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Preoperative CT scan of the patient shows vertebral body fracture of T1 and biarticular dislocation of the cervicothoracic junction.
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The patient underwent a C6-T2 fixation, followed by posterior C6-T2 arthrodesis.
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C6 and pedicular screws from C7 to T2. Cervical spine radiography (Figure 2) and computed tomography (CT) scans (Figure 3) postoperative showed complete reduction of CTJ.
Postoperative CT scan shows complete reduction of cervicothoracic dislocation.
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C6 and pedicular screws from C7 to T2. Cervical spine radiography (Figure 2) and computed tomography (CT) scans (Figure 3) postoperative showed complete reduction of CTJ.
MRI postoperative does not show any abnormality of the spine canal.
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In the immediate postoperative period, the patient complained of transient paraplegia; postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (Figure 4) did not show mechanical compression or epidural hematoma.
X-ray at one-year follow-up shows a well bony fusion.
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