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[Fracture of the odontoid process in primary myelopathy. Report of a case]
P Mewe1, E van Frank, J C Ward
1Klinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Unfallchirurgie
|May 9, 1998
Abstract:
Fractures of the odontoid are reported to contribute in 15% to cervical spine fractures. The clinical findings range between no symptoms at all and sudden death. Neurological deficits are seen in 6 to 25% of these patients. The overall mortality in this group is 3 to 8%. Fractures of the odontoid process combined with primary myelopathy has been reported seldom. We describe a traumatic fracture of the odontoid process with primary myelopathy, the chosen therapy and the follow-up.
