VERTICAL FRACTURE OF C2 DENS
Abstract
Fracture of C2 dens in a close to vertical plane is rare because of peculiar mechanisms causing such injury. Its diagnosis demands clinical, plain radiographic and CT examinations. Frontal and sagittal instability in the atlantoaxial junction is caused by dislocation of dens fragment. Fixation and moderate traction along a spine long axis with a halo-apparatus provide an effective treatment of such fracture.
About the Authors
Viktor Viktorovich Rerikh
Novisibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey Vladimirovich Zherebtsov
Novisibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Rerikh V.V., Zherebtsov S.V. VERTICAL FRACTURE OF C2 DENS. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2004;(1):93-96. (In Russ.)
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