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A new method of occipitocervical fusion using internal fixation
G A Flint1, A D Hockley, J J McMillan
1Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England.
Neurosurgery
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
We describe a method for decompression and fusion of the occipitocervical junction in cases of atlantoaxial subluxation. Use of an implanted steel rectangle provides immediate rigid internal fixation, permitting early mobilization with minimal external support.