Journal article
A single fracture in the ring of vertebrae below the atlas: report of four cases
Emergency radiology, Vol.14(6), pp.449-452
11/2007
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0614-0
PMID: 17453258
Abstract
A single fracture of the ring of a vertebra is a rare injury of the spine. In this report, we present five single fractures of the posterior ring of the cervical spine below the atlas from four patients after motor vehicle accidents. Initial radiographs failed to show any of these fractures; all were detected by computed tomography. Single ring fractures are stable and none of our patients presented with a neurological deficit. Patients were treated conservatively with a cervical collar or a cervicothoracic brace. They all recovered without any neurological abnormalities.
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- Title: Subtitle
- A single fracture in the ring of vertebrae below the atlas: report of four cases
- Creators
- Tsutomu Inaoka - Department of Radiology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City IA 52242 USAKenjirou Ohashi - Department of Radiology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City IA 52242 USAGeorges El-Khoury - Department of Radiology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Emergency radiology, Vol.14(6), pp.449-452
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag; Berlin/Heidelberg
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10140-007-0614-0
- PMID
- 17453258
- ISSN
- 1070-3004
- eISSN
- 1438-1435
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2007
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984051711302771
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