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

Author:

Dorman John K1

Affiliation:

1. West Texas Neurosurgery, Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas

Abstract

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.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Surgery

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