It was reported that patient underwent th9-s2ai, l2/3, l3/4, l4/5, l5/s1 posterior lumbar interbody fusion using spinal instrumentation.Post-op, rod breakage and corrosion due to metallosis were observed.Revision surgery was performed for fixation because the left side rod broke between l5/s1 and a rod deviated.After surgery at th9-s2ai, fixation was performed at l3-s1 and reinforcement was conducted at the inside of l3-s1 using a rod (it was connected with mrc).The broken rod was removed.It was reinforced using a rod inside the part where rod breakage occurred.
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