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Jeon, Kim, Chung, Kim, Kim, and Kim: Malunion of the Odontoid Process Developing Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report

Abstract

Late-onset progressive myelopathy, years after odontoid fracture, is considered a rarity. Undiagnosed or untreated odontoid fractures may develop into nonunion or malunion, thereby leading to secondary delayed cervical myelopathy. We present a case of a 50-year-old man with malunion of odontoid fracture. We had a good result following one-staged posterior decompression and occipito-cervical fusion.

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