Chapter 44 · Spinal Cord (3)

The metal rods were connected to the screws on both sides.

The collapsed alignment was not pulled strongly all at once, but corrected little by little in several stages.

Overcorrecting could apply tension to the nerves again.

On the C-arm image, the spinal alignment was restored.

Yeom Dong-gu asked.

“Wouldn't it be better to put bone cement into the L1 vertebral body?”

“Bone cement is dangerous. Using screws as we are now is better.”

“The vertebral body is severely shattered.”

“This is a patient whose posterior wall was broken and bone fragments entered the spinal canal.”

Choi Moo-gyeol finally fixed the screws and rods.

“If we put bone cement in this state, the cement that leaks out could compress the nerves again.”

The spinal alignment built up with patience.

After a long surgery, all the screws were now seated within the pedicles.

None had invaded the spinal canal.

The neuromonitoring…