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Table 3 Patients with rod failures

From: Analysis of instrumentation failures after three column osteotomies of the spine

Patient no.

Symptoms

Intervention

Outcome

Patient 5

Increasing back pain

Replacement of rod and use of lateral connectors

Iliac crest bone graft

Fusion at the nonunion site

Patient 11

Increasing back pain

Rod replacement

Use of BMP

Follow up less than 1 year

No implant failure noted

Patient 14

Worsening posture

Increasing back pain

Rod replacement

Use of BMP

Fusion at the nonunion site

Patient 19

Worsening standing balance

Back discomfort and muscle fatigue

Replacement of rod with lateral connectors

Use of BMP

Fusion at the nonunion site

Patient 20

Asymptomatic

None

Patient 21

Increasing back pain

Rod replacement

Iliac crest bone graft

Follow-up less than 1 year

No implant failure noted

Patient 25

Asymptomatic

None