title: [Various technics of occipito-cervical fusion].
abstract: Indications for occipital-cervical fusion are destruction by tumor, pathological instability and certain fracture dislocations of this region. For palliative surgery we prefer a combined fusion with tension band wire and bone cement; in curative procedures a well fitting cortical bone graft fixed by a circumferential tension band wiring is used. For occipital anchoring we suggest an epidural course of wires through 2 bore holes, in order to cervically fix a circumferential wire around the posterior arch of the vertebra.
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Verschiedene Techniken der occipito-cervicalen Fusion.