Background: Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation (TAOD) is one of the most devastating
traumatic injuries, generally associated with immediate death after high-energy trauma. The …

Although survival with traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) is rare, there have been
reports of victims who have sustained this injury with good neurological outcome. Plain …

Study Design. Retrospective case analyses. Objective. The aim of this study was to
investigate the incidence and characteristics of associated upper cervical spine injuries in …

Traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation (AOD) is a severe injury which functionally separates
the head from the spine. Neurological compromise or death is the common sequela. We …

Background Atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) is a rare but severe sequela of high energy
trauma. Children are at increased risk, due to their immature spine and biomechanical …

The number of patients who have survived traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation, the usual
outcome of which is death from brain stem transection, has increased in the past two …

Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) is a rare cervical spine injury and in most
cases fatal. Consequently, relatively few case reports of adult patients surviving this injury …

Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) is an ominous injury with high mortality and
morbidity in trauma patients. Improved survival has been observed with advancements in …

Objective Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) results from high energy trauma and
is an uncommon and usually fatal injury due to an injury to the cervicomedullary junction …

Background Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is an uncommon, severely unstable
pathology, which can lead to detrimental or even fatal neurological impairment. Specifically …