Treatment of inferior cervical injuries by anterior cervical approach
- Author:
Trung Quang Ha
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
inferior cervical injury
- MeSH:
Neck Pain;
Neck Injuries;
Therapeutics
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):59-62
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Six patients were operated on with Robinson Technique-Lesions are the following: disruption of cervical spine: 4 disruption associated with fracture of the vertebral body:2 Association with disc herniation: 2. Results: complete or nearly complete neurological recovery: 3. No improvement: 3. - Mortality: 0. Advantages of the technique. 1. Compression fragments, disc at the anterior part of the spinal cord demonstrated by CT scanner or MRI, can be removed. 2. Immobilisation by plates and screws at the vertebral bodies is stable, enabling early rehabilitation. 3. Good reduction and stabilisation.
