title: Atlantooccipital transarticular screw fixation for the treatment of traumatic occipitoatlantal dislocation. Technical note.
abstract: The authors describe a new technique of internal atlantooccipital screw fixation involving posterior wiring and fusion for the treatment of traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation, which was performed in a 17-year-old male patient involved in a motor vehicle accident and who suffered from atlantooccipital dislocation without neurological injury. At the 6-month follow-up examination, the patient was neurologically intact with a solid occipitocervical fusion and full range of motion of the neck.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013-4496, USA.
authors.forename: Iman
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Feiz-Erfan
authors.forename: L Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Curtis A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dickman
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001269:Atlanto-Occipital Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed