Citation

Matsumoto S, Yamamoto T, Ban S, Tsuiki H. Surg. Neurol. 1994; 41(4): 322-324.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8165504

Abstract

An unusual case of hangman's fracture with neurologic sequelae is described in a 43-year-old woman. The fracture involved the body of C-2 with gross dislocation of the anterior part of C-2 and C-1 forward on C-3, associated with severe cord compression. The patient was successfully treated with a decompression of the foramen magnum and C-1 laminectomy, accompanying in situ fusion. The images obtained by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were useful in understanding the true nature of the injury and planning the appropriate surgical treatment.

Language: en