title: Bilateral occipital condylar fracture. Case report about successful treatment with SOMI brace.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. mpayer@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Payer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delavelle
mesh_terms: 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*