This abstract has been previously published as part of the 2024 International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques proceedings. For full access to the abstract, please visit the following URL: https://www.srs.org/Files/IMAST/IMAST2024/Documents/IMAST24-Final-v6-4web.pdf.
This abstract has been previously published as part of the 2023 Spineweek proceedings. For full access to the abstract, please visit the following URL: https://www.sosort.org/resources/Documents/Spineweek_2023_oral_abstracts_final-1.pdf.
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common yet serious complication of cervical spine surgery. While initially thought to be clinically insignificant, Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is an important cause of infection. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) application during standard presurgical skin preparation to reduce the burden of C. acnes in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery.
This was a retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Subjects were randomly assigned to either standard surgical preparation plus H2O2 (experimental) or without H2O2 (control). Prescrub, postscrub, and dermal cultures were obtained to assess the C. acnes burden after cultures on an aerobic and anaerobic growth medium were held for 21 days. Multivariate analysis was conducted to determine factors associated with presence of C. acnes. Outcome measures included the results of intraoperative cultures and the development of a SSI within 90 days postoperatively.
Patients (n=86) undergoing elective 2- or 3-level fusion via anterior approach were included. Prior to application of the antiseptic solution, 65% (28/43) of the experimental cohort and 77% (33/43) of the control cohort had positive C. acnes cultures (p=.34). Following application of antiseptic solution, there were no differences in positive C. acnes culture rates between the experimental and control cohorts in the epidermal (30% vs. 28%, p=1.00) or dermal (40% vs. 42%, p=1.00) cultures. No differences in the rates of C. acnes eradication from preantiseptic to postantiseptic application occurred for epidermal (p=1.00) or dermal (p=1.00) skin layers. None of the factors were associated with positive C. acnes epidermal cultures on multivariable logistic regression analysis (p>.05).
While there is potential for H2O2 to reduce the positive culture rate of C. acnes in cervical spine patients, no difference was seen when compared to standard surgical skin preparation.
Prospective studies have compared patient reported outcomes, adjacent segment degeneration, and long-term revisions between CDA and ACDF. Despite these high-level evidence studies, well-powered, large investigations have not been adequately reported.
The aims were to compare rates and risk factors for all-cause 5-year revisions for patients undergoing primary single-level cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) or Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF).
Retrospective case-control observational study.
A nationwide United States population database from 2010 to 2021 was queried for patients undergoing primary single level CDA or ACDF for degenerative cervical spine pathology. Further inclusion criteria consisted of patients having a minimum of 5-year follow-up.
Objectives were to compare the rates of all-cause 5-year revisions for those undergoing single level CDA versus ACDF and assess the risk factors associated with requiring revision surgery.
Patients undergoing CDA were 1:5 ratio matched to patients undergoing ACDF by age, sex, individual comorbidities, and overall Elixhauser comorbidity index (ECI). Multivariate logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) of revision surgery within 5 years of the primary procedure while controlling for age, sex, and individual comorbidities comprising the ECI. P values less than 0.001 were significant.
After successful ratio matching, a total of 32,953 patients underwent single level CDA (N=5,640) or ACDF (N=27,313) with 5-Year minimum follow-up. The incidence of all cause revision within 5 years was 1.24% for CDA and 9.23% for ACDF (P<0.001). After adjustment, patients undergoing single level ACDF has significantly higher odds of all-cause revisions within 5 years (OR: 8.09; P<0.0001). Additional patient specific factors associated with revisions were a history of reported drug abuse (OR: 1.51; P<0.0001), depression (OR: 1.23; P<0.0001), cardiac arrythmias (OR: 1.21; P=0.0008), hypertension (OR: 1.20; P=0.0006), and tobacco use (OR: 1.18; P=0.0003).
In this observational study of nearly 33,000 single level cervical spine surgeries with minimum 5-year follow-up, all-cause revision rates were significantly lower for patients undergoing CDA. Surgeons may use this data to counsel patients on nationwide reported revision rates up to 5-years from single level CDA or ACDF.
This abstract does not discuss or include any applicable devices or drugs.