Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion in a 7-year-old boy: a case report

Bicycle mishap, a common and ordinary event occurring in children, can have devastating consequences associated with cervical spine injury. Furthermore, either diagnosis or surgical management of cervical spine injury in children is a challenging issue. This research report a challenging case of an...

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Published in:Medical journal of Indonesia 2019-06, Vol.28 (2), p.183-7
Main Authors: Saekhu, Mohamad, Ashari, Samsul, Tandian, David, Nugroho, Setyo Widi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case reports
Esophagus
Hematoma
Hospitals
Magnetic resonance imaging
Neck pain
Neurosurgery
Pediatrics
Skin & tissue grafts
Spinal cord
Surgery
Titanium
Transplants & implants
X-rays
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Summary:Bicycle mishap, a common and ordinary event occurring in children, can have devastating consequences associated with cervical spine injury. Furthermore, either diagnosis or surgical management of cervical spine injury in children is a challenging issue. This research report a challenging case of an anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with plating in a 7-year-old boy due to cervical spine instability with spinal cord compression after a bicycle mishap. After 20 months of the primary surgery, the titanium-based cervical plate was removed by a second surgery to allow the growth of the cervical spine.
ISSN:0853-1773
2252-8083
DOI:10.13181/mji.v28i2.2673