Anterior Only Surgery for Management of Traumatic Subaxial Cervical Spine Instability

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03149497

Enrollment

Registered

2017-05-11

Start date

2017-03-01

Completion date

2018-09-01

Last updated

2017-05-11

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Conditions

Traumatic Cervical Spine Instability

Brief summary

Classic management of cervical spine sublaxation and dislocation is combined anterior and posterior approach. Unfortunately there are disadvantages for this approach like: increasing morbidity related to each approach, increasing surgical costs, increasing operative time as well as the risk of blood loss. Anterior approach has the advantages of supine position, less surgical trauma and direct anterior decompression of neural elements. Disadvantages include less mechanical stability and postoperative dysphagia.

Interventions

PROCEDUREanterior approach only in cervical spine trauma

evaluation of efficacy of single approach

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Acute traumatic cases of adult patients with sub axial cervical spine injury presenting to trauma unit of Assiut university hospital

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who need cervical corpectomy. * Pediatric injuries

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Radiological analysis	6 months	Fusion state by: Presence of crossing bone, mobility on motion films and CT scan

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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