Table 2.

Literature review concerning lateral mass reconstruction

Study	Age (yr)/sex	Pathology	Lateral mass span	Reconstruction material
Bongioanni et al., [16] 1996	36/M	Aneurysmal bone cyst	C1	An iliac-crest bone graft
Suchomel et al., [17] 2007	62/M	Chordoma	Bilateral C2	Harms mesh cage
Wang et al., [18] 2009	12/F	Aneurysmal bone cyst	Bilateral C1	Titanium mesh cage, rib graft
Chung et al., [19] 2012	48/M	Osteosarcoma	C1	Titanium mesh cage
Jandial et al., [20] 2013	27/M	Metastatic Ewing sarcoma	Bilateral C1	Expandable cages
Winking, [21] 2014	54/F	Nodular plasmocytoma	C1	Harms cage
Bobinski et al., [22] 2015	48/F	Angiosarcoma	C1	2 Titanium cages
	54/M	Multiple myeloma	C1	Titanium cage
Clarke et al., [23] 2015	35/M	Chordoma	Oc–C3	Titanium mesh cage
	60/F	Chondrosarcoma	C1–6	Titanium mesh cage
	50/M	Epithelioid schwannoma	Oc–C3	Titanium mesh cage
	61/F	Dumbbell schwannoma	C3–5	Titanium mesh cage
	77/F	Chordoma	Left, Oc–C4; Right, Oc–C3	Titanium mesh cage
	16/M	Schwannoma	C6–T1	Fibular strut
	25/M	Osteochondroma	C3–6	Fibular strut
Clarke et al., [24] 2016	8/F	Osteosarcoma	Bilateral C1	Allograft fibular strut
Peciu-Florianu et al., [25] 2017	12/M	Osteoblastoma	Bilateral C1	Titanium cages
Stephens and Wright, [26] 2017	27/M	Eosinophilic granuloma	C1	A titanium expandable cage
Neva et al., [27] 2017	18/F	Aneurysmal bone cyst	C1	Static titanium cage
Ji et al., [28] 2020	50/F	Schwannoma	C3–4	A strip of shaped allograft bone