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Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Ovine Model
Published on: October 5, 2009
Anterior extrusion of fusion cage in posttraumatic cervical disk disease
Aymeric Amelot1, Schahrazed Bouazza1, Bernard George1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Anterior interbody fusion of the cervical spine (ACDF) with bone grafts or cages has become the gold standard for treating cervical disk disease. Several technical modifications have been developed, but currently no consensus exists regarding the optimal technique. In addition, there is also evidence that complications are frequently associated with this procedure. A frequent cause for implant failure in monosegmental ACDF is cage migration into the vertebral end plates or the spinal canal. We report a patient admitted for sudden quadriparesis with complete motor deficit caused by posttraumatic cervical disk protrusion at C4-C5, resulting in spinal compression. ACDF using a titanium stand-alone cage was performed and cured the patient. At the 1-year follow-up visit, imaging showed asymptomatic anterior complete extrusion of the cage out of the disk space. To our knowledge, such an anterior cage migration without trauma has not been reported in the literature to date, and we tried to find technical reasons to explain this complication.
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