Data from Columbia University Medical Center Advance Knowledge in Diabetes Research (Living With a C2-sacrum Spinal Fusion: Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life In Patients Fused From C2 To the Sacrum).

A study conducted at Columbia University Medical Center focused on the surgical outcomes and quality of life in patients who underwent C2-sacrum posterior spinal fusion (PSF). The research found that approximately 26% of patients required reoperations after the fusion, with improvements in patient-reported outcomes and activities of daily living observed postoperatively. The study concluded that patients who underwent C2-sacrum PSF had better quality of life compared to individuals with degenerative hip/knee arthritis and similar to those with chronic conditions like diabetes mellitus and hypertension. [Extracted from the article]