Trauma Flashcards
Occipital condyle
Type I
II
III stable intact alar ligament
Rigid collar
OCD
Fusion
C0-c2
Atlas fx
Stable type I II III ( intact transverse ligament )
Halo
I juried TL ; ADI >3 ; sum lateral mass >8
Fusion c1-2
Odontoid fx
Type I III hard collar
III no risk of nonunion young pt halo
Surgical c1-2 fusion
Axis spondylolisthesis
Type I rigid collar Type II (3-5) type IIA halo
Surgery of II >5 , III
Subaxial
Facet dislocation surgery
Lateral mass post decompression two level fusion
Compression 11 angulation 25%loss , unstable burst fx , unstable tear drop ; corpectomy strut graft fusion instrumentation
THROCLUMBER
TLSO :
Burst ; <30 kyphosis, <50 lost height , intact PLC NO CNS SX
Chance : bony , intact plc
Compression: majoirty of pt , PLC
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Updated :
Surgery for neurological deficit + sagittal instability
Sagittal instability ;
1- PLC injured
2- laminae fx
3- progressive kyphosis on flexion extension view
RA C spine
AA sulblaxtion : AADI > 10 / SAC <14 surgery
Basilar invagination: Ranawat < 13 impaction
Cervicomedulary <135 MRI surgery
Subaxial : >4 mm / >20% PSF