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(a) Previous anterior view of lumbar spine. (b-c) Anterior and lateral views of lumbar spine, a three-level instrumentation without the anterior rod. (c-d) Anterior and lateral right hip views showing the rod migration.
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After ultrasonography and radiography, a foreign body was observed: Isola instrumentation from L2-L4 with rod material from lumbar spine which had migrated and produced pain (Figure 1).
(a-b) CT-scan reconstruction. (c) Rod closeness to the femoral vessels.
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A computerized angiotomography showed no rod contact with femoral vessels (Figure 2).
(a-c) Radioscopic rod pulled out. (d) Minimal anterior thigh approach. (e) Rod material removed.
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(a-b) Anterior and lateral spinal views with definitive instrumentation T-10 to iliac bone. (c-d) Lumbar X-ray views.
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