The AOSpine North America Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Mortality Study: A Retrospective Review of Mortality Outcomes for Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment of 322 Patients With Long-Term Follow-up. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN.: Retrospective, multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVE.: Assess for differences in short- and long-term mortality between operative and nonoperative treatment for elderly patients with type II odontoid fractures.
Arnold, Paul +6 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives For intraoperative bleeding control in patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA), we developed a novel surgical strategy system. This system is focused on feeding artery management, based on the spatial relationship between the tumor entity and feeding artery as determined by three‐dimensional reconstruction.
Nian‐Zhen Zheng +10 more
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The natural history of type II odontoid fractures in the elderly population. A retrospective study over a 14 years period. [PDF]
Odontoid fractures are the most common cervical fractures in the adult population. They represent 9 to 18 % of all cervical fractures and the type II is the most common.
BIKFALVI, A.
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Odontoid Fracture: Computed Tomography
History of present illness: An 84-year-old male presented with left-sided posterior head, neck, and back pain after a ground level fall. Exam was notable for left parietal scalp laceration and midline cervical spine tenderness with no obvious ...
Jonathan Peña, Alisa Wray
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Long‐term outcome of a non‐reducible congenital atlanto‐occipital subluxation in a warmblood foal
Summary An 11‐day‐old warmblood colt was referred to the Large Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Copenhagen, for further investigation of a stiff neck and lateral deviation of the poll, with suspicion of a congenital cervical vertebral abnormality.
D. M. T. Adler +3 more
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Spontaneous regression of retro-odontoid post traumatic cicatrix following occipitocervical fixation
This case report describes a patient who presented with myelopathy secondary to a large retro-odontoid post traumatic cicatrix. The objective of this study was to discuss the clinical presentation, pathogenesis, imaging, and surgical management of ...
Priyank Sinha +4 more
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Postcranial anatomy of the Miocene hippopotamoids of Toros‐Menalla, Chad
We establish a framework for the identification of postcranial remains in hippopotamoids by describing and comparing for the first time two late Miocene hippopotamoids from Toros‐Menalla, Chad (Hexaprotodon garyam, an early hippopotamid, and Libycosaurus bahri, the last African anthracothere) with the common hippopotamus.
Lorenzo Scribano +4 more
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A new species of Dunkleosteus, D. tuderensis sp. nov., is named based on an infragnathal from the Famennian of the Tver Region, Russia. CT scanning of the holotype revealed two high-density bony constituents comparable in position and interrelations to ...
Oleg A. Lebedev +7 more
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An overview of the postcranial osteology of caecilians (Gymnophiona, Lissamphibia)
Abstract Caecilians comprise a relatively small (~220 species) group (Gymnophiona) of snake‐like or worm‐like, mostly tropical amphibians. Most adult caecilians are fossorial, although some species may live in aquatic or semi‐aquatic environments, either as larvae or adults.
Rodolfo Otávio Santos +2 more
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Tratamiento quirúrgico de la pseudoartrosis de la apófisis odontoides: Presentación de dos casos [PDF]
Se presenta nuestra experiencia de dos casos de pseudoartrosis de apófisis odontoides tratadas quirúrgicamente mediante atornillado directo a compresión por vía anterior paraesternomocleidomastoidea. El resultado final fue satisfactorio en el primer caso,
Caso García, Alfredo +4 more
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