Severe rotational deformity, quadriparesis and respiratory embarrassment due to osteomyelitis at the occipito-atlantoaxial junction-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Severe rotational deformity, quadriparesis and respiratory embarrassment due to osteomyelitis at the occipito-atlantoaxial junction

Published:2010-02 Issue:2 Volume:92-B Page:286-288
ISSN:0301-620X
Container-title:The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
language:en
Short-container-title:The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Author:

Yamane K.¹,Nagashima H.²,Tanishima S.³,Teshima R.²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tottori Red Cross Hospital, 117, Shotoku-cho, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8517, Japan.

2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-machi, Yonago, Tottori 683-8504, Japan.

3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Matsue City Hospital, 32-1, Noshiro-cho, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8509, Japan.

Abstract

We present the case of an 83-year-old man who developed quadriparesis and respiratory embarrassment following osteomyelitis at the occipito-atlantoaxial junction. He had developed an abscess at this site after an earlier urinary infection with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Stabilisation of the neck and antibiotic therapy led to an almost complete neurological recovery without recourse to anterior surgery.

Publisher

British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

Subject

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery

Link

https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/pdf/10.1302/0301-620X.92B2.22984

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