In this past, we treated cases of dislocation-fracture by anterior cervical fusion without the cervical spine plate or with posterior wiring. But since 1996, we have been using the ORION anterior cervical plate for such fractures. The purpose of this study is to estimate the usefulness of the anterior cervical plate.
We compared the results of the treatments among 3 different operative procedures concernig the alignment of the cervical spine. Although the local alignment of all the cases treated by the anterior cervical plate was well-maintained one case showed slight kyphotic changes of the total cervical spinal alignment.
