title: Treatment of irreducible bilateral cervical facet fracture-dislocation with a prolapsed disc using a prefixed polyetheretherketone cage and plate system.
abstract: When anterior reduction fail in the surgical treatment of cervical bilateral facet fracture-dislocation with concomitant disc extrusion, it is necessary to perform a reduction using a posterior approach and then a third anterior procedure is often necessary to accomplish the anterior reconstruction. This presents difficulties for both patients and surgeons because of the need for frequent position changes (supine-prone-supine). The purpose of this study is to illustrate a modified surgical technique, which is anterior reduction and fixation with a prefixed polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage to a buttress plate for the treatment of irreducible bilateral cervical facet fracture-dislocation with a prolapsed disc is an enhancing technique for the stability of the interbody graft than a buttress plate alone because the PEEK cage has more fixation power and reduces both the number of position changes and the length of the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kwang-Bok
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Anterior reduction; Cage; Fracture dislocation