Fig. 2

A 78-year-old female with a C2 metastatic tumour, presenting with occipitocervical pain and quadriplegia, was treated with intraoperative vertebroplasty combined with posterior decompression and occipitocervical fixation in 2012. a and b Preoperative and postoperative axial CT scans. c and d Postoperative anterior, posterior and lateral radiographs. e The muscle power of the patient returned to normal and pain was completely relieved