Adjacent Segment Impingement: A New Type of Adjacent Segment Disease?: A Report of 3 Cases.

Kira F Skaggs Stephen Stephan Tiffany G Perry David L Skaggs

Published in: JBJS case connector (2022)

We recommend surgeons check to ensure spinal rods are not abutting adjacent level structures at the time of the initial implant while considering that adjacent levels may move closer to the rod during spine extension or twisting.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
quality improvement
mass spectrometry
soft tissue
spinal cord injury
thoracic surgery