Tears of the transverse ligament of the atlas:​ a clinical and biomechanical study

Fielding, J. William; Cochran, George Van B.; Lawsing, III, James F.; Hohl, Mason

Affiliations

¹Orthopaedic Research Laboratory and Orthopaedic Surgery Service, St. Luke’s Hospital Center, New York City

²University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, Los Angeles, California 90024

Abstract

In a biomechanical-clinical study of the strength of the atlanto-axial ligament, results from laboratory testing of twenty autopsy specimens were correlated with the results in a clinical series of eleven patients with traumatic transverse ligament rupture and anterior subluxation of the atlas on the axis. When possible, surgical fusion of the atlanto-axial joint is conservative treatment for anterior displacement of the first cervical vertebra on the second.

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DOI: 10.2106/00004623-197456080-00019

PubMed: 4434037

WoS: A1974V175700018

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