Application of Piezosurgery in Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion.
Orthop Surg
; 8(2): 257-9, 2016 May.
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| ID: mdl-27384737
ABSTRACT
Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) is frequently used to decompress the cervical spine; however, this procedure is risky when dealing with a hard disc or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Piezosurgery offers a useful tool for performing this procedure. In this article, we present a 50 years old man who had cervical spondylotic myelopathy with OPLL at the C 6 level and segmental stenosis of the cervical spinal canal. When removing the posterior wall of his C 6 vertebral body and OPLL, piezosurgery was used to selectively cut hard structures piece by piece without injuring delicate soft tissues like the nerve roots and spinal cord. Because there is no bleeding from the bone surface with piezosurgery, it provides a clean operative field.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spinal Cord Compression
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
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Decompression, Surgical
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Piezosurgery
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Orthop Surg
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China