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

Publication

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

Journal Paper/Review - Nov 8, 2014

Corniola Marco V, Jägersberg Max, Stienen Martin N., Gautschi Oliver P

Citation

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.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

J Clin Neurosci 2014; 22

Publication Date

Nov 8, 2014

Issn Electronic

1532-2653

Pages

597-8

Brief description/objective

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.