[Atlantoaxial dislocation in spondylitis]

The paper summarizes the outcomes of surgical treatment in 6 patients with nonspecific and tuberculous spondylitis of the craniovertebral area. These patients underwent decompressively stabilizing operations that consists of two steps: at first occipitospondylodesis was performed with a wire and protacryl then via transpharyngeal access with sanitation of the abscess cavity, by removing necrotic tissues--a saving resection of bony tissue sites within the healthy tissues, anterior stabilization of an affected part with an osseous autograft. The above procedure of surgical treatment along with bactericidal therapy yielded positive results by recovering spinal cord function, by forming a bony unit at the site of spinal inflammatory lesion.