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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1942;24:161-165.
© 1942 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF ODONTOID PROCESS OF THE AXIS WITH ATLANTO-AXIAL DISLOCATION

Howard G. Weller M.D.1

1 WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA

Dislocation of the atlas on the axis, complicated by congenital absence of the odontoid process of the axis, should be treated by reduction and operative fusion of these two cervical vertebrae, in order to prevent cord damage which would result from recurrent dislocation.


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