Re-alignment of operated anterior odontoid screw displaced Odontoid type 3 without resurgery

Abstract

Odontoid fractures are particularly dangerous variety of cervical injury, due primarily to spinal cord trauma. In this article, we describe the re alignment of displaced operated type 3 odontoid # with anterior screw fixation with cervical traction.

Keywords

• odontoid fracture
• anterior odontoid screw
• traction