A traumatic, high-energy and unstable fracture of the C5 vertebra managed with kyphoplasty: a previously unreported case
[摘要] OpenimageinnewwindowUnstablecervicalfracturescommonlyrequirefusionsurgery.Wepresentacaseofanunstablecervicalfracture(AOclassificationA2.2)affectingthefifthcervicalvertebrawhichwasmanagedbykyphoplastytoachieveapain-free,functionalandstableoutcome.Thedecisiontoundertakeakyphoplastyprocedurewasmadeinthehopeofpreservingmotionandlimitingthedegreeoffutureadjacentsegmentdisease.Webelievethistobethefirstcaseoftheuseofkyphoplastytobepublishedintheliteratureinrelationtoatraumaticcervicalfracture.Additionally,atone-yearfollow-upthepatientreportsnopain,anearfullrangeofmotioninthecervicalspineandnoneurologicaldeficit...
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[效力级别] [学科分类] 骨科学
[关键词] Kyphoplasty ;Fracture ;Cervical spine ;Minimally invasive ;Stability [时效性]
