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CT appearance of an unusual type of comminuted fracture/dislocation of C1 and C2
1Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Neurosurgical Service, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
An unusual type of traumatic comminuted fracture/dislocation of C1 and C2 is presented. The fracture differs significantly from previously described types of C1-2 complex fracture. Anatomically contoured titanium loops were used for stabilization of the occipitocervical junction. To the best of the author's knowledge this is the first description of comminuted fracture/dislocation of the bodies and laminae of C1 and C2 in the English literature.