Publikation

Complete cage migration/subsidence into the adjacent vertebral body after posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 08.11.2014

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Corniola M, Jägersberg M, Stienen M, Gautschi O. Complete cage migration/subsidence into the adjacent vertebral body after posterior lumbar interbody fusion. J Clin Neurosci 2014; 22:597-8.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
J Clin Neurosci 2014; 22
Veröffentlichungsdatum
08.11.2014
eISSN (Online)
1532-2653
Seiten
597-8
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

A variety of implant-related short and long-term complications after lumbar fusion surgery are recognized. Mid to long-term complications due to cage migration and/or cage subsidence are less frequently reported. Here, we report a patient with a complete cage migration into the superior adjacent vertebral body almost 20years after the initial posterior lumbar interbody fusion procedure. In this patient, the cage migration/subsidence was clinically silent, but a selective decompression for adjacent segment degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis was performed. We discuss the risk factors for cage migration/subsidence in view of the current literature.