CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT FOR ODONTOID FRACTURE IN CHILDREN: A CASE REPORT

Văn Quỳnh Tô1,, Minh Hoàng Bùi1
1 GERMANY FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL

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Spinal trauma in children accounts for 0.2 - 0.5% of all trauma. Odontoid fracture is type of upper cervical spine fractures with a high risk of atlantoaxial instability. Odontoid fracture type II in adults are often indicated for surgery because of a high rate of pseudoarthrosis with conservative treatment. However, with differences in the biomechanics, odontoid fractures in children have differen treatment attitude. On the occasion of a case of 5-year-old patient with type IIc odontoid fracture was treated conservatively with good results, we share our experience with a semi-rigid leather collar, which was made according to the size of the child's neck.

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