Open AccessSingle door laminoplasty plus posterior fusion for posterior atlantoaxial dislocation with congenital malformation: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Yanbin Zhu,
Xiexing Wu,
An-Qing Jiang,
Xuefeng Liu,
Huilin Yang,
Weimin Jiang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i23.6136
Subject(s) - medicine , laminoplasty , surgery , anatomy , spinal cord , laminectomy , psychiatry
Posterior atlantoaxial dislocation (PAD) is a rare type of upper cervical spine disease. We sought to describe a unreported case of old PAD with os odontoideum (OO) and atlas hypoplasia (AH) and our unique treatment approach consisting of C1 single door laminoplasty with C1-3 posterior fixation and fusion.