Sunday, 2 November 2014

Cervico dorsal anterior fixation via anterior cervical approach

A 55yr old man presented to us with  complaints of severe neck pain and weakness in limbs pt was on ATT for suspected potts spine fr past two months . Hoe pain and weakness were progressively increasing . Repeat MRI showed epidural abscess at C5-6 levels with destruction of adjacent vertebrae . Patient was operated via anterior cervical approach and C5-6 discectomy with removal of pus and granulation tissue was done. C5 to D1 fixation was also done with  cervical plating system.
 PRE OP MRI IMAGES OF THE PATIENT





POST OP  XRAY IMAGES OF THE PATIENT