Iliac crest fracture after removal of two bone plugs for anterior cervical fusion. Case report.
A case is reported in which the iliac crest fractured following removal of two bone plugs. The plugs had been removed for use in a double cervical vertebral body fusion operation by the method of Cloward.
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000293:injuries*; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous