The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 68, Issue 3 326-332, Copyright © 1986 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Failure of immobilization of the cervical spine by the halo vest. A report of five cases
R Whitehill, JA Richman and JA Glaser
The halo vest is considered by us, as well as by the majority of
orthopaedic surgeons, to be the best commercially available orthosis for
control of the cervical spine. However, we have seen five patients with
posterior ligament injury of the neck who sustained a recurrence of facet
dislocation or subluxation while in a halo vest.