Taneki Davis - Cervical Spine Injuries

  1. Spinal Cord Edema

  2. Severe Canal Compromise

  3. C6 Vertebral Body Fracture

  4. Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Disruption

  5. Anterolisthesis of C6 on C7

  6. Left C4 and C5 transverse process fracture

  7. Left jump facet, (and right perched facet) at C5 on C7

  8. Bilateral fractures of C6 pedicles

Taneki Davis - Anterior Cervical Fusion with Reduction of Fracture Dislocation

  1. The neck is stabilized. A transverse incision is made. The disc material is removed from C6-7

  2. Endplates are prepared with a high-speed drill to take the implant.

  3. A PEEK cage packed with bone graft is placed within the C6-7 space.

  4. A plate is affixed with screws to the vertebral bodies of C6 and C7.