One Year Experience with the use of a New Expendable Cage and Large Endplates for Thoracolumbar Vertebral Body Replacement

Abstract

Introduction: Subsidence is the most common complication following thoracolumbar vertebral body replacement (VBR) with expandable cages. Implants with large endplates are now being used in order to reduce the rate of subsidence. However, these require more elaborate preparations of the vertebral endplates, which may lead to higher surgical morbidity. Herein we present the 30-Day morbidity results following VBR with these devices.