TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE IN A PATIENT WITH BEKHTEREV’S DISEASE
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2007.2.23-25
Abstract
A case of patient with Bekhterev’s disease who has got a closed trauma of the cervical spine involving C6 transverse fracture with anterior displacement and tilting of a vertebral body fragment, spinal cord compression and contusion, which caused severe tetraparesis. Surgical treatment included anterior spinal fusion with autograft and instrumentation and resulted in early mobilization and rehabilitation of the patient.
About the Authors
Igor Alekseyevich Norkin
Saratov Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Anatolyevich Chekhonatsky
Saratov Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Ninel
Saratov Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir Vladimirovich Ostrovsky
Saratov Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Review
For citations:
Norkin I.A., Chekhonatsky A.A., Ninel V.G., Ostrovsky V.V. TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE IN A PATIENT WITH BEKHTEREV’S DISEASE. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2007;(2):023-025. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2007.2.23-25
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