Pediatric Patient with Incidental Os Odontoideum Safely Treated with Posterior Fixation Using Rod-Hook System and Preoperative Planning Using 3D Printer: A Case Report. Sakai, T., Tezuka, F., Abe, M., Yamashita, K., Takata, Y., Higashino, K., Nagamachi, A., & Sairyo, K. Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery, 78(3):306–309, May, 2017.
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Os odontoideum is often found incidentally. Surgical treatment is recommended for patients with atlantoaxial instability or neurologic deficits. Although various techniques have been used for C1-C2 fusion in adults, the use of these procedures in children is not widely accepted. We present a 12-year-old boy with incidental os odontoideum and obvious C1-C2 instability, in which bony union was achieved safely and successfully by posterior fixation using a rod-hook system and perioperative planning using a three-dimensional printer. At the 2-year follow-up, bone formation around the gap of the dens, which has been generally considered as pseudoarthrosis, was obtained after union of the posterior element of C1-C2.
@article{sakai_pediatric_2017,
	title = {Pediatric {Patient} with {Incidental} {Os} {Odontoideum} {Safely} {Treated} with {Posterior} {Fixation} {Using} {Rod}-{Hook} {System} and {Preoperative} {Planning} {Using} {3D} {Printer}: {A} {Case} {Report}.},
	volume = {78},
	copyright = {Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart . New York.},
	issn = {2193-6323 2193-6315},
	doi = {10.1055/s-0036-1584211},
	abstract = {Os odontoideum is often found incidentally. Surgical treatment is recommended for patients with atlantoaxial instability or neurologic deficits. Although various techniques have been used for C1-C2 fusion in adults, the use of these procedures in children is not widely accepted. We present a 12-year-old boy with incidental  os odontoideum and obvious C1-C2 instability, in which bony union was achieved safely and successfully by posterior fixation using a rod-hook system and perioperative planning using a three-dimensional printer. At the 2-year follow-up, bone formation around the gap of the dens, which has been generally considered as pseudoarthrosis, was obtained after union of the posterior element  of C1-C2.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery},
	author = {Sakai, Toshinori and Tezuka, Fumitake and Abe, Mitsunobu and Yamashita, Kazuta and Takata, Yoichiro and Higashino, Kosaku and Nagamachi, Akihiro and Sairyo, Koichi},
	month = may,
	year = {2017},
	pmid = {27246991},
	keywords = {Child, Humans, Incidental Findings, Male, Odontoid Process/*surgery, Printing, Three-Dimensional, Spinal Diseases/*surgery, Spinal Fusion/*instrumentation},
	pages = {306--309},
}

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