A Novel Technique for Basilar Invagination Treatment in a Patient with Klippel–Feil Syndrome: A Clinical Example and Brief Literature Review [PDF]
MedicinaObjectives and Background: To present a novel technique of treatment for a patient with basilar invagination. Basilar invagination (BI) is a congenital condition that can compress the cervicomedullary junction, leading to neurological deficits.
Masato Tanaka +7 more
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Basilar invagination: A mimicker of bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [PDF]
eNeurologicalSci, 2021 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive onset motor deficits with heterogenous presentations ranging from dysarthria to foot drop.
Jason Seng Hong Tan +2 more
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Cervical Alignment of Patients with Basilar Invagination: A Radiological Study [PDF]
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2022 Objective To investigate the cervical alignment and the relative range of motion (ROM) in patients with basilar invagination (BI). Methods A total of 40 BI cases (38.1 years old ± 17.9 years old, 19 male and 21 female) and 80 asymptomatic individuals (33.
Jun‐yu Lin +9 more
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Craniovertebral realignment for basilar invagination [PDF]
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2013 The understanding of pathogenesis and treatment of basilar invagination has been evolving for over a century. The concepts regarding nature of atlantoaxial instability in such cases are also under discussion.
Atul Goel
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Basilar invagination without atlantoaxial dislocation: treatment by correction of clivus canal angle with interfacet distraction and fixation [PDF]
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Background This study reports on the surgical technique used and clinical outcomes obtained during the treatment of basilar invagination (BI) without atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) through the correction of the clivus canal angle (CCA) using interfacet ...
Zhe Hou +4 more
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Basilar Invagination: Transoral Microsurgical Endoscopically-Controlled Odontoidectomy without Palatotomy in Extreme form of Basilar Invagination. [PDF]
J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 2021 Abstract Objective Transoral odontoidectomy in the treatment of basilar invagination is surgically challenging. Incision of the soft palate significantly increases rostral exposure of the clivus but is associated with a high incidence of speech and swallowing difficulties after surgery.
Bassiouni H.
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Instability and basilar invagination
Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2012 Atul Goel
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Congenital Absence of Posterior Elements of C2 Vertebra with Atlanto-Axial Dislocation and Basilar Invagination: A Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2016 Developmental anomalies of the axis are commonly encountered, especially anomalies involving the odontoid process. Anomalies of the posterior elements are uncommon.
Sudhir Kumar Srivastava +3 more
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Pyogenic spondylitis of the upper cervical spine with basilar invagination: A case report
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Pyogenic spondylitis of upper cervical spine associated with basilar invagination is very rare condition. A 40-year-old man with severe occipital pain without neurological deficits presented with atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation with basilar ...
Hisashi Serikyaku +2 more
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Neurosurgery, 2010 Basilar invagination is a developmental anomaly of the craniovertebral junction in which the odontoid abnormally prolapses into the foramen magnum. It is often associated with other osseous anomalies of the craniovertebral junction, including atlanto-occipital assimilation, incomplete ring of C1, and hypoplasia of the basiocciput, occipital condyles ...
Justin S, Smith +3 more
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