Inflatable device for intraoperative control extension in cervical spine surgery.

procedure to treat various pathologies of the cervical spine. One of the keys to successful cervical spine surgery is an appropriate positioning, specifically appropriate degree of extension of the cervical spine. At times, the cervical spine extension may have to be altered intra-operatively, which make most of the products that are used to achieve cervical spine extension suffer from some disadvantages. The authors present a technical note regarding the use of a commonly available, reusable and inflatable device. The authors believe, it achieves the objectives of control extension of the cervical spine with no morbidity.