Response to the letter to the editor: Dissecting the enigma: insights from a retrospective study from India on congenital craniovertebral junction anomalies
Deepika Jain, Tushar Rathod, Yash Prakash Ved, Arjit Vashishtha · 2026
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Deepika Jain and co-authors wrote a 2026 reply to critics of their study on birth defects where the skull meets the spine. The condition is rare and varies widely in shape, which makes backward-looking studies hard. Critics had asked how the team judged whether a defect could be eased back into place.
The authors explain their test: patients who did not shift on dynamic X-rays had gentle traction under anesthesia for ten minutes, with weights raised step by step. They grant that no second observer checked the call and that no numeric cut was set. The reply adds candor about the study's limits.
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| CREATOR | Deepika Jain, Tushar Rathod, Yash Prakash Ved, Arjit Vashishtha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |