Posterior Sublaminar Wiring and/or Transarticular Screw Fixation for Reducible Atlantoaxial Instability Secondary to Symptomatic Os Odontoideum: A Neglected Technique?
Conclusions: PSLW and/or TASF provided satisfactory clinical and radiological outcomes in reducible AAI secondary to os odontoideum without significant neurological complications. Our results suggest that PSLW and/or TASF can be considered a viable surgical option over segmental fixation in highly selected cases of os odontoideum with reducible AAI.
PMID: 30518199 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research
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