UPPER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES: DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT PECULIARITIES
Abstract
The diagnosis, classification, and choice of optimal treatment for craniospinal injuries are discussed. Special attention is paid to craniocervical trauma: a fracture of the occipital condyle, various types of atlas fractures, atlas-axial instability, associated atlas fractures, C1-C2 subluxation and dislocation, and to complications caused by such injuries.
About the Author
Edvard Aleksandrovich Ramikh
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ramikh E.A. UPPER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES: DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT PECULIARITIES. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2004;(3):8-19. (In Russ.)
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