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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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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Student's Journal of Health Research AfricaIntroduction: The axis, which is the second cervical vertebra, serves as a pivot, allowing the atlas to rotate and support the head. Despite its small size, this area can lead to significant complications because of the intricate anatomy of the cranio-
Dr . Adabala N. V. V. Veerraju
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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
Takeda H +5 more
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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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Classifications of Odontoid Process Fractures: A Systematic Review and Proposal of a New Simplified Classification System Based on Embryology. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Odontoid fractures are the most common cervical spine fractures in the elderly. Although many classification systems have been developed for them, the ambiguity in various definitions can potentially lead to misunderstandings.
Mathkour M +10 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 (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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Percutaneous Image-Guided Anterior Screw Fixation of the Odontoid Process
, 2021 Purpose: To describe the technique of percutaneous image-guided anterior screw fixation of the odontoid process in five patients using hydrodissection of the jugulo-carotid and pre-vertebral spaces.
Dalili, Danoob +8 more
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