title: Intradural migration of cervical posterior fixation rods.
abstract: Instrumented spinal fixations are an important tool in the management of traumatic conditions and delayed complications are rare.
  
  
  
  We present a case of open reduction and fixation of traumatic C5/6 facet fracture dislocation with late complication in the form of intradural hardware migration.
  
  
  
  To our knowledge, this is the first report of an intradural rod migration distant to the initial surgery in a patient without posterior decompression. This highlights the need for long-term follow-up of patients with spinal instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK. Heinke.Pulhorn@Thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Heinke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pülhorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK.
authors.forename: Haider
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kareem
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ulbricht
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072039:Fracture Dislocation / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021801:Zygapophyseal Joint / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Hardware failure; Rod fixation; Rod migration; Spinal fixation