Acute Implant-related Complications in Pediatric Cervical Spine Fusion
O’Neill N, Hresko MT, Emans JB, Glotzbecker MP, Verhofste BP, Karlin LI, Proctor MR, Hedequist DJ. Acute Implant-related Complications in Pediatric Cervical Spine Fusion. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2019, 40: e662-e666. PMID: 31743291, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000001471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplant-related complicationsCervical fusionInstrumented cervical fusionsMonths of surgeryDay of surgeryCervical spine fusionLateral mass screwsComputed tomography (CT) imagingLate surgeryRetrospective reviewCase seriesMedian timeOverall incidenceSurgical revisionImplant complicationsSyndromic diagnosisDifferent etiologiesScrew protrusionSpine fusionCervical instrumentationIntraoperative useComplicationsLoeys-DietzAnterior plateAverage age