An unusual atlanto-axial dislocation

Case report

John L. Fox M.D.1 and Alvaro Jerez M.D.1
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  • 1 Division of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, and Clinica Tiscapa, Managua, Nicaragua
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115–118
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Volume 47: Issue 1
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1977.47.1.0115
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✓ A case is presented in which the patient sustained a complete dislocation of the odontoid process in front of the anterior arch of the first cervical vertebra. There was no fracture of the arch of C-1 vertebra. The patient was treated successfully by transoral excision of the odontoid process and the anterior arch of C-1. Twenty days later the patient's spine was stabilized posteriorly at C-1 through C-3 with wire and methylmethacrylate.

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