ZONE 2 VS ZONE 0: CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Having evaluated the difference in surgical approach between Z-2-FET and
Z-0-FET, the comparative efficacies of both procedures should be
analysed in terms of postoperative outcome. The improved clinical
outcomes associated with proximalisation from Z-3-FET to Z-2-FET have
been widely documented, and indeed this has spurred a general shift in
preference towards Z-2-FET over the last few years.1,
5, 24 Z-2-FET has been demonstrated to yield fewer long-term adverse
events, such as mortality, spinal cord injury, visceral ischaemia,
re-intervention, and renal complications, than
Z-3-FET.1, 5 How, then, does Z-0-FET compare to
Z-2-FET?