Sub-axial cervical spine injuries: Modified Stellerman’s algorithm | Zendy

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Sub-axial cervical spine injuries: Modified Stellerman’s algorithm

Author(s) -

Arjun Shetty,

Abhishek Kini,

Deepak Muthappa

Publication year - 2011

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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.80046

Subject(s) - medicine , corpectomy , decompression , surgery , cervical collar , facetectomy , reduction (mathematics) , fixation (population genetics) , radiological weapon , algorithm , cervical spine , laminectomy , spinal cord , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , psychiatry , computer science

Global fusion is recommended in sub-axial cervical spine injuries with retrolisthesis, translation rotation injuries associated with end plate or tear drop fractures. We propose a modification of Stellerman's algorithm which we have used where in patients are primarily treated via anterior decompression and fixation. Global fusion was done only in cases where post-decompression traction does not achieve reduction in cases with locked facets.

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