Pedicle screw position changing policy for nerve injury problems during screw insertion on thoracolumbar compression fractures

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• 作者：Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim^a ; ^{rahyussalim71@ui.ac.id" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; ^{rahyussalim@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ifran Saleh^a ; M. Fajrin Armin^a ; Tri Kurniawati^b ; Ahmad Yanuar Safri^c
• 关键词：Pedicle screw placement ; Nerve injury ; Intra operative monitoring ; SSEP
• 刊名：International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：28
• 期：Complete
• 页码：155-160
• 全文大小：2360 K

文摘

Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) had important role related to the complications in spinal surgery. Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Transcranial electric Muscle Evoked Potentials (tceMEPs), and free run EMG are parameters used to asses functional integrity of the nervous system during surgical procedures. Once warning signal was recognized, surgeon have to make a precise decision to overcome that problem.

Presentation of case

We present a 47-year old male with back pain due to compression fracture of thoracic vertebra T12 and lumbar vertebrae L1. While stabilizing through the posterior approach on the T11 and 12 as well as L2 and L3, the SSEP monitor showed 50% reduction in the waveform as the pedicle screw was inserted at the left side of T12. The instrumentation was changed into vertebra thoracal T10, T11, and vertebrae lumbar L2, L3. The SSEP normalized and post operatively pain decreased. After surgery there was no neurological deficit.

Discussion

Acute trauma as a result of spine instrumentation may provoke significant edema, with mass effect causing neurophysiological dysfunction. Administration of intravenous steroid would do at this stage, followed by constant infusion for following 24–48 h, may help ameliorating the mass effect and improving the neurologic outcome. Alternatively, immediate pedicle screw changing policy showed absolute recovery of nerve injury.

Conclusion

Insertion of pedicle screw in spinal surgery has a risk of complication that could be treated by pedicle screw changing policy.