Bilateral occipital condylar fracture. Case report about successful treatment with SOMI brace.
Treatment guidelines for occipital condyle fractures (OCFs) are not established. Options for unilateral OCF have been discussed in the literature, but not for bilateral cases. We describe a bilateral OCF type II (according to the Anderson/Montesano classification) in a 30-year-old patient, where immobilisation in a SOMI brace (sternal occipital mandibular immobilisation) was successfully used.
Payer
M
M
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. mpayer@hotmail.com
Delavelle
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001915:Braces; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*