Cervical transdural intramedullary migration of a sublaminar wire. A complication of cervical fixation.
Wire breakage after a cervical occiput to C2 wire fixation and fusion resulted in the transdural and intramedullary migration of a wire fragment in a patient who remained neurologically intact. The risks of sublaminar wiring fixation are discussed, along with newer techniques for posterior cervical stabilization.
Fraser
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Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
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Casden
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Catalano
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D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009192:Myelography; D009333:Neck; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed