The patient underwent a anterior lumbar interbody fusion on l4/l5 due to reduction in disk space.It was reported that intra-op, the tip of screwdriver was very worn.The screws had however, been implanted.Subsequently, in a second surgical intervention, it was decided to remove the screw but it was not possible as the screwdriver was not suitable and the screw head was ruined which did not allow to extract the device.Patient complications were reported as the screws were not removed from the patient.
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