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Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks

The porous property of tantalum metal coupled with its high frictional surface and biocompatibility has made it an ideal biomaterial to facilitate bony fusion. This biomaterial is not unfamiliar to surgeons as it has been utilized with good clinical outcomes in arthroplasty. The usage of tantalum ca...

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Autores principales: Ng, Bing Wui, Baharuddin, Azmi, Tan, Jin Aun, Muhamad Ariffin, Mohd Hisam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530865
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23794
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author Ng, Bing Wui
Baharuddin, Azmi
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Muhamad Ariffin, Mohd Hisam
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description The porous property of tantalum metal coupled with its high frictional surface and biocompatibility has made it an ideal biomaterial to facilitate bony fusion. This biomaterial is not unfamiliar to surgeons as it has been utilized with good clinical outcomes in arthroplasty. The usage of tantalum cages in spine surgery has gained traction. Complications resulting from the use of tantalum cage in lumbar fusion surgery were rarely reported. Here the authors would present a case of revision spinal surgery where the tantalum cage underwent migration from the previous posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. We further discuss ways to prevent such complications, precautions, tips, and tricks that could help other surgeons while dealing with this complication.
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spelling pubmed-90673542022-05-05 Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks Ng, Bing Wui Baharuddin, Azmi Tan, Jin Aun Muhamad Ariffin, Mohd Hisam Cureus Pain Management The porous property of tantalum metal coupled with its high frictional surface and biocompatibility has made it an ideal biomaterial to facilitate bony fusion. This biomaterial is not unfamiliar to surgeons as it has been utilized with good clinical outcomes in arthroplasty. The usage of tantalum cages in spine surgery has gained traction. Complications resulting from the use of tantalum cage in lumbar fusion surgery were rarely reported. Here the authors would present a case of revision spinal surgery where the tantalum cage underwent migration from the previous posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. We further discuss ways to prevent such complications, precautions, tips, and tricks that could help other surgeons while dealing with this complication. Cureus 2022-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9067354/ /pubmed/35530865 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23794 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ng et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ng, Bing Wui
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Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks
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title_full Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks
title_fullStr Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks
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title_short Revision Spinal Surgery for Posterior Migration of Tantalum Cage: Tips and Tricks
title_sort revision spinal surgery for posterior migration of tantalum cage: tips and tricks
topic Pain Management
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067354/
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