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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep;112(9):799-805.
doi: 10.1007/s00113-009-1632-z.

[Open reduction and dorsal spondylodesis C0-C2 in atlanto-occipital dislocation]

[Article in German]
B S John-Puthenveettil  1 , A Neff, M Kröber
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[Open reduction and dorsal spondylodesis C0-C2 in atlanto-occipital dislocation]

[Article in German]
B S John-Puthenveettil et al. Unfallchirurg. 2009 Sep.

Abstract

We report the case of a 73-year-old male patient who was suffered trauma after a syncopal fall onto a railway track in the form of an atlanto-occipital dislocation. The diagnostic revealed a bilateral fracture of the occipital condyles coupled with a ventral atlanto-occipital dislocation (Jeanneret type 4) and also an odontoid fracture (Anderson type 2). The patient underwent dorsal spondylodesis of C0-C2 in combination with Magerl's C1-C2 screw fixation. Pre-operatively and postoperatively no neurological abnormalities were found. This rarely occurring and survived traumatological situation is described using the present case as an example.

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