Back To Basics at The Craniovertebral Junction: Occipito-Cervical Fusion for Basilar Invagination with Atlantoaxial Instability. [PDF]
J Orthop Case RepIntroduction: Basilar invagination (BI) with atlantoaxial instability is a complex craniovertebral junction (CVJ) disorder that causes progressive cervicomedullary compression and disabling myelopathy.
Khemka S +5 more
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Case report: Atlantoaxial instability and subluxation in a dog with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2023 Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is a rare, heritable connective tissue disorder characterized by soft, hyperextensible skin, joint hypermobility, and tissue fragility, the severity of which can range from mild to severe.
Choi S, Sullivan L, Long S.
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 Background: Retro-odontoid pseudotumor (ROPT) is a non-neoplastic pathology of the craniovertebral junction that is usually associated with atlantoaxial instability.
Masato Tanaka +8 more
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C1-C2 Posterior Segmental Fixation For Traumatic Atlantoaxial Instability [PDF]
, 2014 Cervical spinal trauma is one of the most frequent causes of disability. Upper cervical spinal trauma, caused by more than one mechanism, is a complex injury which may show various neurological statements. Atlantoaxial fractures are seen frequently after
Karavelioglu, Ergun +2 more
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A Review of a New Clinical Entity of ‘Central Atlantoaxial Instability’: Expanding Horizons of Craniovertebral Junction Surgery [PDF]
Neurospine, 2019 The author discusses the novel form of central or axial atlantoaxial instability and analyses its clinical significance. High degree of clinical and radiological understanding of the region is mandatory to diagnose and then treat such atlantoaxial ...
Atul Goel
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Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2020 Objective: The authors analyze the rationale of atlantoaxial fixation in patients presenting with symptoms related to cervical myelopathy and wherein the radiological images depicted C2–3 fusion and presence of single or multiple level neural compression
Atul Goel +6 more
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C2–3 Fusion, C3–4 Cord Compression and C1–2 Posterior Facetal Instability: An Evaluation of Treatment Strategy Based on Four Surgically Treated Cases [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2016 Study DesignFour patients had C2–3 vertebral fusion and radiologically demonstrated cord compression at C3–4 level related to disc bulge with or without association of osteophytes and C1–2 posterior facetal dislocation.
Atul Goel
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Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2020 Aim: We report adjacent-segment “central” or “axial” atlantoaxial instability and C2–C3 instability as the cause of delayed neurological worsening following multisegmental cervical spinal stabilization. Materials and Methods: Three male patients aged 34,
Atul Goel +6 more
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Torticollis and rotatory atlantoaxial dislocation: A clinical review
Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2019 Rotatory atlantoaxial instability can manifest as an acute episode following subtle or minor injury or even following a gentle tap on head in young children and can manifest as a painless deformity of the head.
Atul Goel
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Challenges of Transarticular Screw Fixation in Young Children: Report of Surgical Treatment of a 5-Year-Old Patient's Unstable Os-Odontoideum [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2016 Surgical procedures for atlantoaxial (C1–C2) fusion in young children are relatively uncommon. The purpose of this study was to report on a surgical treatment for a case of atlantoaxial instability caused by os-odontoideum in association with ...
Jun Takahashi +8 more
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