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Is the Vertebral Posterior Line a Safety Landmark for Cervical Posterior Screw Insertion? – Radiological Study of the Vertebral Artery in the Cervical Spine
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- KIM Kyongsong
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Chiba Hokuso Hospital, Nippon Medical School Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba Shintoshi Rurban Clinic
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- NARIAI Michinori
- Department of Radiology, Chiba Shintoshi Rurban Clinic
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- KAWAUCHI Masaaki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba Shintoshi Rurban Clinic
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- MORIMOTO Daijiro
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nippon Medical School
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- IWAMOTO Naotaka
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nippon Medical School
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- ISU Toyohiko
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kushiro Rosai Hospital
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- MORITA Akio
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Nippon Medical School
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Description
<p>At posterior cervical fixation, iatrogenic injury of the vertebral artery (VA) must be avoided. As the VA is usually located in front of the posterior line of the vertebral body, intraoperative lateral fluoroscopy is used to identify the line. We investigated in how many of 105 patients (210 VAs) this line is a safe marker. We also inspected the original cervical magnetic resonance angiograms (MRA) of 105 consecutive patients who had been treated for other than cervical spine diseases to study some anatomical characteristics of the VA in the cervical spine. The distance from the posterior line of the vertebral body to the posterior VA surface was classified as safe, as requiring attention, and as unsafe. Among the 210 VAs, four hypoplastic vessels were excluded from this study; consequently, 206 VAs were available for assessment. The average distance exceeded 6 mm, it was shorter at the upper cervical level. Although in at least 200 VAs (97.1%) the distance between C4 and C7 was safe, in only 170 VAs (82.5%) was it safe at C3. We observed a total of 31 tortuous loops in 17 VAs; their presence had a significant negative effect on the usefulness of the safety line. Although the posterior line of the vertebral body may be useful for safe screw insertion at the C4–C7 level, it may be less useful at C3. In the presence of tortuous VA loops, close attention must be paid to the reliability of the safety line during cervical spine surgery.</p>
Journal
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- Neurologia medico-chirurgica
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Neurologia medico-chirurgica 60 (4), 223-228, 2020
The Japan Neurosurgical Society
