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CC BY 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2024; 13(01): 073-075
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775735
Case Report

Rod Migration into the Posterior Cranial Fossa after C1–C2–C3–C4 Screw Fixation: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Igor Vadimovich Basankin
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Vladimir Alekseevich Porkhanov
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Abram Akopovich Giulzatyan 
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Pavel Borisovich Nesterenko
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Eduard Romanovich Khurshudyan
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Marina Igorevna Tomina
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Ivan Evgenievich Gritsaev
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Karapet Karapetovich Takhmazyan
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
,
Sergey Borisovich Malakhov
1   Research Institute Krasnodar Regional Hospital 1 after Prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Spinal Surgery Department N°3, Krasnodar, Russia
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Abstract

Screw loosening, avulsion, fracture, and rod migration are mechanical complications associated with dorsal fixation of the cervical spine. These usually occur in the late postoperative period and range from 2 to 5%. In this article, we describe a rare case of rod migration into the posterior cranial fossa 4 years after C1–C2–C3–C4 screw fixation in a patient with traumatic fracture of the C2 and C3 vertebrae.

Keywords

cervical spine - complication - neurosurgery - rod migration - screw fixation


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Article published online:
31 October 2023

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