Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation
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Non - traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation
Figure 2: 3D-computed tomography (CT) scan showing right rotatory atlanto-axial subluxation without any increase in the atlanto-dental distance confirming the diagnosis of Fielding’s type-I atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation. smaller centers. This leads to undue concentration of neurosurgeons in a few centers, where facilities are available, leading to less and less of neurosurgical work for ind...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.013045