Progress in the treatment of adult atlantoaxial complex fractures / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Adult atlantoaxial complex fractures, an acute injury which is rare in clinic, may lead to neurological damage or even death. Their current treatments can be conservative or surgical. The conservative treatment may involve collar bracket, Halo bracket, and sterno-occipital mandibular immobilizer (SOMI) while the surgical treatment mainly involves anterior cervical fixation and posterior cervical fixation. This review expounds on the current literature concerning the treatment of adult atlantoaxial complex fractures so as to provide reference for correct choice of treatment methods for this kind of fractures.