Posttraumatic bilateral vertebral artery occlusion

Abstract

✓ A case of bilateral vertebral artery occlusion following trauma in a 25-year-old woman is presented. The patient had minimal subluxation of C-2 on C-3 without neurological deficit. Her neck was immobilized for 16 days, and then a posterior fixation of C-1 through C-4 was performed with Kirschner wires and methyl methacrylate. Occlusion of the vertebral arteries has persisted, but collateral vessels are adequate and the patient has remained neurologically normal.