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7711373

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Severe kyphosis is a frequent complication of multiple laminectomies for the treatment of intraspinal tumors in growing children. Early Segmental Spinal Instrumentation (SSI) and posterior spinal fusion can prevent this complication, but because of ferromagnetic properties of conventional stainless steel implants, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed to determine completeness of the resection and later for recurrence of the tumor becomes difficult. To overcome the problems with postoperative imaging, we have resorted to early stabilization of the spine following laminectomy with titanium alloy implants. The decreased ferromagnetic properties of titanium alloy result in less scatter distortion of the image, thus permitting a better follow-up of the tumor. This paper reports five consecutive patients with stabilization of the spine with titanium alloy implants and posterior spinal fusion done at the time of laminectomy. The use of titanium alloy implants in these patients allowed detailed MRI follow-up in all cases, and in two patients offered the surgical team information that altered or affected the patient's care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The use of MRI-compatible titanium segmental spinal instrumentation in pediatric patients with intraspinal tumor.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article