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Management of acute odontoid fractures

, 2022
Odontoid fracture (OFx) is the most common cervical fracture in the elderly population. Primary surgical fixation has been recommended for OFx type II and III with a major translation of the odontoid fragment and for all OFx type II in patients ≥50 years.
Rizvi, Syed Ali Mujtaba
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The role of single odontoid screw fixation in treatment of odontoid fracture type II

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background Odontoid fractures are the most common cervical fractures specially type II. Anterior odontoid screw fixation has many advantages with low incidence of surgical complications.
Ahmed Rizk Elkholy, Ashraf Mohamed Farid, Ebrahim Ahmed Shamhoot   +2 more
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Clinical and morphological evaluation of odontoid fractures of C2 vertebra

Medicine Science, 2020
There have not been enough studies on cervical vertebra-2 (C2) odontoid fracture and their clinical and radiological evaluation. This study was designed to determine the proportions of the C2 odontoid fracture types and to determine the specific ...
Abdurrahman Cetin, Huseyin Ozveren, Salih Hattapoglu   +2 more
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Egyptian Spine Journal, 2018
Background Data: Traumatic Odontoid Epiphysiolysis fractures, although rare in the overall incidence of spinal trauma, these fractures are one of the common fractures in young children. The appropriate treatment of this type of odontoid fractures remains
Ahmed Sultan
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The incidence of odontoid fractures following trauma in a major trauma center, a retrospective study

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2020
Background: Cervical spine injury is the most common vertebral injury after major trauma, 20% of all cervical fractures happen to be odontoid fractures.
Sami Ibrahim AlEissa, Ali Abdullah Alhandi, Ahad Abdullah Bugis, Raghad Khalid Alsalamah, Abdulellah Alsheddi, Abdulaziz Khalid Almubarak, Suhail Saad AlAssiri, Faisal MohammedSaleh Konbaz   +7 more
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Odontoid fractures: 7-year experience from a tertiary care referral center in South India

Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2018
Introduction: Odontoid fractures form about 10% of all cervical spine injuries. We looked at our 7-year experience with odontoid fractures. Material and methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of odontoid fracture, in ...
Ankush Gupta, Bijesh R Nair, Vivek Joseph   +2 more
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Atraumatic Occult Odontoid Fracture in Patients with Osteoporosis-Associated Thoracic Kyphotic Deformity: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2015
Anderson type II odontoid fractures are reported to be the most common injury of the odontoid process in patients over the age of 65. However, atraumatic occult Anderson type III odontoid fractures have been rarely described and remain a diagnostic ...
Kanji Mori, Kazuya Nishizawa, Akira Nakamura, Shinji Imai   +3 more
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Preservation of Atlantoaxial Rotation in Type II Odontoid Fracture: Successful Single Screw Anterior Odontoid Fixation in a Young Adult [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Type II odontoid fractures are the most prevalent type of cervical spine fracture in adults, and they are frequently linked with craniovertebral junction instability.
Krishna Sambare, Ratnakar Ambade, Sohael Khan, Shashank Yadav, Dhairya Veragiwala   +4 more
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Stent augmentation of an anterior odontoid screw for type 2 odontoid fracture-dislocation in the elderly population: Report of two cases and literature review

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2019
The fixation of type 2 odontoid fractures poses significant challenges in the elderly population due to coexistent osteoporosis and communition resulting in a high failure rate with conventional anterior screw fixation. Two elderly patients with unstable
Saurabh Kapoor, Oded Herschkovich, Corrado Lucantoni, Bronek Boszczyk   +3 more
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Atlas fractures with and without simultaneous dens fractures differ with respect to clinical, demographic, and management characteristics

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2023
Background: Patients with simultaneous fractures of the atlas and dens have traditionally been managed according to the dens fracture's morphology, but data supporting this practice are limited.
Michael Brendan Cloney, Pavlos Texakalidis, Anastasios G Roumeliotis, Najib El Tecle, Nader S Dahdaleh   +4 more
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