The role of bone mineral density in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing corrective surgery: a matched analysis
- 4 August 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Acta Neurochirurgica
- Vol. 164 (9), 2327-2335
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-022-05317-4
Abstract
Study design Retrospective cohort. Background Over 44 million adults are estimated to have either osteoporosis or osteopenia. Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is estimated to affect between 32 and 68% of the elderly population. Objective Retrospective investigation comparing rates of postoperative complications following thoracolumbar scoliosis surgery in patients with normal bone mineral density (BMD) to those with osteopenia or osteoporosis in addition to analyzing the effects of pretreatment with anti-osteoporotic medications in patients with low BMD. Methods Using administrative database of Humana beneficiaries, ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnosis codes were used to identify ASD patients undergoing multilevel thoracolumbar fusions between 2007 and 2017. Results The propensity matched population analyzed in this study contained 1044 patients equally represented by those with a history of osteopenia, osteoporosis, or normal BMD. Osteopenia and osteoporosis were associated with increased odds of revision surgery (OR 2.01 95% CI 1.36–2.96 and OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.05–2.35), respectively. Similarly, there was an almost twofold increased odds of proximal and distal junctional kyphosis in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis (OR 1.95, 95% CI 1.40–2.74 and OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.34–2.64), respectively. A total of 258 (37.1%) patients with osteoporosis were pretreated with anti-osteoporotic medications and there was no statistically significant decrease in odds of proximal or distal junctional kyphosis or revision surgery in these patients. Conclusion Patients with ASD undergoing multilevel thoracolumbar fusion surgery have significantly higher rates of postoperative pseudarthrosis, proximal and distal junctional kyphosis, and revision surgery rates compared to patients with normal BMD.Keywords
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