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Odontoid fractures: conservative treatment and halo device in 6 young patients
G P Cantore1, A Raco, R Delfini
1Department of Neurological Sciences, La Sapienza, University Rome, Italy.
Zentralblatt Fur Neurochirurgie
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Six patients under the age of 40 with fractures of the odontoid process (4 with Anderson type III and 2 with type II) were treated conservatively by immobilization in a halo device for 14-16 weeks. The indications for surgical and conservative treatment are discussed. Follow-up from 1 to 4 years.