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Concomitant fracture of bilateral occipital condyle and inferior clivus: What is the mechanism of injury?

  • Reza Dashti
  • , Mustafa Onur Ulu
  • , Sait Albayram
  • , Sabri Aydin
  • , Levent Ulusoy
  • , Murat Hanci
  • Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa
  • Florence Nightingale Hospital

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Abstract

With the routine use of multi-slice high resolution computed tomography, increasing number of occipital condyle fractures have been reported in the last decade. The authors report a very rare case of bilateral occipital condyle fracture complicated by the fracture of the inferior clivus and discuss the possible mechanisms of injury.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S261-S264
JournalEuropean Spine Journal
Volume16
Issue numberSUPPL. 3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

Keywords

  • Clivus fracture
  • Halo vest
  • Mechanism
  • Occipital condyle fracture
  • Trauma
  • Treatment

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