The "sandwich phenomenon": A rare complication in adjacent, double-level X-stop surgery: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Barbagallo, Giuseppe M V ^a   Corbino, Leonardo A ^a   Olindo, Giuseppe ^a   Foti, Pietro ^a   Albanese, Vincenzo ^a   Signorelli, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication; Distractor; Inerspinous device; Lumbar stenosis; Sandwich phenomenon; X Stop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SANDWICH PHENOMENON; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 76449112617     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c83820     Document Type: Article

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