Identifying Surgical Hardware Failure

Hardware failure | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org

implant discontinuity or deformity; implant displacement or migration; reduced intermodular distances suggesting wear. An early radiographic ...

Identifying Surgical Hardware Failure - PostGradDC

It is requisite that chiropractors carefully assess those patients for neurologic degradation, spinal instability, and hardware failure.

Orthopedic hardware in trauma – A guided tour for the radiologist ...

IDENTIFYING DEVICE FAILURE. As already stated, complications common to all devices include loosening, fracture, and migration. Loosening is ...

Failure of a Spinal Implant or Hardware can be treated successfully

Other indicators may include swelling, redness, or warmth around the surgical site. Neurological symptoms, such as numbness, tingling, or weakness, could also ...

When Surgical Hardware Fails, Who Is Liable?

When surgical hardware is defective, it can result in a wide range of injuries, from minor to life-threatening.

Symptomatic Hardware and Implant Removal - Trauma - Orthobullets

timing, nature and location of surgical treatment (obtain operative records) · peri-operative wound problems and infection · previous non- or ...

Orthopedic Hardware - UW Radiology - University of Washington

Indications for Operative Fixation. Closed methods have failed; Closed methods will probably fail; Displaced intraarticular fractures; Pathological fracture ...

Hardware considerations in infection and nonunion management

In addition to addressing the multiple different factors that often contribute to nonunion, surgeons are often forced to deal with difficult hardware issues at ...

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Hardware Failure in ...

Timing of hardware failure after surgery was highly variable, but 87% of failures occurred after initial hospitalization. Mechanical failures was attributed to ...

Various forms of hardware failure. Lucencies around screws (A) or ...

... identified on radiographs from publication: Successful fusion versus ... Surgical correction of paediatric spinal deformity is associated with risks ...

Complications of Hardware Removal - PubMed

Methods: We queried the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) de-identified database of Part II surgical case lists from 2013 through ...

Managing Broken Spinal Fusion Hardware Complications

Imaging Tests and Their Importance. Imaging tests play a key role in finding problems with spinal hardware. They provide a clear view of how ...

Hardware Removal: Surgeons Beware - OrthoBuzz

In the current issue of JBJS, Kellam et al. offer a comprehensive ... Obtaining de-identified case lists of all candidates who sat for ...

Clinical characteristics of patients with the hardware failure after ...

The secondary objective was to determine the differences between patients who underwent reoperation (the plate removal surgery group) and those ...

Orthopedic Hardware Failure and Shoulder Injury

Identifying information has been redacted or altered to protect case confidentiality. FOCUS. A damaged orthopedic anchor results in permanent ...

Hardware Failure in Spinal Tumor Surgery: A Hallmark of Longer ...

Hardware failure was defined as a loss of a construct stability due to a rod or screw breakage, mesh cage migration or screw pullout at the ...

Hardware failure following multilevel posterior percutaneous fixation ...

This study aims to determine the rate of ... Major failure was defined as revision surgery for rod breakage, failure of pedicle screws ...

Wound & Hardware Infection - Trauma - Orthobullets

extent of soft tissue injury · extent of bony injury · previous or current hardware · previous or current surgery at the same site · history of ...

Complications and Hardware Failure Following Synthetic...

Results: Forty-two patients were identified with an average age of 59 years (SD 14.9). ... Surgical complications occurred in 60% of cases (n=25) with wound ...

Hardware Failures in Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back ...

The most often encountered type of hardware failure was lead breakage or disruption of insulation (percutaneously placed Quad leads only) leading to short ...