• Eur Spine J · Nov 2020

    Review Meta Analysis

    Complications of cervical total disc replacement and their associations with heterotopic ossification: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    • Nicholas Hui, Kevin Phan, Hoi Man Kevin Cheng, Yueh-Hsin Lin, and Ralph J Mobbs.
    • NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
    • Eur Spine J. 2020 Nov 1; 29 (11): 2688-2700.

    PurposeAlthough cervical total disc replacement (CTDR) is perceived as a safe procedure, no review to date has quantified the complication rates. Of note, heterotopic ossification (HO), one of the complications of CTDR, is hypothesised to cause adjacent segment degeneration (ASDegeneration). This association has not been proven in meta-analysis. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to investigate the pooled prevalence of complications following CTDR among studies that concomitantly reported the rate of HO, and the associations between HO and other complications, including ASDegeneration.MethodsLiteratures search was conducted in Embase, MEDLINE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Complications were stratified into ≥ 1 and < 2 years, ≥ 2 and < 5 years, and ≥ 5 years follow-up. Subgroup and meta-regression analyses were performed.ResultsFifty-three studies were included, composed of 3223 patients in total. The pooled prevalence of post-operative complications following CTDR was low, ranging from 0.8% in vascular adverse events to 4.7% in dysphagia at short-term follow-up. The rate of ASDegeneration was significantly higher at long-term follow-up (pooled prevalence 36.0%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 22.8-49.1%) than that at mid-term follow-up (pooled prevalence 7.3%, 95% CI 2.8-11.8%). Multivariate meta-regression analysis demonstrated that ASDegeneration was independently and inversely correlated with age (p = 0.007) and positively correlated with HO (p = 0.010) at mid-term follow-up. At long-term follow-up, ASDegeneration was still positively correlated with HO (p = 0.011), but not age. Furthermore, dysphagia was inversely associated with HO (p = 0.016), after adjustment for age and length of follow-up.ConclusionIn conclusion, HO is associated with ASDegeneration and dysphagia.

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