How does corrective fusion surgery for adult spinal deformities affect pelvic inclination in the supine position as the reference plane for THA?

Author(s):  
Hiroki Furuhashi ◽  
Hironobu Hoshino ◽  
Yuta Shimizu ◽  
Yu Yamato ◽  
Tomohiko Hasegawa ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longtao Qi ◽  
Beiyu Xu ◽  
Chunde Li ◽  
Yu Wang

Abstract Background Halo traction has been used as an adjunctive method in the treatment of severe spinal deformities. But there are few reports on the clinical efficacy of halo-pelvic traction (HPT) in the treatment of severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction. This study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and complications associated with pre-operative HPT in the treatment of severe spinal deformities with respiratory dysfunction.Methods Thirty patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction treated with short-term pre-operative HPT were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion criteria were: (1) patients with severe kyphoscoliosis (coronal Cobb angle or kyphosis angle ≥100°) and respiratory failure, (2) patients undergoing HPT until posterior fusion surgery. All patients underwent general anesthesia for HPT application, which the pelvic ring used in this study was a half-ring, and the rods were all placed on the anterolateral side of the truck. Results The major coronal curve scoliosis averaged 116.00 ± 16.70° and was reduced to 63.23 ± 14.00° after HPT, 46.33 ± 10.70° after surgery. The major kyphosis was 102.40 ± 27.67° and was reduced to 52.23 ± 14.16° after HPT, 42.0 ± 11.92° after surgery. A significantly increased FVC was observed after HPT (p<0.001), with a significantly improved FVC% (p<0.001). Similarly, a significantly increased FEV1 was also observed (p <0.001), with a significantly improved FEV1% (p<0.001).Conclusion This study indicated that the modified HPT could be used to help patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction achieve significant correction in both the coronal and sagittal deformities during the pre-operative treatment period along with improved respiratory function and in the absence of severe complications.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longtao Qi ◽  
Beiyu Xu ◽  
Chunde Li ◽  
Yu Wang

Abstract Background Halo traction has been used as an adjunctive method in the treatment of severe spinal deformities. But there are few reports on the clinical efficacy of halo-pelvic traction (HPT) in the treatment of severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction. This study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and complications associated with pre-operative HPT in the treatment of severe spinal deformities with respiratory dysfunction.Methods Thirty patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction treated with short-term pre-operative HPT were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion criteria were: (1) patients with severe kyphoscoliosis (coronal Cobb angle or kyphosis angle ≥100°) and respiratory failure, (2) patients undergoing HPT until posterior fusion surgery. All patients underwent general anesthesia for HPT application, which the pelvic ring used in this study was a half-ring, and the rods were all placed on the anterolateral side of the truck. Results The major coronal curve scoliosis averaged 116.00 ± 16.70° and was reduced to 63.23 ± 14.00° after HPT, 46.33 ± 10.70° after surgery. The major kyphosis was 102.40 ± 27.67° and was reduced to 52.23 ± 14.16° after HPT, 42.0 ± 11.92° after surgery. A significantly increased FVC was observed after HPT (p<0.001), with a significantly improved FVC% (p<0.001). Similarly, a significantly increased FEV1 was also observed (p <0.001), with a significantly improved FEV1% (p<0.001).Conclusion This study indicated that the modified HPT could be used to help patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction achieve significant correction in both the coronal and sagittal deformities during the pre-operative treatment period along with improved respiratory function and in the absence of severe complications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Yasuda ◽  
Tomohiko Hasegawa ◽  
Yu Yamato ◽  
Daisuke Togawa ◽  
Sho Kobayashi ◽  
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OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of position on lumbar lordosis (LL) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients.METHODSThe authors evaluated the radiographic data of ASD patients who underwent posterior corrective fusion surgery from the thoracic spine to L5, S1, or the ilium for the treatment of ASD of the lumbar spine. The spinopelvic parameters were measured in the standing position preoperatively. LL was also evaluated in the supine position preoperatively and in the prone position on the surgical frame. Changes in LL were compared between groups.RESULTSEighty-five patients were included. The average LL in standing, supine, and prone positions was 11.8°, 24.3°, and 24.0°, respectively. LL increased significantly from standing to supine or prone position (p < 0.001). In 80 patients (94.1%), the difference between supine LL and prone LL was within 5°. Change in LL from standing to prone position was significantly higher in the severe deformity group.CONCLUSIONSThe lordotic effect of intraoperative prone positioning was remarkable in patients with severe deformities. LL in the supine position was approximately the same as that in the prone position. Therefore, assessing preoperative supine lateral lumbar radiographs enables one to plan corrective spinal surgeries in ASD patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Longtao Qi ◽  
Beiyu Xu ◽  
Chunde Li ◽  
Yu Wang

