CT revealed B1, a mildly displaced and angulated type II odontoid fracture treated with B2, C1-C2 posterior fixation with B3, excellent bony healing on follow-up CT. Credit: Neurosurgery (2023).

This patient’s case highlights the hazards of nonunited odontoid fractures in adults. Rarely, such pseudoarthrosis may predispose the patient to mechanical neck pain 1 and progressive craniocervical ...

A mild erosion of odontoid in CT scan and a subluxation of cervical spine between C5 and C6 levels were found in the present case. These findings are the distinct features of CPPD deposition disease.

C2 odontoid process fracture is common among fall-prone, elderly patients, and it accounts for 11% of all traumatic cervical spine injuries and more than 60% of spinal injuries in patients older ...

Among 97 consecutive patients with type 2 or 3 odontoid fractures with an average age of 80 years, 20 patients died before 6-months follow-up and 73 patients were treated at a single Level 1 ...

Of patients with an odontoid type 2 fracture entered in the database between 1985 and 2008, researchers identified 20 patients with acute fractures and neurological deficits.