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Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation with long-term survival
N Yamaguchi1, K Ikeda, J Ishise
1Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine.
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
|January 1, 1996
Summary
A traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation in a child caused severe spinal cord injury. Occipital-cervical fusion and spinal cord stimulation improved consciousness but not motor function.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Traumatology
- Neurosurgery
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
Background:
- Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is a rare and devastating injury.
- Cervicomedullary injury associated with this dislocation often results in severe neurological deficits.