Retrospective analysis of surgical outcomes for atlantoaxial subluxation.
Tsuyoshi YamadaToshitaka YoshiiYu MatsukuraTakuya OyaizuMasato YuasaTakashi HiraiKyohei SakakiHiroyuki InoseIchiro TorigoeKenichiro SakaiAtsushi OkawaYoshiyasu AraiPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)
The results of this study showed that the C1/2 fixation technique exhibited effectiveness in terms of neurological recovery. However, there was a high complication rate in surgeries for AAS, especially in the C1/2 fixation. C1 LAM would be considered for high-risk AAS cases such as elderly patients with multiple comorbidities.