Odontoid fracture with missed diagnosis of Transverse Atlantal Ligament (TAL) injury resulting in late-onset instability

BACKGROUND: Concurrent injuries to both the odontoid and transverse atlantal ligament are rare and can be easily missed. Failure to diagnose both lesions potentially leads to the late onset of sagittal plane instability and acute myelopathy. Here, we present a patient with an odontoid fracture whose...

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Autores principales: Haritwal, Mukesh Kumar, Acharya, Shankar, Kalra, Kashmiri Lal, Chahal, Rupinder, Jain, Nikhil, Adsul, Nitin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Spine: Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595961
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_315_18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595961
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_315_18

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