Singh Jagdeep, Gupta Pranav, Bahadur Raj, Kumar Sameer
Department of Orthopaedics, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
J Orthop Case Rep. 2023 Oct;13(10):24-27. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i10.3922.
As the number of patients undergoing spine fixation has increased, the requirement for revision surgery has also increased. Difficulty faced while doing revision surgery is mostly in removing polyaxial pedicle screws, especially if we do not have the desired instrumentation.
A 55-year-old patient previously operated for D12 fracture presented to us with implant failure due to backing out of pedicle screws. Compatible instrumentation to remove the implant was not available as even the cap screw could not be removed due to screwdriver mismatch. Hence, we had to design our own method to address the problem which we did successfully. At present, the patient is on our regular follow-up, is pain free, is able to walk without support, and has not reported any new complaints.
Method used in our case simplifies and accelerates the screw removal process and provides guidance to any surgeon who faces a similar problem.
随着接受脊柱固定手术的患者数量增加,翻修手术的需求也在上升。翻修手术面临的困难主要在于取出多轴椎弓根螺钉,尤其是在没有所需器械的情况下。
一名55岁曾因D12骨折接受手术的患者因椎弓根螺钉松动导致植入物失败前来就诊。由于螺丝刀不匹配,甚至连帽螺钉都无法取出,因此没有可用的兼容器械来取出植入物。于是,我们不得不设计自己的方法来解决这个问题,并且成功做到了。目前,该患者在我们的定期随访中,无痛,能够独立行走,且未报告任何新的不适。
我们病例中使用的方法简化并加速了螺钉取出过程,并为任何面临类似问题的外科医生提供了指导。