TY - JOUR
T1 - Odontoid fracture in severe ankylosing spondylitic patient
AU - Hadjicostas, Panayiotis T.
AU - Tsirogianni, Afroditi K.
AU - Soucacos, Panayotis N.
AU - Thielemann, Friedrich W.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Patients with AS, who present in the emergency room with severe pain in the cervical region after a fall present a challenge for the Orthopaedic surgeon. A careful neurologic examination and computed tomography should be done, with a high index of suspicion of a fracture at any level of the cervical spine. External immobilization with a plaster of paris may be reasonable approach in patients with severe AS, as such patients pose high surgical risk. Conflict of interest: None.
AB - Patients with AS, who present in the emergency room with severe pain in the cervical region after a fall present a challenge for the Orthopaedic surgeon. A careful neurologic examination and computed tomography should be done, with a high index of suspicion of a fracture at any level of the cervical spine. External immobilization with a plaster of paris may be reasonable approach in patients with severe AS, as such patients pose high surgical risk. Conflict of interest: None.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=74449084728&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.113
DO - 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.113
M3 - Article
C2 - 19493529
AN - SCOPUS:74449084728
SN - 0020-1383
VL - 41
SP - 231
EP - 234
JO - Injury
JF - Injury
IS - 2
ER -