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The patients were 18 women and 20 men with a mean age of 42.8 years (range 20\u201369 years). The fracture resulted from a fall in 9 patients, a motor vehicle accident in 21 patients, and a motorcycle accident in 8 patients. The Levine-Edwards classification was Type II in 13 patients, Type IIA in 20 patients, and Type III in 5 patients. All patients underwent anterior C2\u20133 intervertebral disc excision or C-3 corpectomy, decompression and reduction, interbody implantation of an autologous iliac bone graft, and internal fixation with a titanium plate. Pain was assessed before and after surgery using a visual analog scale (VAS). Myelopathy was graded using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score. Patient satisfaction with the surgery was assessed using Odom'<\/jats:sup><\/jats:bold>s grading system. Anteroposterior, lateral, and dynamic (flexion\/extension) radiographs were obtained during the follow-up period. Two-dimensional CT studies with sagittal and coronal reconstructions were routinely performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n\nRESULTS<\/jats:title>\nThe mean follow-up period was 49.2 months (range 24\u2013132 months). There was a significant decrease between the preoperative and final follow-up VAS scores (mean [SD] 7.56 \u00b1 1.52 vs 2.36 \u00b1 1.25, p < 0.05) and a significant increase between the preoperative and final follow-up JOA scores (12.58 \u00b1 1.34 vs 16.13 \u00b1 1.17, p < 0.05). Postoperative radiographs showed satisfactory reduction of the fracture in all cases. Postoperative complications included transient neurological deficits (3 cases), hematoma (2 cases), temporary dysphagia (5 cases), temporary hoarseness (2 cases), prolonged pain at the iliac crest donor site (4 cases), and wound infection at the iliac crest donor site (2 cases). 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