The refinements of the transoral approach to the CVJ by the senior author (A.H.M.) in the late 1970s revolutionized the treatment of CVJ pathology. At the same time, a physiological approach to CVJ management was adopted at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1977 based on the stability and motion dynamics of the CVJ and the site of encroachment, incorporating the transoral approach for irreducible ventral CVJ pathology. Here we describe our approach for the treatment of irreducible basilar invagination and anterior compression.
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Dlouhy, B. J., & Menezes, A. H. (2019). Transoral odontoidectomy for decompression of basilar invagination. In Cervical Spine Surgery: Standard and Advanced Techniques: Cervical Spine Research Society - Europe Instructional Surgical Atlas (pp. 159–165). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93432-7_25
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