Adult Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation: A Case Report

Table 1

Reported cases with adult atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in the literature.

Author	Age and sex	Mechanism	Fielding type	Associated injuries	Duration to diagnosis	Reduction method and treatment	Results
Castel et al., 2001 [4]	41 M	Rugby injury	I	(—)	1 month	Reduction and Minerva jacket	Good
Fuentes et al., 2001 [5]	24 M	Suicidal jump	IV	Initial odontoid fracture only	1 month	C1-C2 fusion	Unknown
Kim et al., 2007 [8]	34 M	Fall down from high place	II	Lt superior facet fracture of C2	1 day	C1-C2 fusion	Good
Sinigaglia et al., 2008 [11]	26 F	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	45 days	Reduction and halo vest	Fair; because of cervical stiffness and headache
	21 F	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	1 day	Reduction and halo vest	Good
	29 M	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	1 day	Reduction and rigid collar	Good
Wang et al., 2008 [14]	44 F	Not described	I	(—)	6 months	Immobilization with halo vest	Poor; because of bilateral hand numbness
Goel et al., 2010 [6]	28 M	Fall down from high place	Not described	Odontoid fracture	1 day	Intraoperative facet manipulation	Good
Singh et al., 2009 [10]	25 F	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	0 day	Skull traction and halo brace	Good
Jeon et al., 2009 [7]	25 F	Road traffic accident	I	Thoracic fractures, alar ligament injury	5 days	Immobilization with Philadelphia brace	Good
Stenson, 2011 [12]	31 F	Falling backward	I	(—)	0 day	Immobilization with hard collar	Good
Marti et al., 2011 [9]	24 F	Stretching neck herself	I	(—)	1 day	Reduction and halo vest	Good
Venkatesan et al., 2012 [13]	20 F	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	0 day	Skull traction and hard collar	Fair; because of occipital pain
	52 F	Road traffic accident	I	(—)	0 day	Halo traction and hard collar	Fair; because of occipital pain