Background: To investigate the effect of the difference in the C2-7 angle (C2-7A) on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 181 patients who underwent ACDF with the Zero-P Implant System and had at least one year of follow-up was performed from January 2011 to November 2018. All patients were divided into a non-dysphagia group and a dysphagia group to explore the effect of the difference between postoperative and preoperative C2-7As (dC2-7A) on postoperative dysphagia. Furthermore, other possible related factors including the difference between postoperative and preoperative O-C2 angles (dO-C2A), sex, age, body mass index (BMI), intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevertebral soft-tissue swelling (PSTS), the highest segment involved in the surgery and the levels of surgical segments were analyzed.
Results: One hundred thirty-nine patients were included in the non-dysphagia group, and 42 patients were included in the dysphagia group. Single-factor analysis showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed no significant correlation between the degree of dysphagia and he dC2-7A (P>0.05). The results of multiple-factor analysis with an ordinal logistic regression model showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly associated with the incidence of dysphagia (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The postoperative C2-7A has an important effect on the occurrence of dysphagia in patients undergoing interbody fusion surgery with the Zero-P Implant System.

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Received 28 Jul, 2020
On 25 Jul, 2020
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Invitations sent on 16 Jul, 2020
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Background: To investigate the effect of the difference in the C2-7 angle (C2-7A) on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 181 patients who underwent ACDF with the Zero-P Implant System and had at least one year of follow-up was performed from January 2011 to November 2018. All patients were divided into a non-dysphagia group and a dysphagia group to explore the effect of the difference between postoperative and preoperative C2-7As (dC2-7A) on postoperative dysphagia. Furthermore, other possible related factors including the difference between postoperative and preoperative O-C2 angles (dO-C2A), sex, age, body mass index (BMI), intraoperative time, estimated blood loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevertebral soft-tissue swelling (PSTS), the highest segment involved in the surgery and the levels of surgical segments were analyzed.
Results: One hundred thirty-nine patients were included in the non-dysphagia group, and 42 patients were included in the dysphagia group. Single-factor analysis showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). Spearman’s correlation coefficient showed no significant correlation between the degree of dysphagia and he dC2-7A (P>0.05). The results of multiple-factor analysis with an ordinal logistic regression model showed that smoking, PSTS and the dC2-7A were significantly associated with the incidence of dysphagia (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The postoperative C2-7A has an important effect on the occurrence of dysphagia in patients undergoing interbody fusion surgery with the Zero-P Implant System.

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