title: Cervical plate fracture: a rare complication.
abstract: In traumatic and degenerative diseases cervical fusion with anterior cervical plate are commonly used. The increase in the use of cervical plate segment level is also increased risk of developing complications. This case report shows that the increase in the use of cervical plate segment level and also the complications in cervical spinal instrumentation, short-segment cervical plate rare case reported to be broken.
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Department'- of Neurosugery, Denizli, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Citisli
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veli
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Department'- of Neurosugery, Denizli, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Ibrahimoglu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muhammet
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Department'- of Neurosugery, Denizli, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Civlan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serkan
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Department'- of Neurosugery, Denizli, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Kocaoglu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murat
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001860:Bone Plates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017586:Diskectomy; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Cervical plate; fracture; instrumentation