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Can radiologic parameters used to detect cervical spinal instability be used in patients with ankylosing spondylitis?

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Introduction Cervical spinal instability can be difficult to detect in the shock room setting even with the utilization of computed tomography (CT) scans.
Henrik Teuber, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Melvin Muthirakalayil, Luxu Yin, Harry Eisenkrein, Frank Hildebrand, Philipp Kobbe, Kai Sprengel, Ladislav Mica, Hatem Alkadhi, Hans-Christoph Pape, Roman Pfeifer   +11 more
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C1C2 Distraction and Compression Technique for Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies with Basilar Invagination and Irreducible Atlantoaxial Dislocation

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2018
The authors describe four cases of basilar invagination (BI) with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) by distraction and compression technique. The article describes the technique in detail and the principles of the reduction achieved in all the ...
Vamsi Krishna Yerramneni, Vamshi Krishna Kotha, Ramanadha Reddy   +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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Analysis of Craniocervical Abnormalities in Osteogenesis Imperfecta during Growth

Applied Sciences
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease characterized by osteopenia and bone fragility in which the craniocervical junction is also affected.
Manuel Joaquín De Nova-García, Rafael G. Sola, Laura Burgueño-Torres   +2 more
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Management of a Complex Basilar Invagination Case with Multiple Revision Surgeries – Case Report

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2016
We describe a Basilar Invagination (BI) case with craniocervical instability and many previous failure surgeries and poor wound coverage. The patient had been submitted to a large posterior fossa craniectomy (which greatly limited the availability of an ...
Carlos Eduardo Vasconcelos Miranda, Hélio Henrique Jorge Torres, Guilherme Cardinali Barreiro, Andrei F. Joaquim, Helder Tedeschi   +4 more
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Analysis of morphological and anthropometric variations of clivus using cone beam computed tomography in adults

Caspian journal of dental research, 2021
Introduction: Clivus forms the middle part of the skull base, and different anatomical and pathologies variations can be created in this structure. The aim of this study was to determine the morphological variations and anthropometric analysis of clivus ...
Maryam Abdolmaleki, Roshanak Ghafari, Reza Pourkhalili   +2 more
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Cranio-vertebral transition assessment by magnetic resonance imaging in a sample of a northeast Brazilian population

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Platybasia and basilar invagination are important alterations of the cranial-vertebral transition. Neuroimaging-based platybasia parameters include the Welcker basal angle, distance between the apex of the odontoid and Chamberlain’s line, and the clivus ...
Heitor Cabral Frade, Caio César Nuto Leite França, José Jailson Costa do Nascimento, Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda, Eulâmpio José da Silva Neto, Severino Aires Araújo Neto   +5 more
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Posterior reduction and internal fixation with posterior cranial fossa cranioectomy decompression for Chiari malformation type Ⅰ with basilar invagination, atlantoaxial subluxation, and syringomyelia

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2012
Background Chiari malformation type Ⅰ(CM⁃Ⅰ) is one of the soft tissue anomalies in craniovertebral junction (CVJ). This kind of soft tissue anomaly usually develops with bone anomaly, such as atlantoaxial subluxation, basilar invagination, platybasia, C1
Peng HU, Zan CHEN, Hao WU, Kun WANG, Yong⁃hua SUN, Feng⁃zeng JIAN   +5 more
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Application of a novel sliding ⁃ traction head holder in craniovertebral junction abnormalities surgery

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Objective In this study, a novel sliding ‐ traction head holder was independently developed, and its application efficacy in surgeries for craniovertebral junction abnormalities was evaluated. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 20 patients
WU Kun, ZHANG Fan, FAN Tao
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Transoral approach to the craniovertebral junction Acesso transoral para a junção craniocervical

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
The transoral approach provides a safe exposure to lesions in the midline and the ventral side of the craniovertebral junction. The advantages of the transoral approach are 1) the impinging bony pathology and granulation tissue are accessible only via ...
José Alberto Landeiro, Sávio Boechat, Daniel de Holanda Christoph, Mariângela Barbi Gonçalves, Igor de Castro, Mario Alberto Lapenta, Carlos Henrique Ribeiro   +6 more
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