Complications of Fusion to the Upper Cervical Spine
作者:
MICHAEL SMITH,
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
ROBERT HENSINGER,
期刊:
Spine
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 7
页码: 702-705
ISSN:0362-2436
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: occipital cervical arthrodesis;atlantoaxial arthrodesis complications
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Forty-seven operations for posterior fusion of the upper cervical spine were reviewed for complications. Alarmingly, only 11 patients had an entirely uncomplicated course. Most complications were minor, but there were four nonunions, one requiring reoperation. Although seven patients had increased neurologic deficits after surgery, only one was permanent. There was one death due to technical error. Patients with significant instability, myelopathy, prior failed fusions, or unreducible dislocations are at high risk for perioperative neurologic complications.
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