Morphometrical substantiation of ventral fixation use in surgical rehabilitation of patients with subaxial damages of cervical department of spinal column

For the purpose of working out of the differentiated approaches to preoperative planning in each specific case on the basis of character estimation of spinal column and spinal cord damage 129 patients (112 men and 17 women) with subaxial damages in the cervical department of backbone have been examined. Morphological peculiarities of cervical vertebrae have been taken into account. The patients have been on treatment at Saratov Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics from 2004 till 2007. Patients have been properly examined. Volume of surgical intervention from the frontal access and rational choice of implants have been carried out taking into account difficulty and extension of lesions of osseous structures, and morphometry data including in stabilization of vertebrae. The differentiated approach to the choice of implants has allowed in 85-90 % cases to receive adequate decompression of neurovascular structures, reliable correction and stabilization of the damaged segment thus it has enabled possible early activization and social rehabilitation of patients of given category.