In three of the patients, an attempt was made at closed reduction without success. A CT scan one year postoperatively showed a normal position of the atlantoaxial joint in two patients and partial ...

Conditions such as atlantoaxial and subaxial subluxation greater than 2 mm were more common among long-term steroid users. Researchers found that each additional year of glucocorticoid use increased ...

Such guidelines include making sure visitors with Down's Syndrome obtain confirmation from a GP or paediatrician that they have been screened for Atlantoaxial Instability which affects 10-20 per ...

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience. The intact model was validated ...

5 Rheumatology, Hanyang Univeristy Hospital for Rheumatic disease, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of Background Atlantoaxial ankylosis (AAA) is another late manifestation of cervical spine involvement in ...

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Atlantoaxial dislocation remains a rare and serious condition with a high preoperative and postoperative morbidity and mortality. Its successful surgical management is still ...

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Atlantoaxial dislocation remains a rare and serious condition with a high preoperative and postoperative morbidity and mortality. Its successful surgical management is still ...

VAD related multiple infarction in the posterior circulation was revealed. The congenital posterior arch anomaly of the atlas, along with instability of the atlantoaxial joint, were discovered ...

It shows potential as a fixation option for the treatment of atlantoaxial dislocation. For those patients, we used the retropharyngeal approach for the atlantoaxial joint release based on clinical ...