ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2005
Atlantoaxial osteoarthritis: case series and review of the literature.
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- Percutaneous C1C2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial osteoarthritis with 3D navigation: technical note and functional outcomes.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Atlantoaxial Joint Steroid Injections in Managing Cervicogenic Headache: A Case Series.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Atlantodentoplasty using the anterior retropharyngeal approach for treating irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation with atlantodental bony obstruction: a retrospective study.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
- Anatomical and Technical Considerations of CT-Guided C1-C2 Lateral Joint Injections: Technique, Pitfalls, and Risks.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Surgical treatment and clinical outcome in non-inflammatory atlantoaxial degeneration and retro-odontoid pseudotumor.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Rare Indication of Atlantoaxial Fusion-failed Conservative Management of Primary Atlantoaxial Osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Athrodesis of the lateral atlanto-axial joint for the relief of neck pain and cervicogenic headache.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Is neck pain treatable with surgery?European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Review
- The imaging of cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Adult Age Differences in Self-Reported Pain and Anterior CSF Space in Chiari Malformation.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
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- Letter to the Editor: The Effect of Head Loading on Cervical Spine in Manual Laborers.Asian spine journal · 2021Article
- The Art of Diagnosis in the Cervical Spine.Neurospine · 2020Article
- Clinical and radiological outcomes of image guided posterior C1-C2 fixation for atlantoaxial osteoarthritis (AAOA).Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2018Article
- FOAR: Facet Joint Osteoarthritis with Radiculopathy: a case series and a hypothesis explaining spinal nerve irritation in the absence of osteodiskal compression.Clinical neuroradiology · 2015Article
- Occipital neuralgia secondary to unilateral atlantoaxial osteoarthritis: Case report and review of the literature.Surgical neurology international · 2015Article
- Anterior transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial arthrodesis: A report of two cases.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spine · 2013Article
- C2-fractures: part II. A morphometrical analysis of computerized atlantoaxial motion, anatomical alignment and related clinical outcomes.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2009Article
- The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review: a survey of the "medical" articles in the European Spine Journal, 2005.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2006Review
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Abstract
The intention of this study is to present our experience in the surgical treatment of painful atlantoaxial osteoarthritis (AAOA) and review the literature on this subject. Osteoarthritis of the atlantoaxial joints is more common than is generally suspected. It has a prevalence between 5 and 18%. Only a minority of patients becomes symptomatic suffering from severe suboccipital pain, irradiating into the occiput, vertex and sometimes as far as the eyes. Most often, these patients can successfully be treated conservatively. Some of these patients however require operative treatment. The study includes five patients with painful AAOA (one posttraumatic, four idiopathic) not responding to conservative treatment for a minimum of six months. Rheumatoid arthritis was excluded. All but one patient were female and all but one patient were over 50 years old (mean 64 years). The origin of pain was confirmed by diagnostic C1-C2 facet blocks in all patients. The patients were treated with a C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation and Gallie type fusion. Patients were followed clinically and radiologically for a minimum of 24 months. Mean follow-up was 38 months (24-48). In all patients the typical pain disappeared immediately after surgery and has not reoccurred. Pain intensity on the VAS decreased from 100 to 34. At the latest follow-up radiologically solid fusion and stable implants were found in all cases. All five patients would undergo this surgery for the same condition again. C1-C2 fusion effectively relieves occipitocervical pain in AAOA non responsive to conservative treatment.
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