Anterior Retropharyngeal Cage Distraction and Fixation for Basilar Invagination: “The Wedge Technique”

Objective Surgery is indicated for basilar invagination (BI) in symptomatic patients. In many patients, symptoms and signs occur due to an upward-migrated and malaligned odontoid with fixed or mobile atlantoaxial instability. Posterior distraction and fixation of the atlantoaxial joints has evolved...

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Published in:	Neurospine
Main Author:	Sushil Patkar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2019-06-01
Subjects:	Basilar invagination Atlantoaxial dislocation Craniovertebral anomaly Atlantoaxial fixation Vertebral artery injury Facetal realignment
Online Access:	http://www.e-neurospine.org/upload/pdf/ns-1938172-086.pdf