Cervical locked facet treatment

• Management of Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury with Unilateral Locked Facet: An Institutional Experience
• MRI-Based Surgical Planning for Irreducible Subaxial Cervical Fracture-Dislocation With Bilateral Locked Facet Joints: A Retrospective Cohort Study
• Clinical and radiographic outcomes of posterior cervical arthrodesis and stabilization via lateral mass screwing and rod fixation: a retrospective study at a tertiary hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Skull traction reattachment combined with ACDF in the treatment of C2-C3 transverse dislocation with unilateral cervical facet locked: A case report
• Cervical spine fracture dislocation with mild neurological deficits
• Treatment of failed cervical total disc replacements in a series of 53 cases and description of a management strategy
• Evaluation for Vertebral Artery Injury with Cervical Dislocated Fracture and Optimal Treatment before Reduction
• Surgical outcome of locked facet in distractive flexion injury of the subaxial cervical spine: Single institution retrospective study

A nonoperative cervical orthosis or external immobilization (6-12 weeks) in facet fractures without significant subluxation, dislocation, or kyphosis.

Traumatic disc herniation in cervical facet dislocations is not an absolute contraindication of cranial-cervical traction or posterior open reduction. Early realignment of the spine could bring more neurological benefits than waiting for an MRI or surgical discectomy. However, caution is needed until prospective and well-designed studies are performed ¹⁾.

see Closed reduction of locked facets.

see Open reduction of locked facets.