Suspected atlantoaxial rotatory fixation-subluxation: The value of multidetector computed tomography scanning under general anesthesia

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Been, Henk D ^a   Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^a,b   Maas, Mario ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation subluxation; General anesthesia; Multidetector computer tomography scan; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL ROTATORY FIXATION SUBLUXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLAS; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TORTICOLLIS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 33947100464     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257342.69537.5f     Document Type: Article

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