Intradural migration of cervical posterior fixation rods.

Eur Spine J

Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK.

Published: May 2016

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.

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