Strategies for prevention of rod fracture in adult spinal deformity: cobalt chrome rod, accessory rod technique, and lateral lumbar interbody fusion.

CONCLUSIONS: Greater preoperative sagittal spinopelvic malalignment including preoperative PI-LL mismatch was the crucial risk factor for RF in LDK patients 65 years or older. For restoring and maintaining sagittal alignment, use of the cobalt chrome rod, accessory rod technique, or LLIF was shown to be effective for reducing RF in ASD surgery. PMID: 33607617 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33607617?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - February 19, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Lee KY, Lee JH, Kang KC, Im SK, Lim HS, Choi SW Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research