Abstract Background Halo traction has been used as an adjunctive method in the treatment of severe spinal deformities. But there are few reports on the clinical efficacy of halo-pelvic traction (HPT) in the treatment of severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction. This study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and complications associated with pre-operative HPT in the treatment of severe spinal deformities with respiratory dysfunction. Methods Thirty patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction treated with short-term pre-operative HPT were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion criteria were: (1) patients with severe kyphoscoliosis (coronal Cobb angle or kyphosis angle ≥100°) and respiratory failure, (2) patients undergoing HPT until posterior fusion surgery. All patients underwent general anesthesia for HPT application, which the pelvic ring used in this study was a half-ring, and the rods were all placed on the anterolateral side of the truck. Results The major coronal curve scoliosis averaged 116.00 ± 16.70° and was reduced to 63.23 ± 14.00° after HPT, 46.33 ± 10.70° after surgery. The major kyphosis was 102.40 ± 27.67° and was reduced to 52.23 ± 14.16° after HPT, 42.0 ± 11.92° after surgery. A significantly increased FVC was observed after HPT (p < 0.001), with a significantly improved FVC% (p < 0.001). Similarly, a significantly increased FEV1 was also observed (p < 0.001), with a significantly improved FEV1% (p < 0.001). Conclusion This study indicated that the modified HPT could be used to help patients with severe spinal deformities complicated with respiratory dysfunction achieve significant correction in both the coronal and sagittal deformities during the pre-operative treatment period along with improved respiratory function and in the absence of severe complications.


2021 ◽  
pp. 028418512110094
Author(s):  
Moritz Kaiser ◽  
Tobias Renkawitz ◽  
Achim Benditz ◽  
Matthias König ◽  
Max Thieme ◽  
...  

Background Computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for the accurate measurement of cup inclination and anteversion in total hip arthroplasty (THA). However, functional cup position strongly depends on the tilt of the pelvis and thus pelvic tilt in the supine position on the CT table harbors the risk of misinterpretation. Purpose To evaluate the influence of pelvic tilt on cup measurements in postoperative CT scans. Material and Methods This is a secondary outcome analysis of a prospective study. In 123 patients undergoing THA, anatomic cup inclination and anteversion as measured on postoperative 3D-CT scans were compared between: (i) the anterior pelvic plane (APP) resembling neutral pelvic tilt; and (ii) the coronal plane representing the standard planes on CT. Furthermore, the effect of the variation on cup positions within Lewinnek’s safe zone in relation to the applied reference plane was assessed. Results Mean pelvic tilt in supine position was –3.5° ± 5.6°. This resulted in a mean difference for anteversion between APP und coronal plane of 2.1° ± 3.7° and of 2.1° ± 1.9° for cup inclination, respectively. The change varied up to 20.2° for cup inclination and up 12.2° for cup anteversion. The overall conversion rate for inclination and/or anteversion regarding Lewinnek’s safe zone was high at 23.6% (29/123). Conclusion Pelvic tilt affects cup orientation on CT scans depending on the applied reference plane. Standard CT planes should be corrected regarding pelvic tilt before measurements to avoid errors in measurement.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Quackels ◽  
Simone Albisinni ◽  
Valerio Lucidi ◽  
Barbara Dessars ◽  
Natacha Driessens

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1241-1245
Author(s):  
Kumud Pyakurel ◽  
Lalit Kumar Rajbanshi ◽  
Ramesh Bhattarai ◽  
Sonia Dahal

Introduction: Spinal anesthesia induced hypotension frequently complicates Cesarean delivery. This is usually due to sudden sympatholysis causing decreased venous return which can be aggravated by physiological changes of pregnancy leading to change in baseline peripheral vascular tone. Strategies to prevent hypotensive episodes should be the primary aim of anesthetic management. A simple noninvasive measurement of perfusion index derived from pulse oximeter predicting hypotension during the routine intraoperative course could provide a new dynamism to the management and improving the safe execution of anesthesia. Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to compare incidence of hypotension following SAB for LSCS in patients with baseline PI ≤ 3.5 to those with PI > 3.5. The secondary objectives were to compare PI, HR, SBP, MAP at various time intervals and also to study the side effects between the two groups. Methodology: This prospective observational study was conducted at Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital from to July 2019 to October 2019. 73 Term parturients presenting for elective cesarean delivery were included for the study. Upon arrival in the operation room, standard monitors were attached and baseline HR, SBP, DBP, MAP, PI and SPO2 were recorded in supine position. The patients with baseline PI ≤ 3.5 were enrolled into Group I and those with a PI > 3.5 were enrolled into Group II. Spinal Anesthesia with 10mg of 0.5% heavy Bupivacaine and 20mcg Fentanyl ( total 2.4ml) was given at L3-L4 interspace in sitting position using midline approach. Patient was then returned to supine position with left lateral tilt of 15 degrees to facilitate left uterine displacement. Upper sensory level was checked at 5 minutes using alcohol swab. Once T-6 level was reached, surgery was started. Maternal SBP, DBP, MAP, HR and PI were recorded at 1 minute intervals between spinal injection and delivery and then 3 minutes until end of surgery. Clinically relevant hypotension was defined as the decrease in MAP by 20% or more from baseline value. Results: The incidence of hypotension in Group I was 18.8% (6/30) compared to 81.3% (26/38). This was clinically and statistically highly significant (P = 0.000, odds ratio 0.11). On Spearman’s rank correlation we found highly significant correlation between baseline PI >3.5 and number of episodes of hypotension (rs 0.482, P = 0.000). The sensitivity and specificity of baseline PI with cut-off 3.5 for predicting hypotension were 81.3% and 66.7% respectively. The ROC curve analysis showed 3.53 as appropriate cut‑off for our findings. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.734 [Figure 6](Lower bound 0.608 and upper bound 0.861, P=0.001).  Conclusion : This study demonstrates that baseline PI of > 3.5 correlates with incidence of hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in healthy parturients compared to a baseline PI of < 3.5.


