IMMEDIATE COMPLICATIONS OF COTREL-DUBOUSSET INSTRUMENTATION TO THE SACRO-PELVIS - A CLINICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL STUDY
IMMEDIATE COMPLICATIONS OF COTREL-DUBOUSSET INSTRUMENTATION TO THE SACRO-PELVIS - A CLINICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL STUDY
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DOI:
10.1097/00007632-199009000-00018
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发表时间:
1990-09-01
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
ROACH, J
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作者:
CAMP, JF;CAUDLE, R;ROACH, J
The authors reviewed the early complications in all patients fused to the sacro-pelvis using Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. Sixteen patients were studied with an average follow-up of 13 months. Three methods of sacro-pelvis fixation were evaluated: iliosacral screws, sacral screws, and a technique whereby the caudle ends of the Cotrel-Dubousset rods were fashioned and inserted into the posterior iliac crest using the Galveston technique. Seven of the 16 sets of sacral screws (44%) failed during and after surgery. Two of the 7 sets of iliosacral screws failed postoperatively (28%). No failures occurred in the 8 sets of Cotrel-Dubousset rods placed with the Galveston technique. Seven of the nine medical complications observed (77%) occurred in the sacral screw group. Using calf spines, a biomechanical evaluation of each system was undertaken to determine strength of fixation. Each system was failed in flexion 3 times. The sacral screws were the weakest, pulling directly out of the sacrum at 40 NM. Cotrel-Dubousset rods inserted with the Galveston technique were the strongest, experiencing rod deformities before flexion failure at 70 NM. Iliosacral screws were of intermediate strength failing by rotation on the axis of the screws or pulling directly out of the ilium at 55 NM. The authors conclude that using Cotrel-Dubousset rods inserted with the Galveston techniques was the strongest and safest method of sacro-pelvis fixation of the three tested