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 Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 183 - 7
Main Authors:	Saekhu, Mohamad, Ashari, Samsul, Tandian, David, Nugroho, Setyo Widi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Jakarta Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia 01-06-2019
Subjects:	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