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What are the risks of spinal instrumentation?
Spinal instrumentation carries a significant risk of nerve damage and paralysis. there is a risk of infection or an inflammatory reaction due to the presence of the foreign material in the body. the instrumentation may move or break.
What precautions are associated with spinal instrumentation?
Since the hooks and rods of spinal instrumentation are anchored in the bones of the back, spinal instrumentation should not be performed on people with serious osteoporosis. To overcome this limitation, techniques are being explored.
Why is spinal instrumentation performed?
Spinal instrumentation is used to treat instability and deformity of the spine. Such instability results in nerve damage, spinal deformities, and disabling pain. Spinal deformities may be caused by: birth defects.fractures.tumors.scoliosis.
What is an alternative to spinal instrumentation?
Not all patients require instrumentation with their spinal fusion. For some patients, a rigid external brace can provide the required rigidity to allow the bones to fuse.
What are the normal results of spinal instrumentation?
Many young people with scoliosis heal with significantly improved alignment of the spine. Results of spinal instrumentation done for other conditions vary widely.
What is Zeilke instrumentation?
types of spinal instrumentation. Zeilke instrumentation is similar to Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation, but is used to treat double curvature of the spine. It requires wearing a brace for many months after surgery.
What is Drummond instrumentation?
types of spinal instrumentation. Drummond instrumentation, also called Harri-Drummond instrumentation, uses a Harrington rod on the concave side of the spine and a Luque rod on the convex side.
What is Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation?
types of spinal instrumentation. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation uses hooks and rods in a cross-linked pattern to realign the spine and redistribute the biomechanical stress.
What is the purpose of spinal instrumentation?
Spinal instrumentation is a method of straightening and stabilizing the spine after spinal fusion, by surgically attaching hooks, rods, and wire to the spine in a way that redistributes the stresses on the bones and keeps them in proper alignment.
What happens in spinal instrumentation?
During the fusion operation, a set of rods, wires, or screws will be attached to the spine. This instrumentation allows the spine to be held in place while the bones fuse.
What is the Kaneda device?
types of spinal instrumentation. The Kaneda device is used to treat fractured thoracic or lumbar vertebrae when it is suspected that bone fragments are present in the spinal canal.
What are the risks with meningocele or myelomeningocele?
neural tissue damage, swelling, and infection into the spinal fluid and brain with an opening in the spinal column
