The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2018
Multicenter Study Observational StudyIndependent predictors of survival after traumatic atlanto-occipital dissociation.
Atlanto-occipital dissociation (AOD) occurs when the skull base is forcibly separated from the vertebral column. Existing literature on AOD is sparse and risk factors for mortality are unknown. This study determined independent predictors of survival after AOD. ⋯ Progonostic/Epidemiological, level III; Therapeutic, level IV.