Tornillos expansivosUn recurso en la artrodesis lumbosacra

  1. Valverde García, José Antonio
  2. Alvarez Ramos, A.
  3. García Alonso, Manuel Francisco
Aldizkaria:
Revista española de cirugía osteoarticular

ISSN: 0304-5056

Argitalpen urtea: 2001

Alea: 36

Zenbakia: 205

Orrialdeak: 19-22

Mota: Artikulua

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Revista española de cirugía osteoarticular

Laburpena

In recent years numerous pedicular fixation systems have appeared, revolutionizing the technique. In 1991, the OMEGA-21 system was designed to allow the use of expansive screws in lumbosacral arthrodesis: one burst fracture, one pathologic fracture in an osteoporotic spine, one revision surgery of a vertebral fracture and one disassembly of a pedicular fixation system. In total, 11 expansive screws were placed, one of them appearing broken 15 months after implantation. Expansive screws allows the use of pedicular fixation in special situations, having two precise indications: severe osteoporosis and revision surgery.