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Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation with Accompanying Odontoid and C2 Articular Facet Fracture

  • Oh, Jong-Yang (Department of Neurosurgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Chough, Chung-Kee (Department of Neurosurgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Cho, Chul-Bum (Department of Neurosurgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Park, Hae-Kwan (Department of Neurosurgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2010.06.08
  • Accepted : 2010.11.22
  • Published : 2010.11.28
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Abstract

Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) with accompanying odontoid and C2 articular facet fracture is a very rare injury, and only one such case has been reported in the medical literature. We present here a case of a traumatic AARF associated with an odontoid and comminuted C2 articular facet fracture, and this was treated with skull traction and halo-vest immobilization for 3 months. After removal of the halo-vest immobilization, his neck pain was improved and his neck motion was preserved without any neurologic deficits although mild torticolis was still observed in closer inspection.

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