Craniovertebral realignment for basilar invagination and atlantoaxial...

Neurology India;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Atlantoaxial dislocation and basilar invagination are both...management of both basilar invagination and atlantoaxial dislocation secondary...reduction of both basilar invagination and atlantoaxial dislocation by the techniques...

Craniovertebral anomalies: Role for craniovertebral realignment

Neurology India;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......reducible atlantoaxial dislocation is the standard...anomalies like basilar invagination, syringomyelia and 'fixed' atlantoaxial dislocation remain under...maldevelopment in basilar invagination is due to...congenital basilar ...

High cervical C3-4 'disc' compression associated with basilar invagination

Neurology India;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......another case of basilar invagination with a fixed rotatory atlantoaxial dislocation, wherein...included basilar invagination and 'fixed' atlantoaxial dislocation. [7],[8...presence of basilar invagination and 'fixed' atlantoaxial dislocation ...

Pediatric atlantoaxial dislocation: Nuances in management

Journal of Pediatric Neurology;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......congenital atlantoaxial dislocation being the...Keywords: Atlantoaxial dislocation, basilar invagination 1. Introduction...commonly include atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD), basilar invagination (BI), atlantoaxial...element of atlantoaxial ...

Atlantoaxial joint distraction for treatment of basilar invagination...

Neurology India;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Treatment of basilar invagination secondary...technique of atlantoaxial joint distraction...treatment of basilar invagination and fixed atlantoaxial dislocation in congenital...reduction of the basilar invagination and stabilization...had severe basilar ...

Paget's disease complicated by hydrocephalus and dementia

Neurology India;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......magnum leading to platybasia and basilar invagination. Spine X-ray showed vertebral sclerosis...of anteroposterior diameter and basilar invagination. This results in crowding of structures...so far. [3],[4] Radiologically, basilar invagination is seen in about one-third of patients...

Airway management in a patient with occipitocervical fusion

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 1999 ;     607 words ......history included with multiple operations for severe basilar invagination and mid-line skeletal abnormalities due to phenytoin...deviation. Worsening neurological symptoms due to increasing basilar invagination led to several base of skull operations. The patient...

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Physical Therapy;  October 1, 1989 ;     385 words ......syndrome provided no data regarding the incidence of atlantoaxial dislocation in the general population among relatively asymptomatic...2) there were no data to determine the incidence of atlantoaxial dislocation among individuals with Down syndrome or in those without...

Cervicomedullary compression: An unrecognized cause of vocal cord...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......occipito-atlanto-axial subluxation and/or basilar invagination with brain stem compression. Our...vocal cord paralysis. KEY WORDS -- basilar invagination, cervicomedullary compression, occipito-atlanto-a...to subluxation of the joint and basilar invagination of the odontoid process ...

Brainstem and cerebellar hypoplasia associated with osteogenesis...

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) include basilar invagination, brainstem compression, hydrocephalus...osteoporosis with platybasia and basilar invagination. MRI brain showed non- formation...cranio-vertebral junction anomalies like basilar invagination, syringohydromyelia, ...

Tuberculosis of the craniocervical junction

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......early and treated promptly. Death is usually due to atlantoaxial dislocation causing compression of the cord.2 Patients and Management...patients. Of these, three had a fixed, irreducible, atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) and six had a mobile, reducible AAD which was...

Atlantoaxial dislocation associated with the maldevelopment of the...

Neurology India;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the posterior elements of the axis have been associated with instability at the C2-3 level; 3 its association with atlantoaxial dislocation, however, has not been previously reported.[3] In the present study, we report two such cases and analyze the embryological...

Atlantoaxial dislocation in idiopathic cervical dystonia

Neurology India;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Dystonia is a type of movement disorder, which results in a twisting movement of the parts involved.[1] It may be focal or generalized. ICD is the most common form of adult onset focal dystonia.[2] When dystonia involves the cervical spine for a long time, it can result in degenerative

Transatlantic odonto-occipital listhesis: The so-called basilar...

Neurology India;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Man has a swollen head and a shrunken, atavistic tail. Yet, in Nature's eye the two are on par. It is fascinating to realize that the well-recognized lumbosacrolisthesis has a cranial counterpart in transatlantic Odonto-Occipital Listhesis or TOOL in short. Nature's penchant for embryologically

Occipitocervical contoured rod stabilization: Does it still have a role...

Neurology India;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......CVJ pathologies. The majority of them had congenital atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD; n=50). Their associated anomalies are presented...surgery (n=7). Two patients having irreducible AAD with basilar invagination (BI), C1M and syringomyelia underwent posterior decompression...