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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of this study was to evaluate single-level anterior cervical discectomy and stabilization for bilateral facet fracture dislocations using bone graft and anterior titanium plates with unicortical screw fixation in the clinical setting. We conducted a retrospective review during a consecutive 6-year period of patients treated in a single institution for traumatic single-level cervical bilateral facet fracture-dislocation. All fracture-dislocations that could be aligned with traction were subsequently stabilized using an anterior cervical discectomy with bone graft and titanium unicortical locking plates. All patients were examined after operation for radiographic evidence of healing and neurologic outcome. Twenty-two patients (M:F ratio, 16:6; average age, 47.7 years) underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and stabilization with either an allograft (n = 12) or an autograft (n = 10) and a titanium unicortical locking plate. Most patients had sustained a spinal cord injury (87%) or a radicular injury (9%). The average follow-up was 32 months, with a minimum follow-up of 1 year (range, 13 to 77 months). There was one instrumentation-related failure, but all 22 patients ultimately had evidence of stability at the instrumented level on the final follow-up examination. Anterior fixation with unicortical cervical locking plates as a single procedure offers an excellent surgical alternative in the management of many cervical bilateral facet fracture dislocations in patients who can be reduced preoperatively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
374-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The management of traumatic cervical bilateral facet fracture-dislocations with unicortical anterior plates.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article