What is it about?
Neck fusion surgery in children is performed for a variety of reasons, including trauma, Down syndrome and congenital problems. This is the first study in a large number of patients to show that Down Syndrome is the single biggest risk factor that predicts fusion failure in children who undergo fusion of the first two cervical vertebrae (C1-2).
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Why is it important?
Down syndrome is the most common inherited disorder in humans. Sometimes children with Down syndrome have neck instability and require surgery. This paper shows those patients are at a higher risk of surgical failure than others.
Perspectives
It was a tremendous honor to work with my neurosurgical co-authors to complete this paper.
Douglas Brockmeyer
University of Utah
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This page is a summary of: Identifying Factors Predictive of Atlantoaxial Fusion Failure in Pediatric Patients, Spine, November 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002495.
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