Fig. 4

One case with C2 metastasis (thyroid cancer) suffered serious pain for half a year. a The posterior occipitalcervical fixation was conducted only when he was first adopted into another hospital. b He came to our center for unrelieved continuous neck pain. We performed the tumor resection through an anterior-posterior approach, followed by the spine reconstruction without complication. c The last follow-up at 11 months without recurrence and discomfort