Reconstruction of the atlas and axia with wire and acrylic after metastatic destruction. Case report.
The authors describe a method of C1-2 reconstruction by means of wires and acrylic in a patient with metastatic destruction from carcinoma of the rectum. A huge upper cervical tumor together with involved bone had been removed at an earlier operation.
D000179:Acrylates; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000601:surgery*; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
D000179:Acrylates