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In this multicenter study, the authors present the results of an evaluation of a precontoured titanium implant, the Ohio Medical Instruments (OMI) Loop, for craniocervical fixation.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> In this multicenter retrospective study the authors evaluated 30 patients (16 female, 14 male; mean age 53.8 years) with rheumatoid arthritis (15 cases), traumatic occipitoatlantoaxial instability (six cases), congenital vertebral anomalies (two cases), instability due to basilar invagination in the setting of Chiari malformation (two cases), or Down syndrome (one case), tumor (one case), os odontoideum (two cases), and pseudarthrosis\/other (one case), who underwent OMI Loop\u2014assisted occipitocervical reconstruction. The mean follow-up period was 25.4 months (range 6\u201360 months).<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">A solid reconstruction was achieved in 29 of 30 cases; there was only one case of hardware failure requiring reoperation. Noncritical hardware failure occurred in two patients in whom partial occipital screw backout occurred but did not necessitate reoperation. There were no perioperative neurological complications. One patient (3.3%) experienced a delayed postoperative worsening of myelopathy at 1 year that resolved with further surgery. Postoperatively, in 66.6% of patients the degree of myelopathy remained stable (as measured by American Spinal Injury Association [ASIA] scores), whereas 30% improved by one or more ASIA grade. 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