Occipital cervical fusion which is otherwise called as craniocervical fixation is a special spinal instrumentation technique used for stabilising the instable craniocervical junction. Spinalregion is one of the backbones of the locomotor activity in human body. It acts as halfway between brain and body to each other. Vertebral column has divided into 5 parts like Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx. If any damages occurred in this part, it affectshuman life. Hence the fusion of occipital bone with cervical bone and its stability is required to prevent these complications.
Occipital Cervical Plate is one of the methods to treat these issues. This solves instability of the skull and cervical spine. This instability may occur, due to any severe injuries, congenital diseases (birth defect) or tumor destruction. This surgery may take place anterior and posterior.
Who Can Undergo This Surgery?
The person who is having depreciation in bones will do this surgery. This condition will mostly applicable to older people who have less amount of calcium in their body. Some people will have this problem at the time of birth, in that situation they don’t have any options beyond the surgery. But, whatever it is the doctor consultation matters more for identifying the complete details.
Uses
This spinal surgery will improve the range of motion of the patients, which allow them to do their work asusual. Surgery will do, if the two bones are discharged or joined then the Occipital Cervical Plate be placed between the bones. It will do the activity which are done by spinal, where the screws and blots are used to fit the plate. Stabilization is done by the use of the spinal surgery, which helps the patients to restore their normal life without having any troubles.
What Means Occipital Cervical plate?
A cervical plate is a Spinal Implant designed medically to provide neck stability and enhances fusion of the bones. It is a tool which is used to fix the joined or discharged bone in a body. This Cervical plate will be placed in two ways one by anterior and another by posterior. Anterior is nothing but placing the plate in front of the bone and posterior is doing the surgery in backside of the bone.
Drawbacks
• The surgery with Cervical Plate will dislodge, or there will be any loose in screws, blot, etc.
• Possibility to have infection and inflammatory due to the presence of this materials inside our body.
• It leads to many side effect like neurological problems, paralic attack.
• Placing the plate between the bones, it may damage another veritable column(bone) in a body.
• Long term usage of the plate may lead to damage in it and so the re-surgery have to be taken place. But the older people not have ability to do this operation which may leads to unexpected situation.
• This surgery may have a chance to create some risks for obesity people who are overweight.
Precautions To Avoid Unwanted Issues
Some people will have disease named as osteoporosis which means the bones are very soft to them. As already the hooks and rods of spinal instrumentation are anchored in back of the bones. Peoples having this syndrome they can’t able to manage them. To overcome this problem different anchor instrumentation has been developed in fragile bones. Before surgery they have to consult their obesity and their capability to make sure whether their health will cooperate the surgeons without making any risks in the future.
Last Few Words
After surgery the patient may have normal limb movements and gradually get back to routine life. The Occipital Cervical Plate are now manufactured and marketed in India by several surgical companies across the country. MJ surgical who are implanting trust in people are the leading manufacturers, suppliers and exporters of Implants and Instruments to the medical facilities in the country and abroad. They bridge trust ability between the patients and the medicos. They are the mobility providers to all.
