Odontoid fracture type 16/19/2023 ![]() The MRI confirmed the presence of a C2 Odontoid fracture, type II, which is typically seen in low impact car accidents. His symptoms caught the attention of his General Practitioner who promptly advised him to consult Prime’s spine surgeon – Dr Sunil Nadkarni, an expert in managing spinal cord fractures. ![]() However, the discomfort and neck stiffness increased substantially over the next 24 hours and he started to get dizzy spells, which were accompanied by nausea. His initial discomfort and neck pain didn’t appear serious enough for him to warrant a visit to a hospital and he went home to rest. In 2015, 45-year-old Mihir was involved in a relatively low impact accident when his car hit a road divider. Surgery for a potentially life-threatening Neck Fracture (C2 Odontoid fracture) By Dr. Type III Odontoid fracture is where C2 body itself is fractured. Type I Odontoid fracture is at the tip and that can result in instability of the C1 C2 at a later stage. If the person has more severe injuries or unconscious the injury may be missed. There may or may not be neurological symptoms or signs. This fracture is notorious for being missed and if the patients come late or where there is not enough bone to hold with the screws the more destructive operation of fixing the C1 C2 joints using screws and rods is necessary.įollowing any road traffic accident if the person has neck pain, unable to hold his head – an injury to the cervical spine should be suspected. The person can be discharged the following day and is only advised to wear a soft collar until the fracture unites. ![]() To avoid damage to the spinal cord, this fracture is commonly fixed or treated by immobilization using halo (a ring around the head with a jacket, it’s like a plaster for the neck).įixation of this fracture can be done in a minimally invasive manner requiring just one or two screws. This results in a risk to the uppermost spinal cord because of abnormal mobility of the cervical vertebrae. These are in common parlance known as Type II Odontoid fractures. One of the unusual injuries is that this peg can fracture at its base. Odontoid is the peg of the second cervical vertebra. ![]()
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