Background: Intraoperative cone beam CT (CBCT) imaging in dorsal instrumentation facilitates pedicle screw positioning. However, in patients with obesity, the benefit may be reduced due to artifacts that affect image quality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether intraoperative CBCT leads to an improved postoperative screw position compared to conventional fluoroscopy independent of body weight.
Methods: A total of 71 patients (18 patients with a BMI > 30 kg/m, 53 patients with a BMI < 30 kg/m) who underwent dorsal instrumentation with intraoperative CBCT imaging were included in study groups one (SG1) and two (SG2). Two control groups (CG1 and CG2) were randomly sampled to include 22 patients with a BMI > 30 kg/m and 60 patients with a BMI < 30 kg/m who underwent dorsal instrumentation without intraoperative CBCT imaging. The pedicle screw position in postoperative computed tomography was assessed using the Gertzbein-Robbins classification.
Results: In SG1 (BMI > 30 kg/m), a total of 107 (83.6%) pedicle screws showed no relevant perforation (type A + B), and 21 (16.4%) pedicle screws showed relevant perforation (type C - E). In SG2 (BMI < 30 kg/m), 328 (90.9%) screws were classified as type A + B, and 33 (9.1%) screws were classified as type C - E. In CG1 (BMI > 30 kg/m), 102 (76.1%) pedicle screws showed no relevant perforation (type A + B), and 32 (23.9%) pedicle screws showed relevant perforation (type C - E). In CG2 (BMI < 30 kg/m), 279 (76.9%) screws were classified as type A + B, and 84 (23.1%) screws were classified as type C - E. There were significant differences between the values of SG1 and SG2 (p = 0.03) and between the values of SG2 and CG2 (p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: CBCT imaging in dorsal instrumentation can lead to an improved pedicle screw position among both patients with obesity and normal-weight patients. However, patients with obesity showed significantly worse pedicle screw positions postoperatively after dorsal instrumentation with intraoperative CBCT imaging than normal-weight patients.
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