TY - JOUR PY - 2006// TI - Case reports: Atlantooccipital and atlantoaxial traumatic dislocation in a child who survived JO - Clinical orthopaedics and related research A1 - Violas, Philippe A1 - Ropars, Mickael A1 - Doumbouya, Naman A1 - Bracq, Henri SP - 286 EP - 290 VL - 446 IS - N2 - A 4-year-old child with multilevel spinal injury including atlantooccipital and atlantoaxial dislocation, and thoracic spinal fractures was managed nonoperatively with no significant sequelae from the cervical injuries, but persistent paraplegia from the associated thoracic spinal fractures. Although treatment guidelines cannot be established with the result of one case, we propose an algorithm for treatment of such a rare and severe situation.
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LA - en SN - 0009-921X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.blo.0000201164.05561.e9 ID - ref1 ER -