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Continuous skull traction followed by closed reduction in chronic pediatric atlantoaxial rotatory fixation

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The authors gratefully thank the patient and his family for allowing us to present the clinical data reported here.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NHO Utsunomiya National Hospital, 2160, Shimo-okamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 329–1193, Japan

    Masaaki Chazono

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Masaaki Chazono, Shigeru Saito, Keisho Liu & Keishi Marumo

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Chazono, M., Saito, S., Liu, K. et al. Continuous skull traction followed by closed reduction in chronic pediatric atlantoaxial rotatory fixation. Acta Neurochir 153, 1443–1445 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1019-0

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