). At 1 year, patients with long fu-sions had worse AOswestry Disability Index (ODI) (P = 0.024), AVAS leg score (P = 0.002), and VAS leg minimum clinically important difference % (P = 0.003). Multivariate regression found that short-segment fusions were associated with greater improvements in ODI (P = 0.029), Physical Component Summarye12 (P = 0.024), and VAS leg score at 1 year (P = 0.002). -CONCLUSIONS: Patients undergoing short-segment fu-sions more frequently presented with radiculopathy and had higher preoperative VAS leg scores compared with those receiving long constructs. Short-construct fusions in appro-priately selected patients may provide satisfactory improve-ments in patient-reported outcome measures, particularly AODI and AVAS leg score, and mitigate hospital length of stay, revision surgery rates, and nonhome discharge.
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Key words
Degenerative scoliosis,Long fusion,Sacropelvic fixation,Short fusion,Spine,Outcomes
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