Severe closed head injury associated with nonfracture and nonrotated atlantoaxial dislocation

✍ Scribed by M. Kemali Baykaner; Şükrü Aykol; I. Semih Keskil; Sadi Gündoĝdu; Necdet Çeviker; Enver Hasanoĝlu

• Book ID: 104753701
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 267 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00393560

✦ Synopsis

This case of severe closed head injury associated with nonfracture and nonrotated atlantoaxial dislocation is reported to argue the necessity of obtaining a routine cervical CT scan for unconscious patients admitted to emergency units after severe head injury.