[Revision strategy after failure of Magerl-Gallie fusion procedure].
For failure of an implant after a Magerl-Gallie stabilization procedure and detection of pseudarthrosis with instability of segments C1 and C2, operative revision and restabilization are necessary in the majority of cases. The following case report summarizes a revision strategy using a modified Goel-Harms procedure to restabilize a persisting C1-C2 instability after a failed Magerl-Gallie fusion procedure. This was necessary because of breakage of both transarticular C1-C2 screws with incompletely consolidated atlanto-axial fusion and persisting C1-C2 instability.
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Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie und Neurotraumatologie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstrasse 430, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. matti.scholz@bgu-frankfurt.de
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Hoffmann
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Kandziora
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017211:Treatment Failure