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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2010.48.5.452

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)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.48, no.5, 2010 , pp. 452-454 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Odontoid fracture;
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