FRACTURE OF A SUBLAMINAR STAINLESS-STEEL CABLE IN THE UPPER CERVICAL-SPINE WITH NEUROLOGICAL INJURY - CASE-REPORT

被引：19

作者：

BLACKLOCK, JB

机构：

[1] Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030

来源：

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY | 1994年 / 81卷 / 06期

关键词：

ARTHRODESIS; SPINAL FUSION; DOUBLE-WIRE CABLE; COMPLICATION;

D O I：

10.3171/jns.1994.81.6.0932

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Sublaminar cables have been used to stabilize bone grafts for arthrodesis in the cervical spine in recent years. Previous accounts of their use have indicated no instances of breakage or neurological injury. This report is of a delayed cable fracture that resulted in penetration of the dura with neurological injury in a patient who had undergone atlantoaxial fusion for rheumatoid subluxation. The cable fracture occurred in the epidural space beneath the attempted arthrodesis and resulted in uncoiling of the cable, which penetrated the spinal canal and caused a one-sided sensory deficit.

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页码：932 / 933

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