Salvage and reconstructive surgery for spinal deformity using Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation
Winter, R.B.; Denis, F.; Lonstein, J.E.; Dezen, E.
Spine 16(8 Suppl): S412-S417
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0362-2436 PMID: 1785097 Document Number: 368063
Sixty consecutive patients who underwent Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation as part of their reconstructive surgery (failure of previous surgery) were reviewed. The average follow-up was 3 years (range, 2-4.5 years). There were no deaths or major neurologic problems. Pseudarthrosis occurred in six patients, all of whom had long fusion to the sacrum; all six were successfully repaired. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation provides a far superior method of correction of deformity and internal fixation than that available previously.