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Posttraumatic Anatomical Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction and Treatment Implications: Part II

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This paper is Part II of a two-part report. In Part I of the report, injuries of the occipital bone, atlanto-occipital dissociation and the atlanto-occipital joint space were discussed. This part of the report discusses atlantoaxial dislocation and fractures of the atlas and axis.

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  1. Section of Neurological Surgery, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy

    Pasquale Ciappetta

  2. Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Misurata Medical School, Misurata, Libya

    M. Alsagheir

  3. Institute of Bio-imaging, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Signorelli & Massimiliano Visocchi

  4. Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Signorelli & Massimiliano Visocchi

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Ciappetta, P., Alsagheir, M., Signorelli, F., Visocchi, M. (2019). Posttraumatic Anatomical Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction and Treatment Implications: Part II. In: Visocchi, M. (eds) New Trends in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 125. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62515-7_43

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