Posterior wiring without bony fusion in traumatic distractive flexion injuries of the mid to lower cervical spine. Long-term follow-up in 30 patients
Thirty-four patients with traumatic distractive flexion injuries in the mid to lower cervical spine were treated with posterior wire stabilization without bony fusion from January 1981 through May 1987. Fifteen had cord involvement, and nine had root involvement. Ten were neurologically intact. Thirty patients were followed for a mean of 38 months. Two neurologically intact patients had root defic