Rod fracture after adult spinal deformity surgery is rarely just a metal problem. Is it the patient’s anatomy, sagittal correction, interbody strategy, final construct or something else?
A retrospective cohort study published in Global Spine Journal collected demographic, radiographic, and operative data from 140 adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients — all of whom were treated with posterior spine fusion surgery — between 2015 and 2023.
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