title: [Local vertebral body destruction after migration of a nucleus replacement].
abstract: We present the case report of a 32-year-old female suffering from severe low back pain because of local vertebral body destruction at L3/4 after migration of PDN-SOLO nucleus replacement. Removal of the dislocated implant via a posterior transforaminal approach was not possible. After posterior stabilisation the implant could be salvaged from the anterior direction, but stabilisation with a vertebral body replacement was necessary.
authors.affiliation: Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin. klaus.schnake@charite.de
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Schnake
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weigert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kandziora
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed