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Open Access 01-12-2022 | Decubitus Ulcer | Case report

Oral extrusion of a vertebral body replacement device after chordoma tumor growth and radiation: case report and review

Authors: Raquel Gutiérrez-González, Álvaro Zamarrón, Celia Ortega, Frank Hamre, Teresa Kalantari, Gregorio Rodríguez-Boto

Published in: BMC Surgery | Issue 1/2022

Abstract

Background

Screw migration following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a very rare complication and it is often related to device failure. Even more exceptional is the extrusion of an intervertebral graft.

Case presentation

We report the second case of migration and extrusion through the oral cavity of a cervical vertebral body replacement device (expandable cylinder) in a patient that had undergone cervical corpectomy due to a vertebral chordoma.

Conclusion

The antecedent of radiation therapy as well as progressive tumor re-growth may have favored the development of this complication. A literature review is added.

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Title: Oral extrusion of a vertebral body replacement device after chordoma tumor growth and radiation: case report and review
Authors: Raquel Gutiérrez-González
Álvaro Zamarrón
Celia Ortega
Frank Hamre
Teresa Kalantari
Gregorio Rodríguez-Boto
Publication date: 01-12-2022
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Decubitus Ulcer
Cough
Decubitus Ulcer
Cough
Cough
Dysphagia
Dysphagia
Dysphagia
Published in: BMC Surgery / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2482
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-022-01481-7

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Oral extrusion of a vertebral body replacement device after chordoma tumor growth and radiation: case report and review

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