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The optimal management of type II odontoid fractures continues to generate controversy in the literature. There is ahigh rate of nonunion and malunion reported with displaced type II odontoid fractures treated nonoperatively. Posterior atlantoaxial arthrodesis is the most frequent procedure performed in this country to treat this condition. Loss of cervical mobility necessarily results and may lead...