title: [Ventral stabilization of the lumbar spine of a 2-year-old boy with an expandable cage : 7-year course].
abstract: This case report describes the first implantation of an expandable cage into the lumbar spine of a 2-year-old boy. Due to incomplete remission of a teratoma, it was necessary to replace the second lumbar vertebral body with an expandable cage implantation and subsequent dorsoventral stabilization. During the follow-up period with annual x-ray examinations, a loss of correction without increased pain or neurological deficits could be shown in the now 9-year-old boy.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Wibelsäulenchirurgie und Neurotraumatologie , Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstrasse 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland. matti.scholz@bgu-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleber
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sentürk
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kandziora
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melcher
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed