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526122

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
Fracture of the distraction rod is one of the complications following operative treatment of scoliosis by the device of Harrington. It is reported to occur in about 7% of cases. We found this complication twice in our own number of 41 patients during a follow up period of 1 to 4 years. The rods had broken 18 and 23 months after operation, but we never saw a breakage in the 1st postoperative year during the time of cast fixation. The fracture surfaces of each rod were examined under the scanning electron microscope. In one case a fatigue fracture with two beginnings at the opposite sides of the rod was found in combination with a forced fracture in the middle. The number of alterations of load from the beginning of the fracture to the complete breakage was about 10,000. The X-ray showed a loss of correction in the curve of 20 degrees with a pseudoarthrosis visible in the fusion. In the other case a typical pure fatigue fracture was seen 23 months after the operation with 18,000 alterations of load. The X-ray showed only a slight loss of correction of less than 5 degrees and no pseudoarthrosis was visable, neither in the X-ray nor in the operative exploration of the fusion. The breakage of the distraction rod results not only from a pseudoarthrosis but also from other explained facts of the procedure. Further treatment depends on a proven pseudoarthrosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0344-8444
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Damage analysis of the Harrington rod fracture after scoliosis operation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports