Late Infection from Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion after Twenty YearsLate Infection from Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion after Twenty Years
- Other Titles
- Late Infection from Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion after Twenty Years
- Authors
- 진성원; 김세훈; 최종일; 하성곤; 임동준
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- 대한척추신경외과학회
- Keywords
- Infection; Late complication; Late infection
- Citation
- Neurospine, v.11, no.1, pp.22 - 24
- Indexed
- KCI
OTHER
- Journal Title
- Neurospine
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 22
- End Page
- 24
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/100405
- DOI
- 11.14245/kjs.2014.11.1.22
- ISSN
- 2586-6583
- Abstract
- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been performed for degenerative and traumatic cervical diseases to improve pain and neurologic symptoms including sensory change and motor weakness. Infection, however, is a rare complication of ACDF, and late infection is even much rarer. We present a case of late Infection from ACDF C4-5 using Biocompatible Osteoconductive Polymer (BOP) after twenty years in the absence of an esophageal perforation, Zenker’s diverticulum, or recent surgery or bacteremia. Late infection from ACDF after 20 years is extremely rare in the literature. However, possibility of such a late complication should be appreciated during the follow-up period and surgical resection will be required for proper treatment.
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