Management of Type II Odontoid Fractures OBAV: About A Series of 5 Cases and Literature Review

doi:10.15344/2456-4443/2018/130

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International Journal of Surgery & Surgical Procedures Volume 3 (2018), Article ID 3:IJSSP-130, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2018/130

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Management of Type II Odontoid Fractures OBAV: About A Series of 5 Cases and Literature Review

Noukhoum Koné^1*, Aderehim Haidara², Marialaura Giamundo³ and Angelo Rusconi⁴

¹Department of neurosurgery, Kiffa Hospital Center, Mailbox 4509 Kiffa, Mauritania
²Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center of Bouaké, 01 Mailbox 1174 Bouaké Ivory Coast
³Neurocenter of Italian Switzerland, Civic Hospital of Lugano, Via Tesserete 46; 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
⁴Department of Orthopedics, Spinal Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Residential School Road 2; 1700 Friborg, Switzerland

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Noukhoum Koné, Department of neurosurgery, Kiffa Hospital Center, Mailbox 4509 Kiffa, Mauritania, Tel: (00222) 34084244; E-mail: colo10fr@hotmail.com

Received: 02 December 2017; Accepted: 13 February 2018; Published: 15 February 2018

Citation: Koné N, Haidara A, Giamundo M, Rusconi A (2018) Management of Type II Odontoid Fractures OBAV: About A Series of 5 Cases and Literature Review. Int J Surg Surgical Porced 3: 130. https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2018/130

Copyright: © 2018 Koné et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Through this single-center consecutive prospective study, we evaluated the results of 2 posteriors C1/ C2 constructs procedure for Type II odontoid fractures OBAV. 5 adult patients were succefully treated by Harms's technique and a novel C1 lateral mass/C2 laminar hooks procedure in posterior approach for Type II odontoid fractures OBAV.

The mean follow-up was 10 months. All patients were male. The mean age was 49.2 years. Bony fusion and clinical outcome were favorables in all cases.

No neural or vascular damage related to theses techniques have been observed. Surgeons might consider theses differents approachs techniques before realizing a treatment.

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