Traumatic atlantoaxial distractive instability: case report
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1Division of Neurosurgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The Journal of Trauma
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
We present an uncommon case of traumatic atlantoaxial distractive instability which manifested itself clinically in a respirator-dependent quadriplegic. The initial radiographic finding was anterior atlantoaxial dislocation. The patient was managed initially by halo traction and, 8 weeks later, demonstrated occipitocervical fusion with gratifying results.