Traumatic Craniocervical Dissociation in Patients with Congenital Assimilation of the Atlas to the Occiput
Joint Authors
Bellabarba, Carlo
Bransford, Richard J.
Tavolaro, Celeste
Pulido, Hector
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-12-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Traumatic atlantooccipital dissociation (AOD) is a severe and usually fatal injury.
Patients with assimilation of the atlas to the skull are exposed to a higher risk of injury and delay diagnosis due to the abnormal anatomy.
We report two cases of acute traumatic craniocervical dislocation in patients with baseline congenital assimilation of the atlas to the skull.
Computer tomography (CT) was used to identify the injury.
Computer tomography angiography (CTA) showed variations of the vertebral arteries’ location on both patients.
Assimilation of the atlas was complete in patient one and partial in patient two.
Emergent surgical instrumentation and fusion were performed with a very careful and meticulous posterior dissection.
As general rule, most of the patients with CCD will undergo occiput to C2 posterior segmental instrumentation and fusion.
In the presented cases, a more extensive fusion was necessary based on the type and severity of the CCJ injury and the anatomical anomalies associated.
Postoperatively, patient one remained neurologically intact and patient two died.
Alternative fixation techniques should be used to minimize risk of VA injury during the surgical procedures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tavolaro, Celeste& Pulido, Hector& Bransford, Richard J.& Bellabarba, Carlo. 2019. Traumatic Craniocervical Dissociation in Patients with Congenital Assimilation of the Atlas to the Occiput. Case Reports in Orthopedics،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tavolaro, Celeste…[et al.]. Traumatic Craniocervical Dissociation in Patients with Congenital Assimilation of the Atlas to the Occiput. Case Reports in Orthopedics No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tavolaro, Celeste& Pulido, Hector& Bransford, Richard J.& Bellabarba, Carlo. Traumatic Craniocervical Dissociation in Patients with Congenital Assimilation of the Atlas to the Occiput. Case Reports in Orthopedics. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142518
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1142518