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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXVI | Pages 63 - 63
1 Jun 2012
Maggs JL Clarke AJ Hutton MJ Chan D
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Purposes of the study

The most common fracture of the cervical spine in the elderly population is a fracture of the odontoid peg. Such fractures are usually not displaced and these are commonly treated non-operatively. Rarely though, peg fractures are displaced and then their management is less straightforward. This is in part because the group of patients who sustain them frequently have complex and pre-existing medical co-morbidities and in part because a new neurological injury may have been sustained as a result of the peg fracture itself.

Many options for the management of displaced peg fractures, both operative and non-operative have been described in the literature and discussion continues as to which technique is superior and in which patient population. The purpose of this study was to follow-up those patients who were managed operatively in our unit between 2007 and 2009.

Methods and Results

We present our case series of 4 patients who sustained significantly displaced fractures of the odontoid peg with accompanying neurological injury, who were treated with posterior stabilisation using the Harms technique.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXVI | Pages 42 - 42
1 Jun 2012
Hourigan P Clarke A Powell J Hutton MJ
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Purpose of the study

To take a snapshot opinion of General Practitioner understanding of the prevalence, diagnosis and management of coccydynia.

Methodology

We designed a simple 5 question survey to administer to our local GPs. The survey was sent to 107 GP practices in Devon whose details were provided by The Devon Access Referral Team. We received 128 electronic replies. We also submitted the survey to 50 GPs who attended a study day at our institution – and ensured they had not already completed the electronic format of the same work. Thus we received 178 replies which we believe to be a highly representative sample of our local GPs opinion.