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Cervical pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed flexion deformities
Safdar N Khan1, Brian Braaksma, Howard S An
1Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. safdar.khan@osumc.edu
Orthopedics
|June 14, 2012
Abstract:
Flexion deformities of the cervical spine are multiplanar surgical challenges. This article describes a technical modification during the osteotomy that protects the cervical cord and exiting nerve roots while removing the maximal amount of bone for the osteotomy in the safest fashion.

