Recent and Non United Odontoid Fractures

Recent and Non United Odontoid Fractures: Clinical and Biomechanical Aspects

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02359656

Enrollment

Registered

2015-02-10

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2015-01-31

Last updated

2015-02-10

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Conditions

Odontoid Process

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and radiographic long - term results in geriatric patients who had undergone surgical or non - operative treatment of odontoid non - unions, with particular regards to late bony fusion, cervical spine motion, neurological sequela, and patient's quality of life.

Interventions

PROCEDUREsurgical treatment

C1-C1 arthrodesis

OTHERnon operative treatment for odontoid non unions

specific non operative treatment protocol

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged 65 years or older who had undergone surgical or non - operative management of odontoid non-unions were sorted and their dataset of follow - up monitoring was examined for completeness and accuracy. According to our inclusion criteria, patients with complete sets of collected data and a follow-up examination of at least five years after treatment of the non - union were finally enrolled in this study. Collected data included variables, such as age, gender, mechanism of injury, fracture type, associated injuries, presence and severity of primary neurological deficits, primary treatment, clinical and neurological outcome after primary treatment, methods of treatment, clinical and radiographic outcome after treatment of the non-union, as well as morbidity and mortality of the patients.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Functional outcome (range of motion) and radiographic (bony fusion) long - term results in geriatric patients who had undergone surgical or non - operative treatment of odontoid non - unions.	follow up of at least 5 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Composite outcome measure consisting of multiple measures as late bony fusion, cervical spin, neurological sequalea	follow up of at least 5 years

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026