| Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation with Accompanying Odontoid and C2 Articular Facet Fracture. |
| Jong Yang Oh, Chung Kee Chough, Chul Bum Cho, Hae Kwan Park |
1Department of Neurosurgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. chough@catholic.ac.kr
2Department of Neurosurgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) with accompanying odontoid and C2 articular facet fracture is a very rare injury, and only one such case has been reported in the medical literature. We present here a case of a traumatic AARF associated with an odontoid and comminuted C2 articular facet fracture, and this was treated with skull traction and halo-vest immobilization for 3 months. After removal of the halo-vest immobilization, his neck pain was improved and his neck motion was preserved without any neurologic deficits although mild torticolis was still observed in closer inspection. |
| Key Words:
Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Odontoid fracture |
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