Open AccessFibular allograft and anterior plating for dislocations/fractures of the cervical spine
Author(s) -
Anupa Ramnarain,
S. Govender
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.38587
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , fixation (population genetics) , magnetic resonance imaging , nonunion , neck pain , spinal fusion , cervical spine , radiology , population , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology
Subaxial cervical spine dislocations are common and often present with neurological deficit. Posterior spinal fusion has been the gold standard in the past. Pain and neck stiffness are often the presenting features and may be due to failure of fixation and extension of fusion mass. Anterior spinal fusion which is relatively atraumatic is thus favored using autogenous grafts and cages with anterior plate fixation. We evaluated fresh frozen fibular allografts and anterior plate fixation for anterior fusion in cervical trauma.