Fracture of a sublaminar stainless steel cable in the upper cervical spine with neurological injury. Case report

Jerry Bob Blacklock

doi:10.3171/jns.1994.81.6.0932

Fracture of a sublaminar stainless steel cable in the upper cervical spine with neurological injury. Case report

Jerry Bob Blacklock

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Abstract

Sublaminar cables have been used to stabilize bone grafts for arthrodesis in the cervical spine in recent years. Previous accounts of their use have indicated no instances of breakage or neurological injury. This report is of a delayed cable fracture that resulted in penetration of the dura with neurological injury in a patient who had undergone atlantoaxial fusion for rheumatoid subluxation. The cable fracture occurred in the epidural space beneath the attempted arthrodesis and resulted in uncoiling of the cable, which penetrated the spinal canal and caused a one-sided sensory deficit.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	932-933
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	81
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1994.81.6.0932
State	Published - Jan 1 1994

Keywords

arthrodesis
complication
double-wire cable
spinal fusion

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Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience(all)

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