Management of traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation in a 10-year-old with noninvasive halo immobilization: A case report.
Atlanto-occipital dislocation
Children
Halo
Trauma
Journal
Surgical neurology international
ISSN: 2229-5097
Titre abrégé: Surg Neurol Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101535836
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
05
01
2022
accepted:
03
05
2022
entrez:
8
6
2022
pubmed:
9
6
2022
medline:
9
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is an unstable injury of the craniocervical junction. For pediatric patients, surgical arthrodesis of the occipitocervical junction is the recommended management. While having a high success rate for stabilization, the fusion comes with obvious morbidity of limitation in cervical spine flexion, extension, and rotation. An alternative is external immobilization with a conventional halo. We describe the case of a 10-year-old boy who was treated successfully for traumatic AOD with a noninvasive pinless halo. Following initial brain trauma management, we immobilized the craniocervical junction with a pinless halo after reducing the atlanto-occipital dislocation. The pinless halo was kept on at all times for the next 3 months. The craniocervical junction alignment was monitored with weekly cervical spine X-rays and CT craniocervical junction on day 15 Noninvasive pinless halo is a potential treatment option for traumatic pediatric atlanto-occipital dislocation. This should be considered bearing in mind multiple factors including age and weight of the patient, severity of the atlanto-occipital dislocation (Grade I vs. Grade II and incomplete vs. complete), concomitant skull and scalp injury, and patient's ability to tolerate the halo. It is vital to emphasize that this necessitates close clinicoradiological monitoring.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is an unstable injury of the craniocervical junction. For pediatric patients, surgical arthrodesis of the occipitocervical junction is the recommended management. While having a high success rate for stabilization, the fusion comes with obvious morbidity of limitation in cervical spine flexion, extension, and rotation. An alternative is external immobilization with a conventional halo.
Case Description
UNASSIGNED
We describe the case of a 10-year-old boy who was treated successfully for traumatic AOD with a noninvasive pinless halo. Following initial brain trauma management, we immobilized the craniocervical junction with a pinless halo after reducing the atlanto-occipital dislocation. The pinless halo was kept on at all times for the next 3 months. The craniocervical junction alignment was monitored with weekly cervical spine X-rays and CT craniocervical junction on day 15
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Noninvasive pinless halo is a potential treatment option for traumatic pediatric atlanto-occipital dislocation. This should be considered bearing in mind multiple factors including age and weight of the patient, severity of the atlanto-occipital dislocation (Grade I vs. Grade II and incomplete vs. complete), concomitant skull and scalp injury, and patient's ability to tolerate the halo. It is vital to emphasize that this necessitates close clinicoradiological monitoring.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35673640
doi: 10.25259/SNI_17_2022
pii: 10.25259/SNI_17_2022
pmc: PMC9168337
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
222Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2022 Surgical Neurology International.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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