PMID- 28351516
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180503
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 2589-1294 (Electronic)
IS  - 1017-995X (Print)
IS  - 1017-995X (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Anterior cervical fusion with interbody cage containing beta-tricalcium 
      phosphate: Clinical and radiological results.
PG  - 197-200
LID - S1017-995X(17)30136-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.aott.2017.03.001 [doi]
AB  - AIM: Beta tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP) is an osteoconductive, resorbable 
      material. Its clinical effectiveness has been proved in many indications. This 
      study was clinical and radiographic study report obtained in patients undergoing 
      anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ACDF in which PEEK cages were filled 
      beta-TCP in an injectable form. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between January 2010 and 
      June 2011, 16 consecutive patients underwent ACDF using PEEK cages with beta-TCP. 
      The cohort compromised 10 men and 6 women with a mean age of 45.2 years. The 
      surgery was performed when the patient had myelopathy or radiculopathy with 
      progressive neurological deficit, or failure of conservative treatment (a minimum 
      of 3 months). The patients were evaluated by Odom criteria preoperatively and 
      postoperative 3rd, 6th, 12th and 24th months. Preop and postop pain was evaluated 
      with visual analogue scala (VAS). Disc height and fusion success rates were 
      evaluated. RESULTS: Preoperative average VAS score was 7.9 (7-10) for neck pain 
      and 8 (7-10) for arm pain. At the final follow-up, these scores became 1.5 and 
      1.4 for neck and arm pain, respectively. The average improvement rate was 81% for 
      neck pain and 82.5% for arm pain. Postop ODOM's criteria main rate was 3.4. Bone 
      fusion was achieved in 14 segments (70%) at 3rd month, 19 segments (95%) at 12th 
      month follow-up assessment. CONCLUSION: Clinical and radiological results 
      revealed that B-TCP is a good alternative synthetic fusion material for cervical 
      interbody fusion. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, therapeutic study.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Production 
      and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ofluoglu, Ali Ender
AU  - Ofluoglu AE
AD  - Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology, Neurosurgery and 
      Psychiatry, Neurosurgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Erdogan, Uzay
AU  - Erdogan U
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology 
      Neurosurgery and Psychiartry, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: 
      uzayerdogan@gmail.com.
FAU - Aydogan, Mehmet
AU  - Aydogan M
AD  - Bosphorous Spine Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Cevik, Orhun Mete
AU  - Cevik OM
AD  - Bakirkoy Prof.Dr. Mazhar Training and Research Hospital for Neurology, 
      Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Ofluoglu, Onder
AU  - Ofluoglu O
AD  - Bahcesehir University, Goztepe Medical Park Hospital, Orthopedic and Traumatology 
      Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170325
PL  - Turkey
TA  - Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc
JT  - Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
JID - 9424806
RN  - 0 (Biocompatible Materials)
RN  - 0 (Calcium Phosphates)
RN  - 0 (beta-tricalcium phosphate)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Biocompatible Materials
MH  - *Calcium Phosphates
MH  - Cervical Vertebrae/*surgery
MH  - Diskectomy/methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neck Pain/diagnosis/etiology/*surgery
MH  - Pain, Postoperative
MH  - Radiculopathy/*complications/diagnosis
MH  - Radiography
MH  - Spinal Fusion/*methods
MH  - Treatment Outcome
PMC - PMC6197468
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anterior cervical fusion
OT  - Beta-tricalcium phosphate
OT  - Interbody cage
EDAT- 2017/03/30 06:00
MHDA- 2018/05/04 06:00
PMCR- 2017/03/25
CRDT- 2017/03/30 06:00
PHST- 2014/12/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/01/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/11/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/03/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/05/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/03/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/03/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1017-995X(17)30136-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.aott.2017.03.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2017 May;51(3):197-200. doi: 
      10.1016/j.aott.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 25.