Athletic Cervical Spine Injury in the Setting of Fusion Failure of the Anterior and Posterior Atlas

• Published in: Orthopedics (Thorofare, N.J.) Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. e1449 - e1452
• Main Authors: Petre, Benjamin M, Karp, Jacqueline E, Riley, 3rd, Lee H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Cervical Atlas - abnormalities; Cervical Atlas - injuries; Cervical Atlas - surgery; Football - injuries; Humans; Immobilization - methods; Male; Spinal Injuries - rehabilitation; Treatment Outcome

This article describes a rare congenital abnormality of anterior and posterior C1 fusion failure presenting after an acute athletic injury to the fibrous nonunion. C1 congenital malformations are rare, occurring in approximately 2% of patients; even rarer are combined anterior and posterior arch mal...