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What is your approach to the management of a patient with traumatic unilateral perched facets?

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Neurosurgery · University of Washington

I like to have a go at awake closed reduction under fluoro, with flexion, contralateral lateral bending, and rotation toward the side of the injury. That is purely an option, however. Since this deformity is reducible from either front or back, the ORIF approach is the dealer’s choice, although the ...

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