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KMID : 0359819930220101124
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1993 Volume.22 No. 10 p.1124 ~ p.1128
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Odontoid Process Fracture in a 18-Month-Old Child
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Abstract
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A 18-month-old child admitted with neck pain. Spasm and neck motion limitation after traffic accident. On C-spine lateral view. there was anterior angulation of odontoid process with anterior displacement of atlas. Neurologic examination showed
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specific focal deficits. The patient was treated with Gardner-Wells tongs traction, skeletal traction with wiring. Halo vest for 2 months. Minerva cast for 2 months and cervial collar brace. Eight months after the trauma, follow up dynamic
C-spine
lateral view showed bone fusion without false movement or growth retardation.
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