Adult Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation: A Case Report

We presented a very rare case of adult Fielding type I atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF). We performed awake manual reduction of the dislocation without need for anesthesia, achieving excellent outcomes, and no previous reports have described awake reduction without the need for anesthesia. AARF...

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Main Authors: Zaw Min Han, Nobuto Nagao, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Koji Akeda, Takao Matsubara, Akihiro Sudo, Yuichi Kasai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/593621