Non-instrumented management of traumatic atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation: surgical technique
Oluwaseun Omoba, Ryan Farrell, William Chase Johnson, Samon Tavakoli, David Wallace, Viktor Bartanusz, Cristian Gragnaniello, Fassil B. Mesfin, Michael McGinity · 2024
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Description
A twist at the top of the spine, where skull meets neck, can lock the head awry after a crash. Omoba and co-authors report a gentler fix in 2024: set the joint by open surgery, with no rods and no fusion. Their patient is a woman of forty-eight, hurt in a high-speed crash.
Tongs and hand traction came first, the standard pulls, but scans showed the twist held. In theatre, the joint was eased back into place by hand and left unfixed. The usual route fuses the joint, trading motion for safety. A set that holds without fusion would spare that trade. The report gives the steps, for a rare injury most surgeons meet seldom.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Oluwaseun Omoba, Ryan Farrell, William Chase Johnson, Samon Tavakoli, David Wallace, Viktor Bartanusz, Cristian Gragnaniello, Fassil B. Mesfin, Michael McGinity |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |