Adjacent-level vertebral body fractures after expandable cage reconstruction.
case_series · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 18518682.
- Also identified by DOI 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/6/584.
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Abstract
Expandable cages are frequently used to reconstruct the anterior spinal column after a corpectomy. The forces that are used to expand these cages can be large, depending upon the mechanism of expansion. To the authors' knowledge, there have been no reports of adjacent-level vertebral body fracture after placement of expandable cages. The authors report 4 cases of adjacent-level vertebral body fractures after placement of expandable cages. This study found that the fracture pattern in the coronal plane was similar in all cases.
Medical subject headings
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Internal Fixators
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Spinal Fractures
Anatomy
- cervical spine
- lumbar spine