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J Long Term Eff Med Implants · Jan 2012
ReviewInstrumentation related complications in spine surgery.
- Efstathios Ballas, Andreas F Mavrogenis, Eirineos Karamanis, George Mimidis, Konstantinos Tolis, Konstantinos Soultanis, and Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos.
- First Department of Orthopaedics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
- J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2012 Jan 1; 22 (4): 263-72.
AbstractSpinal instrumentation constructs are frequently necessary for the surgical management of patients with variable spinal pathology. However, surgical complications may appear. These should be detected early and managed to achieve recovery and good functional outcome for the patient. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the most common instrumentation-related complications of spine surgery as well as a diagnostic plan and treatment options for the management of these challenging entities once they occur.
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