Atlantoaxial rotatory dislocation. A case report

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1494-1496

  Niibayashi, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alar ligament; Atlantoaxial rotatory dislocation; Fracture of clavicle; Fracture of skull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TORTICOLLIS; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CLAVICLE; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RUPTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TRACTION;

EID: 0032122917     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199807010-00012     Document Type: Article

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