Anterior cervical fusion after traumatic dislocation of the cervical spine in childhood and adolescence.
5 patients aged 11-16 years with traumatic lesions of the cervical spine are reported. 4 patients were treated by operative ventral fusion with good results. Regarding the preoperative history of these 4 patients and the history of another 1 treated by conservative means, the authors tend to relatively early operative ventral fusion.
D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*