"Atlanto-Occipital Joint" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The point of articulation between the OCCIPITAL BONE and the CERVICAL ATLAS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001269
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.101
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| Concept/Terms |
Atlanto-Occipital Joint- Atlanto-Occipital Joint
- Atlanto Occipital Joint
- Atlanto-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atlanto-Occipital
- Joints, Atlanto-Occipital
- Atloido-Occipital Joint
- Atloido Occipital Joint
- Atloido-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atloido-Occipital
- Joints, Atloido-Occipital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atlanto-Occipital Joint" by people in Profiles.
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Mendenhall SK, Sivaganesan A, Mistry A, Sivasubramaniam P, McGirt MJ, Devin CJ. Traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation: comprehensive assessment of mortality, neurologic improvement, and patient-reported outcomes at a Level 1 trauma center over 15 years. Spine J. 2015 Nov 01; 15(11):2385-95.
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Radcliff KE, Hussain MM, Moldavsky M, Klocke N, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ, Khalil S, Bucklen B. In vitro biomechanics of the craniocervical junction-a sequential sectioning of its stabilizing structures. Spine J. 2015 Jul 01; 15(7):1618-28.
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Radcliff K, Kepler C, Reitman C, Harrop J, Vaccaro A. CT and MRI-based diagnosis of craniocervical dislocations: the role of the occipitoatlantal ligament. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Jun; 470(6):1602-13.
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Yoshihara H, Kepler C, Hasegawa K, Rawlins BA. Surgical treatment for atlantooccipital osteoarthritis: a case report of two patients. Eur Spine J. 2011 Jul; 20 Suppl 2:S243-7.
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Moshel YA, Schwartz TH. Endoscopic assisted approaches to the craniovertebral junction: lateral versus ventral. World Neurosurg. 2010 Aug-Sep; 74(2-3):265-7.
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Radcliff KE, Ben-Galim P, Dreiangel N, Martin SB, Reitman CA, Lin JN, Hipp JA. Comprehensive computed tomography assessment of the upper cervical anatomy: what is normal? Spine J. 2010 Mar; 10(3):219-29.
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Singh H, Harrop J, Schiffmacher P, Rosen M, Evans J. Ventral surgical approaches to craniovertebral junction chordomas. Neurosurgery. 2010 Mar; 66(3 Suppl):96-103.
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Samdani AF, Williams RC, Danish S, Betz R. Torticollis manifest after a minor fall with underlying bony anomalies and a hypoplastic vertebral artery. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2009 Sep; 18(5):271-4.
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Cognetti DM, Enochs WS, Willcox TO. Retropharyngeal pseudomeningocele presenting as dysphagia after atlantooccipital dislocation. Laryngoscope. 2006 Sep; 116(9):1697-9.