Posterior Spine Fusion with Moss | 合法醫療器材資訊網

MATERIALSANDMETHODS·由FDeMaio著作·2007·被引用11次—ThispaperevaluatestheefficacytheMoss-MiamiSysteminstrumentationforsurgicaltreatmentofspinaldeformity.

Four patients had a second surgery after posterior spine fusion for problems not directly related to the index surgery: three patients underwent thoracoplasty (one for pain and cosmesis at twenty-nine months post-operatively, one for rib regrowth post-thoracotomy after twenty-two months, and another for cosmesis at thirty months post-operatively). Two patients had an associated asymptomatic spondylolisthesis that was not treated at the time of surgery and of whom one required posterior-lateral fusion from L5 to S1 thirty-seven months after the scoliosis procedure.

Two patients had neurological complications. One patient had an eighth cervical rib that was recognized pre-operatively, requiring careful positioning during the surgery. Despite precautions, this patient developed a partial eighth nerve palsy. A second patient developed a partial paraplegia likely related to spinal cord ischemia during the operation. This patient had normal moto...