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The patients presenting with intractable pain related to posttraumatic upper cervical spine (UCS) deformity or instability usually have to be treated surgically, although old patients and/or those with high risk of medical complications may be acceptable exceptions. Decompression of neural structures, sagittal and frontal spinal realignment, and stabilization of instability are the primary goals of surgery.
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Suchomel, P., Frič, R. (2011). Posttraumatic Deformity. In: Reconstruction of Upper Cervical Spine and Craniovertebral Junction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13158-5_16
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