caa a22 4500 445833076 CHVBK 20180317145321.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00586-011-1858-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00586-011-1858-7 A traumatic, high-energy and unstable fracture of the C5 vertebra managed with kyphoplasty: a previously unreported case [Elektronische Daten] [Nasir Quraishi, Sherief Elsayed] Unstable cervical fractures commonly require fusion surgery. We present a case of an unstable cervical fracture (AO classification A2.2) affecting the fifth cervical vertebra which was managed by kyphoplasty to achieve a pain-free, functional and stable outcome. The decision to undertake a kyphoplasty procedure was made in the hope of preserving motion and limiting the degree of future adjacent segment disease. We believe this to be the first case of the use of kyphoplasty to be published in the literature in relation to a traumatic cervical fracture. Additionally, at one-year follow-up the patient reports no pain, a near full range of motion in the cervical spine and no neurological deficit. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Kyphoplasty nationallicence Fracture nationallicence Cervical spine nationallicence Minimally invasive nationallicence Stability nationallicence Quraishi Nasir Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK aut Elsayed Sherief Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK aut European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/10(2011-10-01), 1589-1592 0940-6719 20:10<1589 2011 20 586 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1858-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1858-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Quraishi Nasir Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Elsayed Sherief Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/10(2011-10-01), 1589-1592 0940-6719 20:10<1589 2011 20 586 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer