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Objective: Presentation of clinical cases involving successful anterior stabilization of the C1-C2 segment in patients with invaginated C2 odontoid process and Chiari malformation type I.

Methods: Clinical case description.

Results: Two patients with C2 odontoid processes invagination and Chiari malformation type I were surgically treated using the transoral approach.

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Objective: To conduct a comparative analysis of 2 groups of patients with skull base chordomas extending onto the craniovertebral junction, who underwent surgical treatment using extracranial approaches with and without craniocervical fusion.

Methods: The study group included 29 patients with skull base chordomas, extending to the craniovertebral junction, who were operated on from 2000 to 2015. The patients underwent the following surgical treatment: posterior craniocervical fusion followed by tumor removal using transoral and combined transoral and transnasal approaches.

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