<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Korres, Demitrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolaou, Vassilios S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kaseta, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evangelopoulos, Demetrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Markatos, Kostas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lazarettos, John</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Efstathopoulos, Nicolas</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Posterior stabilization of cervical spine injuries using the Roy-Camille plates: a long-term follow-up.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone Plates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cervical Vertebrae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Follow-Up Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joint Dislocations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reoperation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spinal Fractures</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spinal Fusion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treatment Outcome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vertebroplasty</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014 Jul</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24 Suppl 1</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S125-30</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AIM: Posterior cervical spine fixation has undergone tremendous advancement in recent years. The purpose of this study is to present our experience with the Roy-Camille instrumentation for posterior cervical stabilization after injury in a long-term follow-up.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: From 1985 to 1995, 76 patients with a lower cervical spine traumatic lesion were treated in a single institution by posterior plate stabilization using the Roy-Camille plates (R-C plates). Fifty-four men and 22 women with a mean age of 43.2 years were involved. In 59 patients the injuries were due to a road traffic accident, in 14 cases the fall from a high was responsible, while in two cases the injuries were due to sport activities. There were four bilateral dislocations, nine unilateral dislocations, 56 fracture dislocations, five fracture separations of a lateral mass and two burst fractures. Neurological lesions were present in 65 patients (9 ASIA A, 16 ASIA B, 22 ASIA C, 18 ASIA D and 11 ASIA E). All patients had minimum follow-up of 7 years. Fifty-nine patients were followed up for a mean period of 21 years (14-27 years).

RESULTS: Stability was obtained in all but two cases. Reoperation was done in two cases: in one for the correction of the lost reduction and in a second for the reinsertion of a screw irritating a nerve root. No case in the ASIA A group showed neurological improvement, a fact observed in the other groups.

CONCLUSIONS: The R-C plates were used in the last quarter of the last century. This technique showed good short-time results, and we have shown good results in a long-term follow-up as well. The literature referred to this technique was favorable, as far as the biomechanical behavior and also clinical application concern. The question about this plating system abundance still remains unanswered.</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24322540?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>