title: Vertebroplasty of the C2 vertebral body and dens using an anterior cervical approach: technical case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article is the first description of an anterior approach for a biopsy and vertebroplasty of the C2 body and dens.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 52-year-old woman presented with a 9-month history of neck pain and a destructive lesion of the dens. The patient was treated with pain medication as well as steroid injections without relief of her pain. A biopsy and vertebroplasty of the C2 body and dens was performed using an anterior cervical approach.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report describes the first vertebroplasty of C2 using an open anterior cervical approach.
authors.affiliation: West Texas Neurosurgery, Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas, USA. ohnkdorman@mac.com
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Dorman
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements