SURGICAL TREATMENT OF UNSTABLE CERVICAL SPINE WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL FIXATION METHODS
- VernacularTitle:各种内固定在颈椎不稳症外科治疗中的应用
- Author:
Jingfa LIU
;
Qingshui YIN
;
Hong XIA
;
Al ET
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
joint instability;
internal fixators;
orthopedic procedures
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1981;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
53cases of patients were treated a variety of internal fixation apparatuses, including the occipito-cervical CD (OCCD), the Cervifix, Apofix, Orion or AO cervical plates and screws, and were followed-up for 6 to 23 months (average 12 months). Good osteal fusion was obtained in 52 cases of patients after the internal fixation. Absorption of grafted bone was observed in one patient who had the atla-axis fusion with the Apofix fixation. Secondary operation of decompression was done in one patient who had the occipito-cervical fusion with the fixation of OCCD without removal of the postenor arch of the atlas. According to the JOA criterion for spinal function, the improvement rates were 14.3% to 100% (average 80%).
