Nontraumatic atlantoaxial subluxation (grisel syndrome): A rare complication of otolaryngological procedures

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1047-1049

  Yu, Kathy K ^a   White, David R ^b   Weissler, Mark C ^b   Pillsbury, Harold C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Atlantoaxial subluxation; Grisel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EMBOLISM; GRISEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISLOCATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0037646687     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00024     Document Type: Article

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