title: Cervical transdural intramedullary migration of a sublaminar wire. A complication of cervical fixation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Casden
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: 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