Traumatic Craniocervical Dissociation in Patients with Congenital Assimilation of the Atlas to the Occiput

Traumatic atlantooccipital dissociation (AOD) is a severe and usually fatal injury. Patients with assimilation of the atlas to the skull are exposed to a higher risk of injury and delay diagnosis due to the abnormal anatomy. We report two cases of acute traumatic craniocervical dislocation in patien...

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Main Authors: Celeste Tavolaro, Hector Pulido, Richard Bransford, Carlo Bellabarba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2617379
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