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BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion with plate-screw construct has been gradually applied for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy in recent years. However, long cervical plate was associated with complications including breakage or loosening of plate and screws, trachea-esophageal injury, neurovascular injury, and postoperative dysphagia. To reduce these complications, the zero-profile spacer has been introduced. This meta-analysis was performed to compare the clinical and radiologic outcomes of zero-profile spacer versus cage-plate construct for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS:We systematically searched MEDLINE, Springer, and Web of Science databases for relevant studies that compared the clinical and radiologic outcomes of zero-profile spacer versus cage and plate for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Risk of bias in included studies was assessed. Pooled estimates and corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated. RESULTS:On the basis of predefined inclusion criteria, 7 studies with a total of 409 patients were included in this analysis. The pooled data revealed that zero-profile spacer was associated with a decreased dysphagia rate at 2, 3, and 6 months postoperatively when compared with the cage-plate group. Both techniques had similar perioperative outcomes, functional outcome, radiologic outcome, and dysphagia rate immediately and at >1-year after operation. CONCLUSIONS:On the basis of available evidence, zero-profile spacer was more effective in reducing postoperative dysphagia rate for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Both devices were safe in anterior cervical surgeries, and they had similar efficacy in improving the functional and radiologic outcomes. More randomized controlled trials are needed to compare these 2 devices.
journal_name
World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Tong MJ,Xiang GH,He ZL,Chen DH,Tang Q,Xu HZ,Tian NFdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.045subject
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2017-08-01 00:00:00pages
545-553eissn
1878-8750issn
1878-8769pii
S1878-8750(17)30733-7journal_volume
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杂志文章,meta分析,评审abstract::A patient presented with progressive ischemic stroke and received mechanical thrombectomy with a Solitaire FR device 29 days after stroke onset. The occluded V4 segment of the left vertebral artery showed a double rail sign on angiography, which indicated that the occlusion might have been caused by embolism instead o...
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Diastatic skull fractures (DSFs) in children are difficult to detect in skull radiographs before they develop into growing skull fractures; therefore, little information is available on this topic. However, recent advances in 3-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) imaging technology have enabled more ac...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.107
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
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doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.085
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.017
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.054
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.106
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.004
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.069
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.110
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.031
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.156
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.163
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.02.059
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.013
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.165
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.03.200
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.237
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have suggested that postoperative hypopituitarism in patients with nonsellar intracranial tumors is caused by traumatic surgery. However, with development of minimally invasive and precise neurosurgical techniques, the degree of injury to brain tissue has been reduced significantly, especiall...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.116
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.03.053
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.144
更新日期:2019-01-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.053
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.04.005
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.182
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.01.117
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.024
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.146
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.200
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.012
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.109
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.02.044
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00