Author(s):  
Teoh King Long ◽  
Ko Yin Fern

Abstract In time domain reflectometry (TDR), the main emphasis lies on the reflected waveform. Poor probing contact is one of the common problems in getting an accurate waveform. TDR probe normalization is essential before measuring any TDR waveforms. The advantages of normalization include removal of test setup errors in the original test pulse and the establishment of a measurement reference plane. This article presents two case histories. The first case is about a Plastic Ball Grid Array package consisting of 352 solder balls where the open failure mode was encountered at various terminals after reliability assessment. In the second, a three-digit display LED suspected of an electrical short failure was analyzed using TDR as a fault isolation tool. TDR has been successfully used to perform non-destructive fault isolation in assisting the routine failure analysis of open and short failure. It is shown to be accurate and reduces the time needed to identify fault locations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
Kei Ando ◽  
Kazuyoshi Kobayashi ◽  
Masaaki Machino ◽  
Kyotaro Ota ◽  
Satoshi Tanaka ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVEThe objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between morphological changes in thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (T-OPLL) and postoperative neurological recovery after thoracic posterior fusion surgery. Changes of OPLL morphology and postoperative recovery in cases with T-OPLL have not been examined.METHODSIn this prospective study, the authors evaluated data from 44 patients (23 male and 21 female) who underwent posterior decompression and fusion surgery with instrumentation for the treatment of T-OPLL at our hospital. The patients’ mean age at surgery was 50.7 years (range 38–68 years). The minimum duration of follow-up was 2 years. The location of thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (T-OLF), T-OLF at the OPLL level, OPLL morphology, fusion range, estimated blood loss, operative time, pre- and postoperative Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores, and JOA recovery rate were investigated. Reconstructed sagittal multislice CT images were obtained before and at 3 and 6 months and 1 and 2 years after surgery. The basic fusion area was 3 vertebrae above and below the OPLL lesion. All parameters were compared between patients with and without continuity across the disc space at the OPLL at 3 and 6 months after surgery.RESULTSThe preoperative morphology of OPLL was discontinuous across the disc space between the rostral and caudal ossification regions on sagittal CT images in all but one of the patients. Postoperatively, these segments became continuous in 42 patients (97.7%; occurring by 6.6 months on average) without progression of OPLL thickness. Patients with continuity at 3 months had significantly lower rates of diabetes mellitus (p < 0.05) and motor palsy in the lower extremities (p < 0.01). The group with continuity also had significantly higher mean postoperative JOA scores at 3 (p < 0.01) and 6 (p < 0.05) months and mean JOA recovery rates at 3 and 6 months (both p < 0.01) after surgery.CONCLUSIONSPreoperatively, discontinuity of rostral and caudal ossified lesions was found on CT in all patients but one of this group of 44 patients who needed surgery for T-OPLL. Rigid fixation with instrumentation may have allowed these segments to connect at the OPLL. Such OPLL continuity at an early stage after surgery may accelerate spinal cord recovery.


Author(s):  
Roman Kartavykh ◽  
Igor Borshchenko ◽  
Gennadiy Chmutin ◽  
Andrey Baskov ◽  
Vladimir Baskov

Purpose: a comparative analysis of long-term clinical and radiological outcomes of bilateral microsurgical decompression from unilateral approach and open fusion surgery in the treatment of patients with stable stage I lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis complicated by spinal stenosis. Materials and methods: this study included 83 patients with degenerative stage I lumbar spondylolisthesis, combined with spinal stenosis at one/several levels. Bilateral microsurgical decompression from unilateral approach was performed in group A (n = 41), in group B (n = 42) we used transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Results: intraoperative blood loss and operation time significantly prevailed in group B (P < 0,05). Pain in the legs (VAS), Oswestry disability index significantly decreased in both groups in the long-term postoperative period. No statistical difference in these was found in groups A and B (P = 0,59; P = 0,10). Lower back pain in both groups at the follow-up period had a significant difference: in fusion group there was a significantly higher intensity, than in group А (P < 0,001). Assessment of radiological outcomes in group A at the level of spondylolisthesis showed a slight decrease in segment stability: an increase in anteroposterior displacement of the vertebrae by an average of 0,44 mm, the angular difference by 0,77°, an increase in displacement of the vertebral body by 1,30 % (P < 0,05). Conclusion: minimally bilateral microsurgical decompression from unilateral approach is an effective method for treatment of stable stage I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, combined with spinal stenosis, allowing to achieve significant regression of leg pain and disability in the long-term postoperative period. And this method admits to significantly decrease of low back pain, then in fusion surgery, as well as a low risk of postoperative instability and reoperation with instrumentation.


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