%0 Journal Article
%T Late implant migration with neurologic compromise as a complication of scoliosis surgery
%A Jacinto Monteiro
%A Joaquim Soares do Brito
%A Pedro Fernandes
%J Archive of "AME Case Reports".
%D 2019
%R 10.21037/acr.2019.01.01
%X Late neurological deficit following scoliosis surgery is a rare event and any change in the patient¡¯s neurological status deserves immediate attention. We report on two clinical cases (at 2 and 6 years of follow-up) where two different types of proximal instrumentation resulted in lateral drift into the spinal canal causing cord compression with neurological deficit. Late neurological compromise in a posterior spinal-fusion setting deserves a prompt and complete spine investigative search for non-union, infection, or implant migration into the spinal canal
%K Scoliosis
%K complications
%K late paralysis
%K infection
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378267/