[Surgically stabilizing "complex therapy" of unstable injury of the lower cervical spine]

Numerous assessments of the stability of screws within the cervical vertebral bodies after strong mechanical loading showed that spondylodesis can be considered as a stable fixation whether it is performed as a ventral, dorsal of combined procedure. Luxation fractures of the cervical spine, however, often do not only show lesions of the osteo-ligamentary structures, but are also accompanied by lesions of the spinal marrow. In addition to surgical measures, the self-destructing fermentative processes occurring in the mechanically injured spinal marrow have to be and can be eliminated or at least reduced by chemotherapy. The immediate simultaneous chemotherapeutic and surgical treatment is presented as "complex therapy" and recommended because of its good results.