Odontoid Fracture: Computed Tomography [PDF]
Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 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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Features and clinical significance of the ossification centres in the odontoid process based on micro-computed tomography [PDF]
Folia Morphologica, 2020 BACKGROUND: Microscopic structures of the ossification centres of the odontoid process were studied from the micro-computed tomography (CT) images of the axis, and the potential influence of the ossification centres with different microscopic structures ...
W. Wang +11 more
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Odontoid process fractures: the role of the ligaments in maintaining stability. A biomechanical, cadaveric study [PDF]
SICOT-J, 2015 Aims: We wished to investigate the role of the cervical ligaments in maintaining atlantoaxial stability after fracture of the odontoid process. Methods: We dissected eight fresh-frozen cadaveric cervical spines to prepare the C1 and C2 ...
Boughton Oliver Richard +2 more
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ONE OR TWO SCREWS IN THE FRACTURE OF THE ODONTOID PROCESS? EVALUATION USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Coluna/Columna, 2015 Objective:To evaluate the bone area of the odontoid process through computed tomography and its relation with the area of one and two screws in the male and female subjects.Methods:188 CT scans of adults were analyzed.
Carlos Alexandre Botelho do Amaral +6 more
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Change in the Location of a Pseudotumor Around the C2 Odontoid Process from Posterior to Anterior to the Odontoid Process in the Natural Course: A Case with "Antero-Odontoid Pseudotumor" or "Peri-Odontoid Pseudotumor". [PDF]
J Clin MedBackground: A pseudotumor adjacent to the odontoid has been reported to be a non-neoplastic mass that is mainly associated with atlantoaxial instability. Methods: Case report. Results: A 72-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a chief complaint of
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Odontoid Process and Femur: A Novel Bond in Anatomy. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Objective The morphology and quantitative anatomy of the axis vertebra (C2) attracts a lot of attention between anatomists, surgeons and radiologists. However, no report exists in the literature correlating the height of the dens with the length of the ...
Vasilopoulos A +5 more
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Crowned dens syndrome as a rare cause of anterior neck pain after transurethral resection of the prostate: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2023 We describe the case of a 79-year-old man who presented with progressive aggravation of severe axial neck pain and fever 3 days after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), despite maintaining neutral neck posture during surgery.
Myeong Geun Jeong +3 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 Objective: To conduct a radiographic CT scan study of the axis (C2 vertebra) of the cervical spine in the Southeast Asian population was analyzed to evaluate the feasibility of fitting two 3.0-mm anterior odontoid screws.
Suthipas Pongmanee +4 more
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Odontoid process fracture in 2 year old child: A rare case report [PDF]
, 2017 In small childrens spine injuries are rare. In this age group upper cervical spine is commonally affected. Odontoid process fracture involve only a subset of cervical spine fractures.
Prasad, Prajapati Hanuman +3 more
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Odontoid process fracture (ED patient, missed fracture, conservative treatment).
, 2022 A 62-year-old man visited the emergency room because of neck pain caused by a fall while climbing a mountain. The C-spine X-ray lateral view shows a transverse fracture line across the odontoid process (A). On sagittal fat-suppressed T2-weighted MRI (B),
Yu Mi Jeong (3044568) +5 more
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