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KMID : 0377619750290010063
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1975 Volume.29 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.65
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Treatment of Hangman´s Fracture of the Cervical Spine
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Hangman´s fracture has usually been treated by prolonged external immobilization. But recently a number of surgeon´s have been advocating the advantages of early interbody fusion for the treatment of cervical fracture-dislocations.
As far as treatment is concerned this method is still controversial on the indication of conservative versus surgical treatment.
This is a report of 3 cases of hangman´s fracture treated surgically; for one of them, internal splints was applied with methylmetacrylate; for two of them, anterior interbody fusions were performed.
Post-operative result was quite gratifying. Follow-up studies, up to one year, .demonstrated excellent outcome and absent neurological late sequelae.
We particularly believe early spinal fusion can reduce the period of immobili￢zation and hospitalization.
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