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Intradural migration of cervical posterior fixation rods
Heinke Pülhorn1, Haider Kareem2, Christian Ulbricht2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK. Heinke.Pulhorn@Thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk.
Background:
Instrumented spinal fixations are an important tool in the management of traumatic conditions and delayed complications are rare.
Case Report:
We present a case of open reduction and fixation of traumatic C5/6 facet fracture dislocation with late complication in the form of intradural hardware migration.
Conclusion:
To our knowledge, this is the first report of an intradural rod migration distant to the initial surgery in a patient without posterior decompression. This highlights the need for long-term follow-up of patients with spinal instrumentation.
