• Dong-Ju Yun, Byeong-Wook Hwang, Hyeong-Seok Oh, Jin-Sung Kim, Sang-Hyeop Jeon, and Sang-Ho Lee.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Health Wooridul Hospital, Busan, Korea.
• World Neurosurg. 2016 Nov 1; 95: 618.e13-618.e20.

BackgroundPercutaneous vertebral augmentation with cement is used as a salvage procedure for failed instrumentation. Few studies have reported the use of this procedure for failed anterior lumbar fusion in elderly patients with osteoporosis and other complicated diseases who have undergone a previous major operation.MethodsBetween January 2007 and December 2015, the clinical and radiographic results of 8 patients with osteoporosis who showed subsidence and migration of the implant after an initial operation were examined. After the development of implant failure, the patients underwent vertebral augmentation with polymethyl methacrylate.ResultsMean patient age was 73.4 years (range, 67-78 years), and mean bone mineral density was -2.96 (range, -2.1 to -3.8). The mean radiologic follow-up period between augmentation and the last follow-up examination was 16 months (range, 3-38 months). Although the subjective clinical outcome was not satisfying to the patients, no loss of correction, fractures, or screw loosening occurred during the follow-up period.ConclusionsThe injection of cement around the instrument might help to stabilize it by providing strength to the axis and preventing further loosening. This salvage procedure could be an alternative in the management of cases with failed interbody fusion.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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