Simultaneous Anterior and Posterior Release in Lateral Decubitus Position for Rigid Adult Spinal Deformity: A Technical Note and 2 Case Reports. 2022

Hisanori Ikuma, and Tomohiko Hirose, and Masataka Ueda, and Kazutaka Yamashita, and Shinichiro Takao, and Keisuke Kawasaki
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kagawa, Japan. Electronic address: i9ma9n@yahoo.co.jp.

Correction surgery for rigid adult spinal deformity usually involves a complex 360° osteotomy, multiple intraoperative position changes, and staged surgery. Moreover, there is a lack of consensus regarding the surgical strategy for this pathology. We report the technical advantages of a simultaneous anterior and posterior release only in the lateral decubitus position to reduce surgical invasiveness in two case reports. A 76-year-old woman and an 80-year-old woman presented with significant spinal imbalance and segmental fusion in the anterior and posterior columns around the apex of the lumbar spinal curvature. We conducted this procedure for these patients at the first stage of spinal corrective surgery to achieve 360° osteotomy. A long posterior fusion surgery was performed after 1 week. The mean values of the central sacral vertical line, pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis, sagittal vertical axis, and pelvic tilt improved substantially postoperatively: central sacral vertical line, from 51.0 to 7.5 mm; pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis, from 27.5° to 0.5°, sagittal vertical axis, from 107.6 to 14 mm; pelvic tilt, from 34.0° to 13.0°. The mean surgical time and blood loss in the first- and second-stage operations were 242.1 minutes and 702 mL and 315.5 minutes and 549 mL, respectively, and no perioperative complications occurred. Simultaneous 360° segmental release in the lateral decubitus position without repositioning can make it possible to acquire satisfactory correction and reduce surgical invasiveness compared with the conventional procedure for adult spinal deformity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008141 Lordosis The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals (
D008159 Lumbar Vertebrae VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE. Vertebrae, Lumbar
D003240 Connective Tissue Diseases A heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements of connective tissue, i.e., collagen, elastin, or the mucopolysaccharides. Connective Tissue Disease,Disease, Connective Tissue,Diseases, Connective Tissue
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013123 Spinal Fusion Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed) Spondylodesis,Spondylosyndesis,Fusion, Spinal,Fusions, Spinal,Spinal Fusions,Spondylodeses,Spondylosyndeses

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