Conservative treatment by halo vest for a 63-year-old male with traumatic spondylolisthesis of the second cervical Levine-Edwards type 2 (hangman’s fracture): A case report

Authors

  • Fajar Ivan Effendi
  • Pamudji Utomo
  • Romaniyanto
  • Raden Andhi Prijosedjati
  • Abdaud Rasyid Yamani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCR.2020.v06.i09.019

Keywords:

Hangman’s fracture, Halo vest, Conservative, Management

Abstract

The hangman fracture is used to describe the traumatic spondylolisthesis of C2. The management strategies and surgical indications for executioner fractures are still controversial. However, conservative treatment has usually been effective in stable and neurologically normal patients when treated with appropriate immobilization in an extended position. We reported a case of a 63-year-old male patient with a hangman fracture on the second cervical vertebra that was treated with conservative treatment using a halo vest. After 1 month of halo vest application, the pain was decreased without neurological deficit evidence. The halo vest was released and a soft collar neck application was done. Three months after the removal of the halo vest and soft collar application, there were no pain and neurological deficit. We found evidence of displaced fracture of processus spinosus of the first and sixth cervical vertebrae and union of the third cervical vertebrae, union fracture of the pars interarticularis second vertebrae, and osteophytes on the anterior body fifth and seventh cervical with narrowing disc fifth-sixth cervical.

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Published

2020-09-26

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Case Report

How to Cite

Conservative treatment by halo vest for a 63-year-old male with traumatic spondylolisthesis of the second cervical Levine-Edwards type 2 (hangman’s fracture): A case report. (2020). Indian Journal of Case Reports, 6(9), 540-544. https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCR.2020.v06.i09.019

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