Vertebroplasty of the C2 Vertebral Body and Dens Using an Anterior Cervical Approach: Technical Case Report

Overview

Journal Neurosurgery

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2010 Aug 31

PMID 20802357

Citations 4

Authors

John K Dorman

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Abstract

Background And Importance: This article is the first description of an anterior approach for a biopsy and vertebroplasty of the C2 body and dens.

Clinical Presentation: 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.

Conclusion: This report describes the first vertebroplasty of C2 using an open anterior cervical approach.

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