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Stepwise Retrieval of a Broken Pituitary Disc Rongeur

We report a case of a patient undergoing open microdiscectomy at L5-S1, wherein the distal tip of a pituitary rongeur became dislodged within the disc space. Complication management and avoidance of anterior advancement are paramount. A stepwise plan to retrieve the foreign body was entertained in a...

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Autores principales: Menger, Richard P, Lazzari, Zachary, Nanda, Anil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670698
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8561