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. 2013 Nov;22 Suppl 6(Suppl 6):S965-71.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-3019-7. Epub 2013 Sep 21.

Complications in minimally invasive percutaneous fixation of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures and tumors

Alessandro Gasbarrini  1 , Michele Cappuccio, Simone Colangeli, Maria Dolores Posadas, Riccardo Ghermandi, Luca Amendola
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Complications in minimally invasive percutaneous fixation of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures and tumors

Alessandro Gasbarrini et al. Eur Spine J. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: We propose to evaluate the complication rate in minimally invasive stabilization (MIS) for spine fractures and tumors, as a common alternative to open fusion and conservative treatment.

Methods: From 2000 to 2010, 187 patients were treated by minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in 133 traumatic fractures and 54 primitive and/or secondary spine tumors. Complications were classified, according to the period of onset as intraoperative and postoperative, and according to the severity, as major and minor.

Results: A total of 15 complications (8 %) were recorded: 5 intraoperative (3 %), 6 early postoperative (3 %) and 4 late postoperative (2 %); 6 were minor complications (3 %) and 9 were major complications (5 %).

Conclusions: Minimally invasive stabilization of selected spine pathologies appears to be a safe technique with low complication rate and high patient satisfaction. MIS reduces hospitalization and allows a fast functional recovery improving the quality of life.

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Mono-level percutaneous fixation in traumatic fracture
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Mono-level percutaneous fixation in a plasmocytoma case
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MIS fixation in a T10 pathological fracture for plasmocytoma. a Preoperative CT scan; b postoperative sagittal CT scan; c CT scan control after 4 months of follow-up showing loosening of distal screws
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CT scan control of the case reported in Fig. 3 performed after a new fixation
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