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Summary of Key Points Cervical spine trauma, malignancy, ankylosing spondylitis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, kyphotic deformity, and cervical spondylotic myelopathy are all pathologies for which a combined surgical approach may be biomechanically advantageous when both ventral and dorsal elements are…
Summary of Key Points Instability of the craniocervical junction can result in severe neurological compromise. Instability can result from traumatic, neoplastic, rheumatological, infectious, congenital, or iatrogenic etiologies. The dorsal approach is most commonly used when fusion of the occipitocervical region…