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Pseudoarthrosis of the spine is defined as the failure to produce solid bony fusion in the operated segment with continued motion and loading 1 year after surgery. This chapter describes the findings on bone SPECT/CT in a patient with persisting radiating pain to the legs 1 year after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) of the L5–S1 segment. Careful correlation of the bone SPECT uptake with CT findings suspicious of pseudoarthrosis needs to be performed.
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Van den Wyngaert, T. (2023). Postoperative Spine: Pseudoarthrosis. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_125
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