title: Surgical treatment of cervical unilateral locked facet in a 9-year-old boy: A case report.
abstract: Most of the cervical spine injuries in the pediatric population are typically seen in the upper cervical region. Unilateral cervical facet dislocation (UFD) in subaxial region is a rare injury in pediatric population. In this paper, a rare case of delayed locked UFD in a 9-year-old boy with rare injury mechanism treated surgically is reported. Clinical and radiological findings were described. The patient with C6-7 UFD without neurologic deficit was underwent open reduction and internal fixation via anterior and posterior combined approaches. Significant improvement of pain and free motion in cervical spine was obtained. There was no complication during the follow up. Only three case reports presented about the lower cervical spine injury with UFD under the age of 10 were found in the literature.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
authors: Mutlu
authors: M
authors: Cobanoglu
authors: Istanbul Spine Center at Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Meric
authors: M
authors: Enercan
authors: Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Sinan
authors: S
authors: Yilar
authors: Istanbul Spine Center at Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Azmi
authors: A
authors: Hamzaoglu
keywords: Cervical spine; surgical treatment; unilateral locked facet joint