Delayed Infection of Occipitocervical Fixation in a Patient with Achondroplasia: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Milad Shafizadeh; Ehsan Fattahi; Sabra Rostamkhani; Mohsen Rostami; Alireza Khoshnevisan

doi:10.31661/gmj.v9i0.1906

Delayed Infection of Occipitocervical Fixation in a Patient with Achondroplasia: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Galen Med J. 2020 Jun 15:9:e1906. doi: 10.31661/gmj.v9i0.1906. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Milad Shafizadeh¹, Ehsan Fattahi², Sabra Rostamkhani³, Mohsen Rostami^{1

3}, Alireza Khoshnevisan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
³ Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Background: Infections are a major concern in fixation surgeries. Most of the infections could occur in the first three months after the operation.

Case report: We present a 45-year-old man who known case of achondroplasia who underwent craniospinal fixation and was presented to our clinic with surgical site infection after six years. His instruments were removed, and a halo vest was fixed for the patients. Accordingly, he received intravenous antibiotics, and during nine months' follow-up, no any significant problems were found.

Conclusion: Infection of instruments in spinal surgeries might be presented years after the surgery. Hence, it needs to be considered by surgeons in patients' follow-ups.

Keywords: Achondroplasia; Craniocervical; Surgical Infection.

Publication types

Case Reports