Transfacetal Screw Fixation in Sub-Axial Cervical Spine with Rod Augmentation (New Technique) | ||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||
| Volume 93, Issue 09, September 2025, Pages 1387-1392 PDF (47.53 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2025.464467 | ||
| Author | ||
| MOHAMED SAAD ABD EL-AZIZ, M.D.*; MOHAMED Sh. ABO ELELA, M.D.*; MAGED A. MATTER, M.D.** and MAHMOUD R.A. ALY, M.D.* | ||
| The Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University* and Neurosurgery Consultant at Students Hospital, Cairo University** | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Anatomically cervical spine consists of the cervical vertebrae aligned with prominent cervical lordosis. Third, fourth, fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae present spe-cial features. Internal fixation of the cervical spine is frequent procedures carried-outvia spine surgeons in variant settings like infection, trauma, neoplasm as well as congenital mal-formations. Transfacetal screw fixation in cervical spine was 1st described by Roy Camille et al., in 1972 in the setting of lateral mass fractures. Transfacetal screw fixation provide zero movement at the joint and provide quintessential situation for arthrodesis. Aim of Study: Describe transfacetal screw fixation with using screws for lateral mass instead of facetal screws with adding rod augmentation. Material and Methods: Description of a new technique by augmentation of the transfacetal screw with rod insertion to the procedure on a cadaver in the Anatomy Department Morgue, Beni-Seuf University December April 2024. Results: In this method we use an entry point 2mm medial and caudal to the mid-point of the lateral mass with twenty degrees laterally and forty degrees caudally for insertion of the transfacetal screw with adding rod augmentation to the insert-ed screws. Conclusion: Augmentation of the transfacetal screws might be done with any method with use of different type of screw. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Transfacetal Screw; Fixation; Cervical Spine; Rod Augmentation | ||
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