When spinal instrumentation revision is not an option: Salvage vertebral augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate for mechanical complications: A systematic review

Intoduction: Mechanical complications from spinal fusion including implant loosening or junctional failure result in poor outcomes, particularly in osteoporotic patients. While the use of percutaneous vertebral augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been studied for augmentation of junc...

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Main Authors: Derek T. Cawley, Kiran Divani, Roozbeh Shafafy, Aiden Devitt, Sean Molloy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Brain and Spine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772529423000140